Saturday afternoon's Cardale Jones Charity Softball Game shed some interesting light on Lincoln Kienholz, Tywone Malone and a few other Ohio State players with something to prove as The Beat gets ready to head to Las Vegas.

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Ohio State is back to 21 commitments in its 2026 recruiting class as four-star receiver Jerquaden Guilford picks the Buckeyes over Ole Miss, Michigan and Indiana.

Austin Ward and Jeremy Birmingham break it down on the latest Snap Judgments on The Austin & Birm Show.

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It's Freaky Friday on The Beat as Austin Ward and Jeremy Birmingham answer viewers questions about all things Ohio State football.

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It's a Thursday on The Beat and that means The Austin & Birm Show is getting into the deepest thoughts of Austin Ward and Jeremy Birmingham. Today's show focuses on the Buckeyes 2025 football schedule and a few potential landmines along the way to a national title repeat.

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Welcome back to The Beat courtesy of The Austin & Birm Show and another Wednesday Stock Watch edition of the show.

Today, Austin Ward and Jeremy Birmingham are breaking down the forgotten second-year players at Ohio State who could make a surprise—but important—impact this year for the Buckeyes.

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At the midway point of July, television’s Adam King returns for another weekly chat on The Beat with Austin Ward. This time around, the guys are breaking down some critical pieces to the national-title defense for Ohio State who perhaps aren’t getting talked about enough ahead of training camp for the Buckeyes.

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Ohio State and Texas are both going into the 2025 season with a number of key changes so why are the Buckeyes being viewed as the team with everything to replace?

That's one of the day's big questions on The Austin & Birm Show and the latest episode of The Beat.

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Freaky Friday on The Beat is back with a listener mailbag episode from The Austin & Birm Show.

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Covering Ohio State football means no shortages when it comes to things to talk about but every so often we're wishing we could stop talking about a few specific things.

On the latest episode of The Beat from The Austin & Birm Show we dive into a few of those topics from this post-championship offseason.

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Ohio State doesn't rely on its freshmen the way a number of programs do but that doesn't mean there aren't some first-year Buckeyes ready to make an impact in 2025. Austin Ward and Jeremy Birmingham share their thoughts on which freshmen they're expecting to contribute this fall on the latest episode of The Beat on The Austin & Birm Show.