In this edition of the Big Me Kickoff we are talking about the recently released AP Poll and should anything really be read into that at this point or if it is just more noise to start the season? Who has the Buckeyes ranked too low and does that really matter?
One thing that was not low was the dollar figure that the Big Ten's television partners came to the table with as the B1G just signed a historic deal. While we don't know every single detail about it, we do know that FOX, NBC and CBS will all be very much in the Big Ten business starting in 2023.
And what kind of changes could be in the world of college athletics, at least in the Big Ten. With comments from both commissioner Kevin Warren and Ohio State AD Gene Smith, what could be different in the near term?
All of that and more.


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It has been a little bit since I have been with everyone here on the Big Me Kickoff but let me re-introduce myself as we get started talking some Buckeyes football. A lot going on and I have plenty on my mind as I talk transfer portal and several other topics as we get closer to the start of the season as the Buckeyes look to bounce back after a 2021 season that ended on a high note but didn't exactly get across the correct finish line.

It has been a weird relationship between the Big Ten and Notre Dame and it does not appear that things are any closer today than they were months or years ago. Conference expansion has put this back on the front page of the news however and is now the last best chance to get Notre Dame into the conference? There are a million reasons why this is a move that so many people want but at what point does the Big Ten call it quits and get on with its life? All of that and more in this edition of the Big Me Kickoff.

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Big Me Kickoff is back with another live show and since the last time we talked, all heck has broken lose in terms of conference expansion. Never in my days did I expect to see USC and UCLA in the same conference as Ohio State and Michigan, and yet we are there now. Now could Notre Dame be giving up its independence to join the payday of the B1G or more importantly, not to let time pass it by? All of that and more in this LIVE edition of the Big Me Kickoff.

The SEC may have had the first salvo in the next wave of conference expansion with the addition of Texas and Oklahoma but the Big Ten was laying in the weeds and on Thursday it was learned that USC and UCLA may be on the move. The news was first reported by Jon Wilner of the Pac-12 Hotline.
After Wilner went public with the news, many others did their own digging to confirm the reports as the two major powers of Southern California were well on their way to leaving for the Big Ten as early as the start of the 2024 season.
But what does this mean? Obviously, it moves the Big Ten to 16 teams, but could other teams be following, should they be? What does this mean for recruiting? What does this mean for all of the other aspects that surround expansion?
We give our way too early thoughts on this here on this edition of the Big Me Kickoff as we put conference expansion in the spotlight.

We went LIVE with one of our Big Me Kickoff viewer generated shows and talked about Ohio State recruiting, including a big week at the receiver position. Plus we talked about the upcoming official visit weekend, who looks good and who could join the class? How about NIL and how one Buckeye is giving back to those who protect him on the field? All of that and so much more as we go for almost two hours talking all things Buckeyes with a little pop culture mixed in for good measure.

We are halfway done with Southern Swing and in just a week have seen so much. Have you not been able to keep up with us? That's okay, we have a midway point cheat sheet to get you up to speed. We have seen so many great players along the way and we want to give you a better idea of what the landscape of recruiting looks like, not only for the class of 2023 but beyond. Be sure to join Marc Givler and he joins Kevin Noon on this special edition of the Big Me Kickoff for all of the latest.

In this edition of the Big Me Kickoff, we look back at our mock draft and grade our picks versus the actual picks from Thursday night. It was a wild night with trades, surprises and so much more as a pair of big-time receivers found themselves moving while six first-year receivers had their names called.
That list includes the likes of Garrett Wilson, Chris Olave and Jameson Williams, who all went back-to-back-to-back. Are those good fits for each of those players? Should Ohio State fans continue to claim Jameson as a Buckeye and if so, does that work both ways?
What else really stood out about this wild first round? Join host Kevin Noon as he breaks down the draft and looks ahead to the later rounds, all here on the Big Me Kickoff.

This week we rolled out our only 2022 NFL Mock Draft of the season and we are going to stick with it. We only went one round because anything beyond that is just guessing, but then again, is that not the purpose of a mock draft in the first place because we can assure you most teams don't really know what they are doing at this point of the game.
Be sure to join host Kevin Noon on the Big Me Kickoff as we go through the top-32 picks of the draft, talk about the Buckeyes who make the cut, what your favorite (and least favorite) teams are doing and so much more.

game, we are focusing on something entirely different.
This upcoming season will mark the 12th year of the Big Ten Championship Game in football and will be the ninth year of the current configuration of East versus West after three years of Leaders versus Legends.
It has been extremely one-sided since moving to a more geographical system with the East holding a perfect record of 8-0, Ohio State winning five titles during that run with Michigan State, Penn State and Michigan filling out the other wins by the B1G East.
As talks of College Football Playoff expansion are off-and-on, there has been talk about the importance of the championship game in the first place and if the game were to remain, potentially doing away with divisions all together and just having the top-two seeds meet in the championship game, even if that meant a rematch of say… Ohio State and Michigan.
Is the Big Ten West just worthy of a participation trophy when it comes to the B1GCG or is that too much of an East-centric view of things?
We bring in Jeffrey the Greek from the EyesOnB1G podcast to get his views on this matter. We mixed it up with him on social media a week ago and agreed that this issue needed to go to one podcast or the other to try and settle it.
Be sure to join us here on the Big Me Kickoff to hear both sides of the argument and come to your own conclusions.