Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

The Ohio State offensive line returns four starters in 2026, including three players on the interior who played crucial roles in the Buckeyes' run to the 2024 national championship. So what do Luke Montgomery, Carson Hinzman, and Austin Siereveld bring to this year's offensive line? 

In this special bonus episode, you'll hear directly from Montgomery about his view of the veteran core of the offensive line, why this year's offense should be fun to play in, what he's expecting from freshman RB phenom Legend Bey, and much more.

In today's episode of the Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning podcast, Ross Fulton, one of the Scheme Insiders from BuckeyeInsiders.com, joins host Tom Orr to discuss three things he's expecting to see from the Ohio State offense, as well as three areas of concern. Here's what he's expecting:

More Making Plays Look Alike: To paraphrase the late great football coach Homer Smith, a key to offensive football is making plays look alike. If a defense can tell one play from another, they can play fast. If all your plays look alike, they have to play slow. To that end, I expect that Arthur Smith will do a better job layering plays together compared to the Ohio State offense last season. The run game will be based off a few core concepts—particularly outside zone and duo—and may use fewer concepts than last season. But Smith will build more play action and bootleg concepts off of those run plays. This should allow Ohio State’s offense to be more explosive, as an effective run game with play action can force teams out of using cone coverage against Jeremiah Smith and open holes behind linebackers.

More Under Center: To accomplish point 1 above, I expect more under center from Ohio State. In addition to providing the offense the ability to run the same play in either direction, under center aids play action in that the quarterback turns his back to the defense and the fake can be more drawn out. In addition, while Julian Sayin is not a real run threat on designed quarterback runs or run reads—lessening the value of shotgun to the offense—he is mobile enough and throws well on the run such that he is effective off bootleg action. Notably, Sayin was effective off bootlegs in the second half last year against Indiana, as teams were often overplaying the run action. While I certainly do not expect the shotgun to go away—it remains effective for run-pass-options—I do believe that under-center will be a more heavily featured part of the offense.

More Quick Game: I likewise think that Smith will take advantage of Sayin’s skill-set by using more underneath quick game concepts such as slants, hitches, and quick outs. Such an emphasis would be consistent with Ryan Day’s focus on putting receivers in a position where they can gain yards after the catch.


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We got our final chance to talk to Ohio State head coach Ryan Day on Wednesday evening following practice, and there were some interesting takeaways, including: 

• Which players will get a chance to return punts on Saturday, and who will be the kick returner?
• How he thinks they can find a balance between playing true freshmen, and understanding that may mean dealing with some youthful mistakes.
• Who is going to start on the defensive line
• And more

In this bonus episode, you'll get to hear directly from Ohio State center Carson Hinzman, who will be starting for the Buckeyes for the fourth season in a row. In addition to being one of only three fifth-year players who have spent their entire careers as Buckeyes, Hinzman is also one of the most entertaining interviews on this year's team. 

He discusses his expectations for this year's offensive line, what it would mean to win the Joe Moore Award, what he's seen from the team's running backs, the growth of Julian Sayin, and much more.

There is a new rule in college football that could benefit the Ohio State Buckeyes in a big moment - and there are indications that Ryan Day's program could be preparing to take advantage of it in a crucial game. 

In this episode of the Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning podcast, Tony Gerdeman of BuckeyeInsiders.com joins host Tom Orr to discuss college football's new fair catch kick rule, and how a new transfer kicker could help Ohio State capitalize on the change. 

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There are a number of questions about the 2026 Ohio State defense that will at least start getting answered on Saturday when the Buckeyes kick off the season against Ball State, but earlier this week, OSU head coach Ryan Day shared his thoughts on a few of those areas.

In this special bonus episode, you'll hear Day's thoughts on the linebacker room, the defensive tackles, and more.

Two of the biggest names from the 2002 Ohio State national championship season will be back in the Horseshoe on Saturday to be honored for their roles in the program. 

Former head coach Jim Tressel is being inducted into the school's Ring of Honor alongside legendary former coaches Woody Hayes and Paul Brown, and former standout running back Maurice Clarett will ring the Victory Bell before the game. 

Both Tressel and Clarett left Ohio State under less-than-ideal circumstances, so what was it that led the school to honor them? In this special bonus episode, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day discussed that, as well as sharing his thoughts on the Buckeyes' opponents from Ball State, how the 5-for-5 rule is changing everything for freshmen this season, and much more.

In this special bonus episode, you'll get a chance to hear directly from Ohio State head coach Ryan Day about all sorts of topics surrounding the Buckeyes' 2026 offense. From the veteran interior of the offensive line, to the battle for the backup quarterback position, to the role talented true freshman Legend Bey might take on, to which wide receivers are likely to play this weekend, you'll hear it all, straight from Ryan Day.

The expectations for Ohio State's 2026 offensive line are relatively high, with four of last year's starters returning, and talented third-year player Ian Moore on track to start at left tackle, but Tuesday during midweek interviews, there was even more encouraging talk about just how good that line could end up being.

In this episode of the Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning podcast, Tony Gerdeman, the team insider from BuckeyeInsiders.com, joins host Tom Orr to discuss what they learned from Ohio State head coach Ryan Day and center Carson Hinzman. 

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The 2026 Ohio State football season is just days away from kicking off, and the team from BuckeyeInsiders.com is making their final calls on several positional battles that have still not been officially decided. 

Team Insider Tony Gerdeman joins host Tom Orr to let you know what they're hearing about the battles for the five starting offensive line spots, the backup quarterback position, the top-three linebacker spots, and both the kick return and punt return roles. 

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