Morning Juice

On a Football Friday, we previewed Sunday's Browns/Bengals game and reviewed Thursday Night Football but the big focus was on Ohio State vs. Nebraska. Austin Ward of Letterman Row weighed in on his excitement for the players that Big Ten football is back and AJ Hawk recalled his first home game at the Horseshoe. And we all goosebumped our way through the new Hype Video.

LSU has committed some NCAA violations which resulted in OBJ being banned from its Baton Rouge campus...it's Thursday, which means the guys revealed their NFL picks for Week 7...and gave some fantasy tips. Albert Breer of the MMQB joined us for a look at some NFL topics: the Dolphins' switch at QB, Antonio Brown's potential return from suspension...and the names of some player who could be traded before the deadline.

Ryan Day previewed Ohio State/Nebraska...Tua takes over at QB in Miami...Tim May of Letterman Row gave his thoughts on the late start to the season...the NFL trade deadline is creating all kinds of rumors...and Zac Jackson of The Athletic talked about the Browns.

Former Ohio State Tight End Jake Ballard talked OSU football with the guys...Hayden Grove of Cleveland.com joined us for a Browns discussion...and we took a look back at the Monday Night Football doubleheader.

On a Reaction Monday, we reacted to the Bengals and Browns losses...discussed the unique position the Patriots are in...and gave a wrap-up of the College Football weekend. The Buckeyes begin their season in five days and we took an early look at their game against Nebraska.

On a Football Friday, we attacked and dominated: Le'Veon Bell has a new address...the Colts shut down their facility because of COVID...we previewed 'Bama/Georgia & Bengals/Colts & Browns/Steelers. Letterman Row's Austin Ward talked OSU football and AJ Hawk made his usual Friday appearance.

We talked about Nick Saban's positive COVID test and the banishment of the Pro Bowl...gave our award-winning and highly-educated NFL picks for this weekend...former NFL linebacker Rocky Boiman (ESPN/WLW) joined us and told a story about his college's (Notre Dame) Strength & Conditioning coach Mickey Marotti. Yes, our Mickey Marotti!

The guys reacted to the Jets' release of RB Le'Veon Bell...Bill Bender of the Sporting News talked college football with us...Albert Breer (MMQB) shared his NFL knowledge and passed along some references of the movie "The Program." And Schlegs was really funny today.

We discussed the fact that Matt Ryan's days may be numbered in Atlanta...talked to Jeff Risdon of The BrownsWire, who credit Kevin Stefanski for Cleveland's turnaround...former Buckeye Joshua Perry joined us to clear up a few things: how he got his jersey number at Ohio State and why his twitter handle is RIP_JEP.

Reaction Monday was loaded! The guys addressed some of the big stories from week 5 of the NFL: Dak Prescott's horrific injury...Alex Smith's incredible comeback..and the Chiefs first loss in 11 months. Lindsay Patterson covers the Bengals for the Cincinnati Enquirer and she joined us to discuss the loss to the Ravens.