Spielman and Hooley

Open -- Why has Indiana been hard to shake?

2:00 -- Master Teague is a beast. We'll say it if OSU won't.

3:30 -- Where's Brendan White?

5:30 -- Spiels has the Bengals on Fox on Sunday. He likes what he sees on defense from Sam Hubbard and others.

6:30 -- How Urban Meyer found Sam Hubbard.

8:00 -- Why Spiels endorses spending some of your time vacationing in Youngstown.

9:00 -- Browns in New York for Monday Night Football against Jets. Is this a must win if Cleveland wants to make the playoffs.

14:00 -- Why is Michigan bringing a game ball from its win over Army to the post-game presser? Should that happen at a program like Michigan?

17:00 -- Could Chris have been a teammate of someone whose off-field behavior, say, Antonio Brown, disgusted him?

18:30 -- Jemele Hill says black athletes shouldn't attend Ohio State, Michigan, Alabama, etc. but should go to Howard, Florida A&M and other HBCU's. Let us tell you why you're wrong, Jemele.

23:00 -- We settle a marital debate over whether a husband flossing his teeth while watching TV is appropriate.

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0-8:00 -- Speils and Bruce both knew, and will miss, Cavs broadcaster Fred McLeod

7:30 -- Is Indiana a Trap Game for Ohio State?

9:45 -- Ryan Day's answer to Bruce's question about how Army-Michigan, OSU-Purdue, OSU-Iowa happen

13:30 -- Pete Werner's honest answer about Indiana.

15:30 -- Justin Fields can scramble. That was good for Troy Smith. How does Day coach him to do it right?

16:20 -- Spiels likens Fields improvisation to a funny thing that happened, regarding Barry Sanders.

18:30 -- Spiels is impressed with Zac Taylor's coaching debut and offers an early scouting report on his Fox game this week, San Francisco at Cincinnati.

21:00 -- How the Bengals lost in Seattle despite winning the statistical battle convincingly

23:30 -- The tight end Bruce has never heard of that Spiels says is among the best in the NFL right now, and a guy the Bengals better cover.

25:00 -- Odell Beckham will continue to wear his watch, which is why Chris and Bruce will continue to be hesitant to embrace the Browns' supposed culture tranformation.

28:00 -- Nick Saban breaks into the podcast unexpectedly as Freddie Kitchens tells why the Browns' penalties will cease Monday in New York.

31:00 -- A soon-to-be-first-time father of a little girl asks Spiels and Hooley, who have eight daughters between them, about how he can most-effectively raise his daughter.

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The Browns lose their 15th straight opener. Boy, do they.

Chris and Bruce explain how the team's mindset set them up for this free-fall, but agree the 43-13 loss to Tennessee is the best thing that could have happened.

14:00 -- Is it too soon to think of Justin Fields as a Heisman Trophy contender?

15:30 -- What's different about this OSU team that will make this trip to Bloomington easier than others?

21:00 -- Bengals fall one point short of Seattle and get the Spielman treatment on Fox this week.

30 -- Cleveland has 18 penalties. Who's to blame?

33 -- Emailers want to know why the Bengals weren't on locally and whether Drew Brees got a raw deal from those who criticized him for a Public Service Announcement he made on behalf of Bring Your Bible to School Day.

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A landmark day in the Hooley household exposes Spielman's irrational fear

Where would Luke Fickell jump from Cincinnati

Great marital advice if you really want to tick off your wife

What kept Spielman up all night

The weird relationship between Cincinnati and Columbus, UC and OSU

How does Chris spend his weekend when doing an NFL game (Atlanta at Minnesota) on Fox

One major area of concern for the Browns against the Titans

Does Peter King believe in the Browns as a playoff team

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Zeke Elliott signs a big deal.

Mike Weber...cut in Dallas, not picked up yet. Did he make a mistake going pro

NFL coaches health...Spiels pounds the table for better monitoring by the league

Teenage decision-making. Should you do it for them, or let them make their own decisions?

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Luke Fickell is trying to do what a few, but very few, ex-OSU assistant coaches have done -- win in Ohio Stadium.

What would it mean for Luke, who played at OSU and served as an assistant, defensive coordinator and interim head coach, to win in the Horseshoe.

We know what it would mean to Browns fans to win the AFC North, but do Chris and Bruce think they will do it?

Spiels asks Bruce, "Do you live reactively or proactively," and it sparks a great discussion about how to persevere in the midst of adversity. That's what they mean when they say of this podcast, "We tackle everything."

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Luke Fickell returns to Ohio State as UC's head coach on Saturday. But what if he had stayed at OSU as an assistant. Would OSU have chosen him to succeed Urban Meyer over Ryan Day.

Jalen Hurts' fantastic debut positions him as a Heisman contender and Oklahoma as a playoff contender. Are fans likely to embrace Hurts, or reject him because of Sooner Fatigue?

The NCAA makes a nonsensical ruling, but not against former Buckeye Matthew Baldwin, who it must like.

And emailers want to know who to be worried about in the Big Ten.

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Justin Fields gets an A, and Ohio State a B-plus as a team, after an easy opening win against Florida Atlantic.

Urban Meyer's future...is it in broadcasting, or in coaching. Or, Spiels has another idea.

And the Cowboys are getting closer to signing Zeke Elliott. Is that a good idea, given he has two years left on his rookie deal.

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0-6 min -- Spielman's magic shoes from long ago, and how Ryan Day will be floating on air before kickoff on Saturday.

6:30 -- When did Spiels first meet Ryan Day, and what did he tell Urban about him?

7:45 -- The Ryan Day vs. Lane Kiffin coaching matchup is one of contrasting resumes

13:00 Lane Kiffin did Ohio State a big favor in the 2014 College Football Playoff

18:45 -- Did anyone see Ryan Day coming as Urban's successor?

21:45 -- Is Paul Finebaum correct in saying that if Jim Harbaugh doesn't win the Big Ten this year, he never will?

27:00 Gronk gets emotional, and Spiels doesn't mind.

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