The Bill and Doug Show: Ohio State Football Talk

Ohio State football is the topic once again on Around the Shoe, as Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis are joined by two great Ohio State media guests to discuss the Buckeyes. Dave Biddle of Bucknuts.com and Juck Miletti of Juck on Bucks join to talk five topics on the Buckeyes, as the NFL Combine kicks off this week. 

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Of the 68 power conference college football teams, 58 are locked in with returning or transfer starters for 2026. Six look like they are planning to start homegrown new starters, and four are looking at real quarterback battles. And 31 of those 68 teams are ready to play quarterbacks with at least 20 career starts. 

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Around the Shoe is Around the Big Ten this week, as the conversation expands from beyond Ohio State football to everything that's happening in the conference. On this episode, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis are joined by Audrey Snyder of Inside the Lions (insidethelions.substack.com) and Matt Fortuna of The Inside Zone (insidezonemf.com) to talk about a wide array of Big Ten topics. 
* How would you grade the Big Ten coaching hires this offseason? 
* How many Big Ten teams are legit playoff contenders? 
* Who is the Big Ten dark horse in the College Football Playoff race? 
* How sure are you that Indiana will continue to be for real? 
* Who is a player that will really affect the Big Ten race this season? 

Thanks to Audrey and Matt for their time, and thanks to you for joining us on The Bill and Doug Show. For more Ohio State coverage, check out billandougosu.substack.com.

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The Big Ten floated a 24-team College Football Playoff proposal to its schools, as reported by ESPN.com on Friday. On this episode of The Bill and Doug Show, Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises break down the parts that don't make sense, and some of the parts that do. The questions: * What do we think of eliminating conference championship games? * What of this new playoff path for the top eight seeds? * Would this encourage teams to schedule strong non-conference games? * How many teams not worthy of the playoff would make it? * Is this another example of the Big Ten finding a way to fight against the perception that the SEC is better? Thanks for joining The Bill and Doug Show. For more Ohio State coverage, check out billanddougosu.substack.com

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It's a detour toward basketball as Around the Shoe becomes Around the Schott this week. Joining Bill Landis to discuss Ohio State basketball (Doug is just hosting) are two outstanding reporters who cover OSU hoops: Adam Jardy of The Columbus Dispatch and Connor Lemons of Land-Grant Holy Land. 

The topics covered on this episode of The Bill and Doug Show: 
* What are the Buckeyes chances of making the NCAA Tournament? 
* Who is the most important player the rest of the way? 
* Where does Ohio State rank among Big Ten basketball programs? 
* How would you describe the Buckeyes not making the Sweet Sixteen since 2013? 
* If you could change one thing about Ohio State basketball, what would it be? 

Thanks to Adam and Connor for their time and expertise, and thanks to you for joining another episode of The Bill and Doug Show. We'll get back to football next week. For more Ohio State coverage from Bill and Doug, check out billanddougosu.substack.com.

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Ohio State's new offensive coordinator, Arthur Smith, spent the last two years calling plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Bill Landis is joined on this episode of The Bill & Doug Show by Alan Saunders, who covers the Steelers for SteelersNow.com, to learn more about the Buckeyes' new play-caller. They discuss Smith's offense, the strengths and weaknesses, how he uses star players and how he might relate to college athletes. Alan provides an update on some OSU guys in Pittsburgh at the end. Thanks for watching and listening.

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After a big transfer portal season, both in and out, for the Ohio State Buckeyes in January, The Bill and Doug Show takes a step back. On this episode, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis make their lists for the 10 biggest transfer additions for the Buckeyes since Ryan Day took over as head coach in 2019, and their three biggest transfer losses. These lists should tell us something about how to think of this new transfer class. For more OSU coverage from Bill and Doug, check out billanddougosu.substack.com.

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It's another set of Ohio State football topics on Around the Shoe, as Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis are joined by two members of the Ohio State media throng to break down the Buckeyes. 

The two great guests this week: Jonah Booker of Bucknuts and Chase Brown of Eleven Warriors. The subjects covered: 
* What are the chances Ohio State goes 12-0 in the 2026 regular season against a tough schedule? 
* Grading the hire of special teams coach Robby Discher 
* What does it mean that Ohio State has 12 assistant coaches now? 
* Suggestions for the future of the spring game, which has been set for April 18 this year 
* What have your nicknames been? 

Thanks to JBook and Chase for their time and expertise, and thanks to you for joining Around the Shoe. For more Ohio State coverage from Bill and Doug, check out their Substack at billanddougosu.substack.com

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Ohio State's full schedule for the 2026 season was revealed on Tuesday night, including a back-to-back against USC and Oregon as part of a difficult back half of the schedule. Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises run through all the games and give their early picks for how they think the Buckeyes' season will turn out.

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What does the future hold for Ohio State as it balances two 5-star quarterbacks in back-to-back classes in Julian Sayin and Tavien St. Clair? While The Athletic presented a recent story headlined "Why don’t college football programs develop quarterbacks anymore?" Ohio State still plans to do that. Should Ohio State continue that plan as a possible exception to the rule in an era of more transfer QBs? Or should Ohio State more frequently look to the portal for quarterbacks like so many other teams? And beyond the portal, how will the Buckeyes handle having two quarterbacks on the roster like Sayin and St. Clair, when so many quarterbacks in St. Clair's recruiting class have already made moves? Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises break it all down on the latest episode of The Bill and Doug Show. For more of their OSU coverage, check out billanddougosu.substack.com.

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