The Bill and Doug Show: Ohio State Football Talk

Eight college football teams in the AP preseason Top 15 are leaning on quarterbacks without much starting experience. On this episode of The Bill and Doug Show, Doug Lesmerises runs through all eight of them and puts them in five tiers two weeks in. It's Julian Sayin at Ohio State, Dante Moore at Oregon, Bryce Underwood at Michigan, Arch Manning at Texas, C.J. Carr at Notre Dame, Ty Simpson at Alabama, D.J. Lagway at Florida and Gunner Stockton at Georgia. Who looks ready to lead his team to a national title and who doesn't? Thanks for joining The Bill and Doug Show.

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From comparing Jeremiah Smith to Ohio State receivers currently in the NFL, to figuring out what Bo Jackson might look like in the Buckeyes' running back rotation by the Michigan game, to whether Ohio State should play an in-state team every season, Around the Shoe has you covered with the best quick-hit discussion on Ohio State football. 

Joining Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises on the show this week are Cameron Teague Robinson from The Athletic and Dan Hope from Eleven Warriors. Look for two new OSU reporters to hop on each week for a fun spin through the best topics on Ohio State football. Thanks to Dan and Cam for their time, and thank you for checking out Around the Shoe on The Bill and Doug Show.

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Welcome to another week of Ohio State football. This is your Monday rewatch episode of The Bill and Doug Show, where Bill Landis offers some additional thoughts on Julian Sayin's performance in Ohio State's 70-0 win against Grambling State, following a rewatch of the game. Thanks for hanging with us.

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The Ohio State Buckeyes beat Grambling State 63-0 in Ohio Stadium on Saturday and Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis jumped on live right after the game to break it all down. Quarterback Julian Sayin went 18 of 19 for 306 yards and four touchdowns, while Jeremiah Smith had five catches for 119 yards and two touchdowns. Ohio State moved to 2-0 and will host Ohio University next week. Check out our deeper dive postgame show on Sunday morning on Substack at https://billanddougosu.substack.com.

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This episode offers picks in six major college football games in Week 2, starting with freshman quarterback Bryce Underwood leading the Michigan Wolverines on the road against Oklahoma. Then Bill and Doug make picks for Iowa vs. Iowa State in the Cy-Hawk Game, as Kirk Ferentz tries to pass Woody Hayes. Plus picks on Illinois at Duke, Oklahoma State at Oregon, Boston College at Michigan State and the Kansas-Missouri Border War. Bill went 4-3 on his picks last week and Doug went 3-4. They guys will do this every Friday, taking a national look at college ball here on the Bill and Doug Show.

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Ohio State will host Grambling State on Saturday at 3:30 in Ohio Stadium. It's a rare FCS opponent for the Buckeyes and only the second time they've played an HBCU program in their history. Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises give their picks for the game, plus some history on Grambling and why this is a cool matchup for Ohio State, even if the game is likely to get out of hand. They also discuss which young players they'd like to see get some extended action in what should be a lopsided win for OSU. 

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There are 15 Ohio State rookies on NFL rosters, a boost to the Buckeyes' NFL presence as the previous big class of Buckeyes cycles out of the league. On this episode of The Bill and Doug Show, Doug Lesmerises goes solo to talk about the changing of the guard and passing of the torch for Ohio State in the pros and how the Buckeyes have almost doubled their NFL presence in 10 years. And he runs through the NFL history of the 2016 OSU draft class, with only four of them remaining in the league. Thanks for joining The Bill and Doug Show. A new premium show comparing the 2015 and 2025 OSU teams will be available only on Substack on Wednesday.

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The Ohio State Buckeyes beat the Texas Longhorns 14-7 on Saturday and became the new No. 1 team in the country this week. As they prepare to host Grambling State on Saturday, Ryan Day brought up four points from the win over the Longhorns where he would like to see his team improve. Bill and Doug dove into all of them one by one on this episode. Check out more coverage of the Buckeyes from Bill and Doug on their Substack page at billanddougosu.substack.com

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Ohio State moved into the No. 1 spot in the Associated Press top 25 poll following its win against the former No. 1 team, Texas. Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises discuss the Buckeyes' new ranking, the fallout from week one, which teams besides Ohio State impressed the most, and update their College Football Playoff rankings after one week of games. Thanks for hanging with us on The Bill and Doug Show.

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Ohio State debate lives on Around the Shoe, talking Buckeyes from Julian Sayin to Jeremiah Smith, from Matt Patricia to Alabama lessons. 

Each Monday, four people who cover the Buckeyes will get together for a quick fun college football conversation. For the debut episode, Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises of The Bill and Doug Show were joined by two outstanding members of the Ohio State beat: * Tony Gerdeman of Buckeye Huddle. Catch his work at buckeyehuddle.com and The Buckeye Weekly Podcast * Stephen Means of cleveland.com. Find him at cleveland.com/osu and on Buckeye Talk on YouTube and in your podcast feeds. Four reporters, five quick topics. 

This week: * What percent of Sayin did we see against Texas? * Did the Buckeyes use Smith effectively? * What did you think of the Patricia hire when it was made and what do you think now? * What lessons can Ohio State fans take from what's happening at Alabama? * Who would win a Royal Rumble among Ohio State reporters? Thanks to Stephen and Gerd for their time. We hope to see you each week Around the Shoe.

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