The Big Me Kickoff is back and the schedule keeps the Buckeyes on the road with a trip to Evanston (Ill.) and the Wildcats of Northwestern.

This has been anything but a good season for Pat Fitzgerald’s squad as a 1-11 season is a very real possibility for this team. Everything looked so much more promising to start the year in Ireland with a win over Nebraska but since then nothing has gone right.

The Buckeyes draw this reeling Northwestern team this week, a week after a hard-fought win at Penn State. You would expect this week to be much easier, but that doesn’t mean that the Buckeyes can just mail it in and expect to show up and not face any adversity. Mother Nature is trying to see to that.

We are joined by an old friend, Louie Vaccher of WildcatReport.com to talk about the Cats and what they hope to accomplish against the Buckeyes, no matter how difficult those goals may be. Don’t miss out as we talk Buckeyes vs. Wildcats here on the Big Me Kickoff.

In this special bonus episode of the Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning podcast, you'll hear directly from Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles and wide receivers coach Brian Hartline as they discuss a wide variety of topics surrounding the 2022 Ohio State football team.

- How much does having a freakish athlete like JT Tuimoloau help Knowles as a playcaller?

- How confident is Hartline that Jaxon Smith-Njigba will be back on the field this year?

- Do big plays made by a defense help cancel out the big plays allowed by the defense?

- What does it take to get guys like CJ Stroud and Marvin Harrison, Jr. on the same page to make big plays in big moments?

- And much more.

For two weeks in a row, the normally explosive Ohio State offense has struggled to move the football on the ground. What has gone wrong for the Buckeyes, and how likely is it that they'll be able to fix it soon?

Kevin Noon of BuckeyeHuddle.com joins host Tom Orr to discuss that and a lot more from inside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center.

- How did Denzel Burke get his season back on track after giving up some big plays?

- What was it like for Jordan Hancock to miss so much time, and how quickly did he get back up to speed?

- How Tyleik Williams showed off his new football in a very big spot

- And much more

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In this episode of the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, Tony Gerdeman and Tom Orr finish up the listener questions about Michigan from last week. Among the topics they tackle are the following:
- Would the Wolverines would be a title contender with CJ Stroud at quarterback?
- How nervous should each respective fan base be about the game given their current running games?
- Which of OSU's opponents this season are most like Michigan offensively and defensively?
- Based on what we've seen so far, how will The Game this year be different than last year's game?
- Three reasons why OSU will win.
- Three reasons why Michigan will win.
- Which Michigan player would most help Ohio State if they were removed from The Game entirely?

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In this live episode of the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, Tony Gerdeman, Tom Orr, and Kevin Noon discuss the unveiling of the initial College Football Playoff rankings as they are released. They discuss what stood out most for them, whether Ohio State is okay where they are, what the Committee is actually doing, and much more. They also answer a bunch of questions from the viewers of the live stream. Tony then steps away to jump on the teleconference with Committee chair Boo Corrigan to see why the Committee voted the way they did. Afterward, Tony rejoins Tom and Kevin to relay everything that Corrigan had to say, including why the Committee clearly liked Ohio State more than Michigan.

In this episode of the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, Tom Orr and Tony Gerdeman recap 10 things they learned from rewatching the Ohio State - Penn State game. The fellas discuss just about everything other than JT Tuimoloau, since he was impossible to miss. Topics include why the false starts were happening, Ohio State's struggles with the running game and why it may have happened, some sophomores on defense stepping up, Lathan Ransom, and much more.

Ohio State head coach Ryan Day met with the media on Tuesday to discuss what he learned after watching film of the Buckeyes' 44-31 win over Penn State, provide an update on the status of injured WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba, the story behind the false starts on two separate two-point conversion tries, how they'll stay focused during the three weeks leading up to the Michigan game, and whether running the ball out of the pistol formation so much puts the offense at a disadvantage.

Kevin Noon of BuckeyeHuddle.com joins host Tom Orr to discuss all of that and much more.

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The College Football Playoff committee will release its first rankings of the 2022 season on Tuesday night. A lot will obviously change in the month between now and the final rankings, but there's always a lot to learn from how the committee stacks things up to start.

Tony Gerdeman of BuckeyeHuddle.com joins host Tom Orr to break down what he's expecting to see from the committee, and also what he's going to be watching for farther down the rankings.

- Who will be No. 1 in the poll?

- Where will Ohio State rank?

- What will we learn from where the committee has Alabama?

- Why can you sometimes learn more from looking at the middle or even bottom of the rankings than the top?

- Which teams lower in the rankings might be the biggest tipoff about what the committee really thinks about the ones at the top?

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Welcome to the Skull Session Recruiting Podcast and we get things started with a massive BOOM for the Buckeyes in more way than one. It has been a minute since the Buckeyes have recruited a true one-technique on the defensive line and they got their guy with Kayden McDonald out of the greater Atlanta area. Find out more about this pickup and what it means from host Marc Givler and his special guest, Kevin Noon here in the first edition of the Skull Session Recruiting Podcast.

In this episode of the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, Tony Gerdeman and Tom Orr recap Michigan's 29-7 win over Michigan State on Saturday. The fellas once again fawn over running back Blake Corum, but wonder how long he can continue to carry the ball 30 times in a game. The Wolverines bogged down in the red zone, so Tom and Tony break down just how bad things were for Michigan inside the Sparty 20-yard line. They then discuss the Michigan defense which continues to be outstanding. There are a bunch of other notes thrown in as well, including plenty of talk about how the Buckeyes match up against the Wolverines, even though we are still weeks away from the game.