The Buckeye Weekly Podcast

In this episode of the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, Tony Gerdeman and Tom Orr dive into some Ohio State football history by going back and forth discussing OSU records that will never be broken. Can anybody top what Archie Griffin did? What about the linebackers of the '70s and '80s? Which records are the most impossible to break and which might be possible, but still very unlikely? The fellas talk about it all and discuss a wide range of impossible feats.

It has been a weird relationship between the Big Ten and Notre Dame and it does not appear that things are any closer today than they were months or years ago. Conference expansion has put this back on the front page of the news however and is now the last best chance to get Notre Dame into the conference? There are a million reasons why this is a move that so many people want but at what point does the Big Ten call it quits and get on with its life? All of that and more in this edition of the Big Me Kickoff.

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In this episode of the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, Tony Gerdeman and Tom Orr hold a fantasy draft selecting former Buckeyes to play in Ryan Day's Ohio State offense. They are picking one quarterback each, one running back, three receivers, and a tight end, and they can only select players who never played for Day. Where do your favorite former Buckeyes land and how do they fit into the modern game? The fellas discuss it all over the course of this draft.

Big Me Kickoff is back with another live show and since the last time we talked, all heck has broken lose in terms of conference expansion. Never in my days did I expect to see USC and UCLA in the same conference as Ohio State and Michigan, and yet we are there now. Now could Notre Dame be giving up its independence to join the payday of the B1G or more importantly, not to let time pass it by? All of that and more in this LIVE edition of the Big Me Kickoff.

In this episode of the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, Tony Gerdeman and Tom Orr address a single listener question -- if we were the commissioners of college football and had the ability to change anything about the sport, what would it be? What sweeping changes would we make about college football and why would it improve the sport? The fellas discuss this sweeping question and go in a number of directions with varying likelihoods to actually happen down the road.

It has been a busy last couple of days around Ohio State and the Big Ten, and in this episode of the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, Tom Orr and Tony Gerdeman give their reactions to all of it. First, the Buckeyes have just landed a four-star cornerback commit in Jermaine Mathews, so the fellas give their instant reaction to the news. This comes one day after OSU landed Texas cornerback Calvin Simpson-Hunt, which they also discuss. Then they spend some time talking about OSU's Friday press conference regarding Big Ten expansion, including some speculation on the future of Notre Dame and the rest of college football.

News broke Thursday afternoon that USC and UCLA would be leaving the Pac 12 for the Big Ten and in this emergency episode of the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, Tom Orr and Tony Gerdeman discuss the news and all of the tangents that go along with it. Will this be the only move? What does this mean for divisions? What does this mean for the other sports? What does this mean for the other conferences? The fellas talk about all of these scenarios and many more.

The SEC may have had the first salvo in the next wave of conference expansion with the addition of Texas and Oklahoma but the Big Ten was laying in the weeds and on Thursday it was learned that USC and UCLA may be on the move. The news was first reported by Jon Wilner of the Pac-12 Hotline.

After Wilner went public with the news, many others did their own digging to confirm the reports as the two major powers of Southern California were well on their way to leaving for the Big Ten as early as the start of the 2024 season.

But what does this mean? Obviously, it moves the Big Ten to 16 teams, but could other teams be following, should they be? What does this mean for recruiting? What does this mean for all of the other aspects that surround expansion?

We give our way too early thoughts on this here on this edition of the Big Me Kickoff as we put conference expansion in the spotlight.

The Buckeyes have landed a verbal commitment from 4-star Georgia cornerback Kayin Lee. In this episode of the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, Tony Gerdeman and Tom Orr break down the commitment and discuss what kind of player Ohio State is getting in Lee. The fellas also talk about just where Lee could end up in this Buckeye defense and just how many more defensive backs might be in this class with him.

We went LIVE with one of our Big Me Kickoff viewer generated shows and talked about Ohio State recruiting, including a big week at the receiver position. Plus we talked about the upcoming official visit weekend, who looks good and who could join the class? How about NIL and how one Buckeye is giving back to those who protect him on the field? All of that and so much more as we go for almost two hours talking all things Buckeyes with a little pop culture mixed in for good measure.