The Buckeye Weekly Podcast

In this episode of the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, Tony Gerdeman and Tom Orr answer a handful of listener episodes. Among the topics today are the following.
- Will there be more sensible substitutions on defense this year?
- If Ryan Day had his way, how would the quarterback situation shake out during Dylan Raiola's time at Ohio State?
- Which conference game is Ohio State most likely to run and pass for 220 yards?
- What are the best bets for Week 0 and Week 1 this season?
- Bearded Ryan Day or clean-shaven Ryan Day?

In this episode of the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, Tom Orr and Tony Gerdeman answer a handful of listener questions. Among the topics today are the following.
- How do freshmen determine their jersey numbers/
- Is Dallan Hayden being underestimated?
- Ranking the top starting quarterbacks from 2001-2017 as fits in Ryan Day's offense.
- Will the Buckeyes run mainly a 4-3 against Notre Dame?
- Did Greg Mattison "provide cover" for Al Washington at linebacker given the fall off last year?
- What is the best sports cartoon based on real players?

Two kickoff times have been announced for the Buckeyes this season, as the Michigan game will be a noon kickoff on FOX and the Notre Dame game will be a 7:30 pm kickoff on ABC. No other kickoff times have been announced, but that doesn't mean we can't speculate on the rest of the schedule.

In this episode of the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, Tom Orr and Tony Gerdeman take a week-by-week look at the most likely network destinations and kickoff times for the Buckeyes. Will the Notre Dame game be the only one home game under the lights, or one of several? Will Penn State be another White Out? How many road trips will be at night for Ohio State? The fellas take a crack at deciphering all of it.

In this live stream instant reaction edition of the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, Tony Gerdeman, Tom Orr, and Kevin Noon share their thoughts on Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher's press conference addressing Alabama head coach Nick Saban's allegation that A&M has abused the NCAA's NIL rules. Was this the greatest press conference in world history? Quite possibly. The fellas discuss their amazement at a head coach actually naming names and answer viewer questions about the entire ordeal, covering many other topics as well.

Ohio State has announced contract extensions for football coach Ryan Day, men's basketball coach Chris Holtmann, women's basketball coach Kevin McGuff, lacrosse coach Nick Myers, and men's hockey coach Steve Rohlik.

In this episode of the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, Tony Gerdeman and Tom Orr discuss these extensions, specifically what the Ryan Day extension means for the future of OSU football and why the Chris Holtmann extension made sense.

The fellas then answer a handful of listener questions involving the Buckeyes having three scholarship kickers, how the players on the OSU defense have adapted to Jim Knowles' system, and who is on the Mt. Rushmore of late-blooming Buckeyes.

In this episode of the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, Tony Gerdeman and Tom Orr discuss the recent recommendations from the NCAA Oversight Committee regarding temporarily unlimited recruiting classes, and also conference championship game requirement changes.

Both recommendations are expected to pass and would mean a two-year waiver on the 25-scholarship cap, as well as a removal of the rules that dictate how conference championship games are determined. This will then free up conferences to do away with divisions and simply have their two best teams play in their respective conference title games. (Ex: Ohio State vs. Michigan for the Big Ten Championship.)

Could the Big Ten be on the verge of doing this? And if so, is it a good thing? The fellas discuss all the scenarios and situations that could be involved in such a major change. Before that, however, they discuss the opening odds on conference champions for 2022 and try to decide to best plays to spend some make-believe money.

Quarterback Dylan Raiola -- the top player in the 2024 class -- has committed to Ohio State. In this episode of the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, Tom Orr and Tony Gerdeman give their instant reactions to the news and discuss what the Buckeyes are getting in the 5-star quarterback. They also talk about Ryan Day's incredible success recruiting quarterbacks, just how quickly Raiola might start competing for a starting job, and what this means for the rest of the 2024 recruiting class.

We are halfway done with Southern Swing and in just a week have seen so much. Have you not been able to keep up with us? That's okay, we have a midway point cheat sheet to get you up to speed. We have seen so many great players along the way and we want to give you a better idea of what the landscape of recruiting looks like, not only for the class of 2023 but beyond. Be sure to join Marc Givler and he joins Kevin Noon on this special edition of the Big Me Kickoff for all of the latest.

In this episode of the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, Tony Gerdeman and Tom Orr discuss Wednesday's commitment of 4-star Ohio offensive lineman Austin Siereveld. The Buckeyes have now landed commitments from the top three linemen in the state of Ohio State, so the fellas discuss the importance of that feat. Tom and Tony also discuss the ongoing vote to make NIL legal for Ohio high school student-athletes. Is it likely to pass? What will it mean if it does? All of this is discussed and much more.

Ohio State is adding 10 more freshmen from the 2022 class this summer. Running back Dallan Hayden, receivers Kojo Antwi and Kaleb Brown, offensive linemen Tegra Tshabola, Carson Hinzman, and Avery Henry, defensive linemen Hero Kanu, Omari Abor, and Kenyatta Jackson, and safety Sonny Styles will arrive this June.

In this episode of the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, Tom Orr and Tony Gerdeman discuss all 10 incoming freshmen, their relative strengths and weaknesses, and the likelihood of each of them seeing the field this year.