The Intersection

Austin Ward is an Ohio State football reporter for Lettermen Row who has been on the beat since 2012. Formerly of ESPN, Knoxville News-Sentinel, Casper Star-Tribune and Land of 10. Austin discusses with Matt how the new NCAA rules took place in 2018 and the effect it has on the sport. Also talked about was some high-profile transfers for Ohio State and other schools like Justin Fields and Quinn Ewers. Lastly, NIL and the outlook the portal will have on the landscape of college football was talked about.

Host: Matt Goldman

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Fritz Schierl is a R-Senior who wrestles on the Ohio State wrestling team at the 174 lbs class. He has been on the team since 2016 and is now pursing a graduate degree while in his final year of wrestling at the collegiate level. 

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Max Cohn, president of Scarlet and Gray Sports Radio discusses how to get involved with sports broadcasting as a student at Ohio State. Patrick Engels, president of Sports Society and Initiative comes to discuss the various outlets on how students who want to be in the sports world can get involve. 

Murphy Horning steps in for Matt Goldman this week as he hosts Ben Koo, the creator of the website "Awful Announcing" who comes on to discuss how message board culture in collegiate athletics affects fadnom. Koo broke the story on the Buckeye Scoop message board issues and dives deep into the culture of how it can be negative in ways and also be a positive. 

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Dr. Yolanda Bruce Brooks joins host Matt Goldman to talk about her role as the team psychologist for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. Dr. Brooks also runs a program called Sports Life Transitions to help athletes and people to get through life's challenges. From talking about her time as an Ohio State student to traveling every week with the Cowboys, Dr. Brooks gives great insight into the mental health side of sports.

Marvin Davies IV- A walk-on player of The Ohio State Football team comes on to discuss with Matt Goldman what life is like balancing school and football. Davies IV also discusses how he ended up at Ohio State, NIL, and how he wants to get into the finance world.  

Andy Schwarz-- Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer at the Professional Collegiate League and economist discusses what has occurred in the Alston v. NCAA case and gives his insights into what we can look towards in the future as it is deliberated further.

Professor of Economics and former University of Michigan Wrestler, Ryan Ruddy and Ohio State Wrestling Beat Reporter for The Lantern Chase Brown discuss what wrestling looks like during COVID-19 and how it might impact the athletes.

Gary Petit discusses the changes that have come with his job during COVID-19, what changes he wants to see stay after COVID-19 and more!

Collin Ginnan and Brendan Kucera look back on their time in Miami covering Ohio State Football at the National Championship during COVID-19.