The basic recruiting rankings tell us which Ohio State assistant coaches have brought the most elite players in at their positions. But does it tell the whole story about those coaches as recruiters? Stephen Means took a closer look at those rankings -- including which coaches played a role in landing players outside of their position room -- and he and Nathan Baird discussed how that changed their view of those coaches' performance. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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In this episode of Buckeye Talk, the hosts discuss Ohio State football records and potential records that could be broken in the 2024 season.
OSU has already broken its fair share of both individual and team records since Ryan Day took over the program in 2019 and a few more may be on the table this season. After looking back at some of those records, Stephen Means, Nathan Baird and Andrew Gillis look ahead to what could be the longest season in school history and predict a few that could potentially fall.
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6 Ohio State football records in jeopardy of being broken in 2024

Oho State got a surprise visit from David Sanders Jr. over the weekend as it continues to quickly build momentum for the five-star offensive lineman.
Landing the nation’s No. 2 player and top tackle would not only be a major win for OSU’s 2025 recruiting class but would also be the type of recruiting win it’s long hoped to get from offensive line coach Justin Frye ever since he was hired in 2022. Its impact would sit among some of the other high-level wins during the Ryan Day era, at least at first glance.
On this episode of Bucikeye talk, Stephen Means and Andrew Gillis look at what the most impactful wins of the Day era — 2019-present — have been. then they decide whether a potential win in the Sanders recruitment — which has gone from longshot to real possibility — could join that list someday.
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A surprise 5-star visit and the most impactful Ohio State recruits of the Ryan Daye era

It’s the five most valuable Ohio State Buckeyes for the 2024 football season on this Thursday Buckeye Talk.
They run through the top five, which includes both coaches and players and hits both offense and defense. They covered the Buckeyes ranked 10 through six on Monday.
Players and coaches are combined in this ranking, and it’s not a best-of list. It’s value. It’s importance.
Stephen, Nathan, Andrew and the Ohio State text subscribers each ranked their top 20 Buckeyes, and the lists were then combined to rank this top 10.
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Revealing the most valuable person to Ohio State football's 2024 national title hopes

On this Monday Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means, Nathan Baird and Andrew Gillis begin to unveil their rankings of the 10 most valuable Buckeyes to Ohio State football's 2024 season.
This podcast covers the players who just missed the top 10, plus Nos. 10 through six. The top five will be discussed on Tuesday.
Players and coaches are combined in this ranking, and it’s not a best-of list. It’s value. It’s importance.
Stephen, Nathan, Andrew and the Ohio State text subscribers each ranked their top 20 Buckeyes, and the lists were then combined to rank this top 10.
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Ranking the top 10 most value people to Ohio State football’s championship hope

The second transfer portal window wasn't quite as explosive for Ohio State football as the first as it only lost seven players none being players considered to win a starting role this season.
On this episode of Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means, Nathan Baird and Andrew Gillis break down OSU's roster retention heading into the summer and whether there is any impact to the few losses. Then the trio has a conversation about the Buckeyes holding on to all four scholarship quarterbacks and what that says about the mentality of the room and the type of recruit who'd signed up to be part of something like that.
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