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2:00Enjoy savings on top of savings when you shop in-store or online for easy drive-up and go pick up or delivery. Restrictions apply, see website for full-terms and conditions. Oh, hey! What's up, everybody? Happy Friday evening. It was a glorious day here in Columbus, man. It was like 70-something, still a little wet from the flooding of the rain in the past couple of days, but I'll take that over our fifth or a sixth snow here in the Columbus area for those who don't know. Anyway, do me a favor, hit that like button. If you haven't not subscribed, please consider subscribing. We're getting closer, I should say, to our go-of-40,000 subscribers. Little by little, we appreciate you for subscribing. Also, for you podcast folks who don't always rock with YouTube, Apple people go to Apple Podcast, save as their download is there,

3:03and spreeker.com, for you non-Apple folks like me, that's where you want to go to those platforms. We're going to be talking about some good, delicious nuggets from the scoop board, some buzz and updates heading into spring balls. Spring balls right around the corner, y'all. It's the 10th, I believe, which is Tuesday. That's close. So, we're going to have a lot to talk about and observe. And then, of course, we're going to ask in a question of the other b- the b-ball buck eyes. See, I'm rocking to Jersey to extra clean Jim Jackson, era grade joint. Are they going to make the tournament? We're going to talk about it. There's still some questions and confusion, but we're going to talk about it. Also, remember, when you send us one of the super chats, it helps to go towards the pay-it-forward, which is our military and our first responders. We're going to look out for them because they always look out for us. Nevada, what's up, brother? How are you feeling on this Friday evening? Dude, you're wearing your Christian jersey today, man. I'm liking that. Chris was one of my all-time favorite players,

4:06and then he, the game against that. Remember, we were playing at Cheating Michigan team, and he missed that little baseline thing right at the end. I think that's right. My mind's not portraying me right. I think you're right. I love me some Chris Jant and boy, Michigan really has, they've been cheating for a while, and just about everything. Long time. Long time. Long time. They've taken it to a new level now, but yeah, the cheating Wolverines kept us up. It can't keep us out this year. We're going in, and I'm telling you, we're a hot team right now, and what you're always looking for around this time of year is a team. You need to have a couple of bigs that can defend seven footers. When we have that, we have a great shooting. We're shooting really well right now, and you want to have a veteran point guard. And we've got that. We've got the pieces to make a little mini runner. Maybe shots and people. So I'm excited for March Madison, and what spring balls five days away,

5:06or Tuesday or four days away, or whatever it is. Yep. So I mean, I'm like the off season. The off season is officially over with the start of spring ball. So I am color me excited, ma'am. Definitely. We're definitely going to get back much more and to Buckeye basketball in a little bit. We're going to start off with the spring football stuff. I got a lot to say about both. But yes, it's the 10th. So that's this upcoming. Let me let me count. Today's the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th. Yep. 10th. So it's coming up quick, y'all. And I'm excited. I mean, can you believe that, Nevada? I mean, it just felt like we just like day, man. You know, lost in Miami and boom, it's spring. And so I'm super excited. Like I said, the weather here in Columbus was lovely today. And I'm hoping the spring game will be the same. But also, before we get really get into it, wanted to shout out Patrick Green, as we mentioned the other day, condolences,

6:09you know, to him and his family, his mother pass. He's here in the city for the funeral. I was able to link him up with Brian Fogel to get the Buckeye's to pass out. And he sent me some pictures, Nevada. He got a chance. Did you ever, did you ever see the video posted of the tour that I took in Brian's, um, in Brian's crib? How are you seeing that? You did? OK. Yes. OK. So, uh, he got a Patrick got the tour. And, uh, you know, after every tour, there's a, you take a picture in his living room around all this stuff and he got that picture. I thought that was dope, man. I just thought you were going to drop by and grab the Buckeye's and bang out. But I'm glad you got the going there because it's definitely a sight to see in Nevada. Yeah, that sounds. I mean, look, sounds great. And, um, yeah, this is a tough times. Don't last tough people do and, and glad to see things, things working on the way that they're working out. Absolutely, absolutely. All right. So, um, yeah, let's get into this great nugget

7:10from the scoop board. All right. It's talking about the buzz and, uh, you know, a lot of good intel head into the spring. And, um, I wanted you to kind of kick it off. I got some, some things I wanted to touch on. I got excited about one particular item. I'm not because it's just so earth shattering. I just thought it was dope. But wish your thoughts on the, uh, the nugget from the helping technician about some things. Arthur Smith and Julian Sanduho, Ryan Day. You know, uh, some players highlighted. Wish your initial thoughts on that nugget in Nevada. Well, it's just going to, it's really going to help Ryan Day this year in more ways than anybody will ever imagine having Arthur Smith as his offensive coordinator and, you know, having a guy that arguably knows as much or more about offensive than you do. You know, certainly is it, it stands in stark contrast to where he was last year in 2025. And, you know, Arthur Smith has already come in.

8:10A couple of things that I noted. It was a bunch in there. But there's a couple of things that I'll highlight. Maybe it won't say maybe they're not. But one was, you know, Arthur Smith now giving Julian Sand the, the ability to change protections up front. Something he didn't have last year. And, and, you know, part of that's, you know, his inexperience, you know, part of that is Brian Hartlein's inexperience. But he was not able to slide protections to where he thought your pressure was going to be coming from. And now, um, they, you know, Arthur Smith has already come in and said, like, we're going to, we're going to do this. And this is going to be one of the early installs in terms of this frame. So that's something we'll expect to see, you know, throughout 2026 football. Obviously, Arthur Smith, a big offensive line guy, cares a great deal about what happens in that room with those guys. And obviously realizes what an integral part that is to offensive line success. And I just think it's going to be a night and day difference. You know, on the offensive line,

9:11how they protect, you know, how we attack the other defenses up front with our winning game. So I think it's going to be a complete change in terms of offense. There's not changed of philosophy, but a change in terms of execution in 2026 and 20 versus 2025. And the second thing was there was like a little saying that I thought was great, which is when in doubt put four in the route. And, you know, last year they had a couple of times where they would run and they'd run two man routes or they'd run three man routes. And what they're finding is when you run four man routes and one of those four men is JJ Smith, it puts just so much pressure on the defense to cover them. Like they may be able to cover them. It's a two-man route. They may be able to cover them. It's a three-man route because they can bracket them. But when it's a four-man route, they really can't do that. And I think Arthur Smith has identified that right away saying, look, I know this puts some of our pressures on our guys up front, but I think we can handle it.

10:12I believe our quarterbacks mobile enough to be able to move around. I think offensive lines be enough to block them up. But we're going to be putting four guys in route with regularity. And that is another change from last year's offense. That's another thing that will definitely stress out opposing defenses. And, you know, look, we're trying to run the offense in 2026 through Julian St. Last year, we were trying to let it around him because he was the freshman, hadn't played before. This year, he's the centerpiece. He's the trigger man that are running everything through Julian. And I'm excited to see, you know, again, spring football starts Tuesday, you know, four days away. We're all going to get a chance to see it here relatively shortly. But I think the Arthur Smith thing is going to be a huge ad for Ryan Day and certainly a huge ad for the Ohio State offense. I definitely agree. And speaking of ad, we have, in addition to the coaching staff, you mentioned online being better. Well, this gentleman is going to help that. Mateo Cambui. Cambui, I'm not sure how to pronounce that.

11:14He worked under Arthur Smith with the Steelers and the Falcons. He's going to replace Marcus. I forget his last name. Excuse me, the assistant who left. He's going to replace him. So remember, we can have multiple coaches, multiple assistants now. So this young man will be coming in to help out in Nevada. I wanted to update the people about this. Any thoughts on this? Well, I mean, I, there's a selfish part of me that was helping that position would be fueled by Mike Brewster, you know, great former but guy, you know, the guy put in. But look, Arthur Smith's going to bring in his guys. This is a guy that Arthur Smith had experienced with. He's comfortable with him. He's coached under him before. And he wants to bring his guy. This is Arthur Smith putting his imprint further, putting his imprint on the OSU offensive room. I have no problem with it because at the end of the day, the offense is Arthur Smith's. The defense is mathematicians. And the team is Ryan Day. And that's the way that it should run.

12:14You should, those guys should be the buck stops with them. And when the buck stops with you, you get to pick your people and he's getting to pick it. I have no problem with it. I'm excited about it. Definitely. I agree. Bring your guy in. Bring him in. But yeah, before we kind of move on to the next part to the nugget that I told you, I was excited about. Julian saying, again, it's just funny, Nevada. I'm my iris to the street. And there's still people who just are downplaying. And Julian saying, I just, I laughed because he went to New York. He was in New York. Was he perfect? No, he was young. And he showed his youth at times towards the end of the season against two really good teams. And still put up really good numbers. Made some mistakes. But he was no bum by any means. But he's still learning the jump from year one to year two. Adding Arthur Smith. It's just like, all right, y'all can sell stock if you want. Go ahead. And then you'll be quiet or you'll be acting like you never said it.

13:18You know, when it's time comes to eat crow. But why would you, it's okay to say, Julian made some mistakes in the games. Some young inexperienced mistakes. He needs to get better. I believe he will, et cetera. You know what I'm saying? You don't have to just completely just, oh, well, no, what's up with Tavy? I'm saying clear. Who I'm high on, who I think has a high ceiling. I think it'd be really good. But Julian saying is still a really good college quarterback. And I just think he's Nevada. I'm tripping because he was excellent last year for a first year starter. I can't even imagine how much better he's going to be this year, bro. I mean, be, it's, I mean, last year at this time, people were wondering whether he was going to be the starting quarterback or whether it was going to be Lincoln Keynals. You know what I'm saying? That was an open discussion. You know, is this guy good enough to be our starting quarterback? So then, so then he goes on 3600 passing yards, 32 touchdowns versus 80

14:21interceptions, QV rating of 177.5 completion percentage, 77%. While also being third in the nation in yards per attempt. So like, and getting, and remember at the beginning of the year, I'm like, hey, Julian saying it's going to get invited to the Heisman ceremony in New York. And that was like the wildest thing. That was like, oh, Nevada's been drinking again. Nevada, what's going on? Julian says, I mean, he has a freshman eligible quarterback that invited to the Heisman ceremony. Like, how many, how many times does that happen? I guarantee it's not, not been often, right? I mean, I ought to go back and, you know, hit the Google machine or the rock machine or whatever. But I have an a freshman eligible quarterback at the Heisman ceremony. I guarantee it hasn't happened that often. I guarantee it's never happened for an Ohio State quarterback before, ever. So yeah, to say he had a good seat. I mean, he was exceptional last year. Absolutely exceptional last year.

15:23And you're right, he's only going to get better. And the idea that he's going to improve over a 77 completion percentage is kind of, I mean, 77. Yeah. Yeah, people are wacky, man. But hey, that's what people do. I'm excited to see what Julian does. Do people do that? Or is this Ohio State fan? I mean, do Ohio State fans just have crazy expectations out of whack expectations? Or because I'm telling you, like, I, you know, I follow UCLA football, I follow USC football. So I follow other programs. Not the liberal, I follow Ohio State, but I'm familiar with them. I don't remember those people being as wacky in terms of crazy expectations. You know, fire Ryan Day, Jim Nol sucks. Chip Kelly isn't any good. You know, I mean, this, this kind of stuff. I just, I just hear this stuff. And I'm like, I just have to shake my head. Is this Ohio State thing or is this just a crazy person thing?

16:25I think we're among the top of the food chain as far as the crazy takes. I remember Sabin always railing on fans and media at Alabama, right? Like the, remember, he used to talk about the crazy expectations. So I think we're up there in that air, but yeah, the UCLA's an even USC can't compare to the craziness here because USC and UCLA, well, UCLA's not USC. And they, they're, it's LA, you know, I'm saying like, here, this is it that we are the pro team here. And so I think we're, it's a very limited group. And we might honestly be the only one. Now, now that Sabin's gone. So I just know our fan base to me, the top, but the high IQ in our fan base is great. We have the smart fans are extremely smart, but the dumb fans are extremely dumb. Hey there, it's Ryan Seacrest for Safeway.

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19:28Yeah, he did. And then he should have never walked that back. He should have said, nope, that I said what I said. I said, I don't understand the politics on that. But, but no, but no, not to belabor the point. I think you're on to something. We have the largest fan base per New York Times, per whatever publication. That's the one thing. So we have a huge sample size. The minority of our fan base, the lunatic fringe is bigger than some fan bases. So they seem like they're dictating things when they're really not. Because they're the vocal minority. But I got said, our upper echelon smart fans are very smart. They can bang with any fan base in the country. But it's just, we discussed some goofys in our fan base, man, who have unrealistic expectations. They'll try to pound it off like, oh, we have a standard. No, you don't. Like, stop conflating that. We all have a standard. We're an excellent program.

20:29Okay. But what y'all jokers is doing is just unreasonable, illogical, and just ridiculous with some of the expectations. So anyway, Nevada, you got anything on that? Well, yeah, just because I just look at, like, Julian Sandin, like, what more could you have asked out of a first-year starter at quarterback in Ohio State than what he did? You know what I'm saying? He should have been 78%. He should have thrown no interception. Like, like, where, you know, where does it fall in there? You know, like, I mean, he had the best freshman year of any freshman eligible quarterback in the history of college football. The highest QB rating in Ohio State football history. I mean, I just, you went out to superlatives when you talk about the guy, all when he wasn't thinking and dunking down the field. So I just, I mean, I understand that there's, everybody's, you know, I always get this. Nevada, I'm entitled to my take. And I'm like, yeah, you're entitled to your take. But if you're take stupid, I'm entitled to say it's dumb. Yeah. So replace Julian Sandin, just, I mean, I just thought, I'm just not even understanding.

21:32And when he's gone, when he goes to NFL, like, I really hope the next guy is as good as he is. Because the standard is going to be really, really, really high in that quarterback room. Yep. And the last thing I'll say on this is that, again, just to bring it around, we're not saying, we're not saying, you know, see what I did there. That Julian, that Julian can't improve. That's one of the first things I said. He's going to, he needs to improve Ryan Day and Arthur Smith are saying, okay, these are the areas we can improve on Julian. Here's where we're going to help you. He's going to get better. He's not a finished product. You know, can he go, can he be a little sharper with maybe some of his reads? Maybe there's things he's missed. Sure, freshman quarterback's going to miss that. Could he know and have a better fill of the game, but when to take off and run to move the chains? Absolutely. We've talked about that at Nazim. There's little things that he can continue to get better at.

22:35But there's notion that he's a bum and who's up next. And I don't have any trust in him is just dumb. And that's what we're saying. So don't get it twisted. That's the type of stuff we're talking about. Nevada, but on the nugget, I want to get back to this nugget. One thing, excuse me, I was, I was like, yeah, this is dope. Is the new tradition from Ryan Day, a gold pants ceremony. And it's going to be the day before pro day, where all, you know, where everybody's back in town. I thought that was dope, you know, nice little ceremony for the gold pads. I think we're about to start another streak. Shoot, we might go 10 straight this time. What do we do last time? Eight eight or nine straight without cheating? Yeah, I think we're about to start a new streak. And this is a great ceremony to start their streak, Nevada. Yeah, now I love the fact that Ryan Day is comfortable enough in his own skin to change some of the traditions, to add to some of the,

23:36you know, some of the gold pants aren't active. I totally agree. I think that that should be a thing. It should be, you know, during the time when, you know, when guys are going to be there, when you're in a position to get it. No, I love it. I love it. But I do think it says stuff about Ryan Day as a person, though, because he's not the same young inexperienced head coach that, you know, took over in 2019, trying to find his way. Like you can tell now, like he's the big boss band. He's the guy that's, you know, been here. He's the, you know, one of the elder statesman in the big 10 and in college football and in general. And he's totally comfortable changing when they do, you know, the band thing during Michigan. You know, he's changed. You see in your tackle. I mean, he's changed a lot of things about the traditions around Ohio State because he didn't feel like it was kind of appropriate to the time to recognize the change. But I like the gold pants ceremony. I know some people that are going to that. And I'm really excited about about going and seeing that thing and I agree with you.

24:37I think we're about to go on a little another run. And I'm not sure when the next time Michigan's going to be able to to step up and play with us. And I think it's going to be a bit. Yeah, I definitely agree. And they deserve another run up on the scoreboard for sure after everything that transpired. And then also a part of the Nuggets Caleb Downs, possibly not, you know, working out. And to me, you know, over the years, I've thought about that, you know, because some he's like, okay, man, why don't you want to work out and show what you can do. And the question is, what's the upside to that? I mean, what is the upside that Caleb Downs working out? I mean, there's analysts who are unanimously saying that he is, I would say the most complete prospect in the draft. Some are saying the smartest. Matter of fact, let me pull this up. I'm not going to play the clip. But you got, you know, Matt Patricia on interviews talking about how he's,

25:39Matt Patricia would know. Matt Patricia would know. He's been around some smart football players. Okay. And he calls him the smartest player he's ever seen, you know, coming out of college. And so I would love to see Caleb Downs go and do great numbers and run the 4-D. And I'm not tripping if you don't work out, Nevada. I think he's going top 10 regardless at this point. Do you think anything has changed with that? Or do you still think he's a top 10 pick? Think you're struggling with the mute button? I am not struggling anymore. There was a picture of Caleb Downs, like a body shot of Caleb Downs in the uniform in this little sequence. So with Matt Patricia, do you have that? They're, can you freeze on that? Oh, yeah. I know exactly what you're talking about. Is this due to action figure? Let me go back.

26:40It's right here. Okay, stop. We're all going, yeah. Well, one, yeah, he's an action figure, but two, I can't get over the fact that they don't wear knee pants. There's basically one shorts out there. Did you hear them saying like that? That's like, like, like, be mose is lined up by the pool during the summers, something like that. And they're like, I mean, isn't that crazy that they don't even wear knee pads or anything anymore? I thought about that. I mean, because back in our day, I mean, I had knee pads cover my knees fully. I mean, even as a, even as a receiver. So I mean, I get it because obviously it makes you faster, but dang, it's just like one shot to the knee with that helmet, you know, out, but I guess it's worth, it's worth the risk to be more fluid and fast out there in Nevada. Yeah, now he, he, he, he certainly, uh, like, yeah, he certainly looks the part. But um, no, he's definitely going to be, um, I absolutely think it'd be a top 10 pick. I, I, there's actually a proposition that you can make on, um, whether Arvel Reese is going to be the second pick in the draft,

27:41because you know, Mendoza is going to be the first. And there's a lot of noise about Arvel Reese to the jets with the second pick. And I think, I think that's what I'm going to go with as well. But yeah, it's, it's going to be a very top heavy draft for the butt guys. I mean, it's going to be a deep draft all the way around. But, um, I mean, four guys in the top 10, very, very likely that that happens with Ohio State. Um, coming off of four team players last year, it's just a crazy, crazy draft all. Um, you really shows how good and how talented that Ohio State, you know, football team was last year. And, um, you know, it's, it's really going to set the standard for 2026, because I've said all along that I think 2026 is really the year for our state to, you know, follow up that 2024 national championship. But boy, we were deep in 2025. We had so many really good players and, uh, um, you know, going to miss them. But none more than Caleb Downs and Caleb Downs was truly was the, it's kind of a trade expression, the old coach on the field expression,

28:45but he really was the coach on the field. You know, he really was the guy that got everybody else in the right spot was, you know, uh, he might have missed one tackle in Ohio State and it's tired. You know, maybe, you know, I mean, like he was the human eraser, maybe miss one, I mean, he, he just saved so many big plays. Um, and I just think he's just going to be absolutely a fantastic pro, you know, for some team and hopefully it's one of the teams that I root for, because, uh, he's just a fantastic athlete and fantastic player. Definitely. And real quick, uh, you mentioned Arville Reese to me. Yes, you know, a house day, uh, because I see comments like, well, of course you guys, you get all these five stars. Listen, man, Arville Reese and Caden Curry to me, Nevada, are the poster children for the prime examples of development. Arville Reese did not come in here as a five star camp miss. Oh my god, this is the guy, the crown jewel of the class.

29:45He didn't, he was developed. Caden Curry came in here as a, hey, you know what? I think he could be a good football player out of Indiana. He's nice. Like he was a good prospect, but not a five star camp miss guy. And again, before last year, hey, there it's Ryan Seacrest for Safeway. It's stock up savings time now through April 2nd. Spring in for store wide deals and earn four times the points. Look for in store tags to earn on eligible items from Celsius, body armor, or aida silk Capri Sun, Bavarian meats and Charmin, then clip the offer in the app for automatic event long savings. Stack up those rewards to save even more. Enjoy savings on top of savings when you shop in store, or online for easy drive up and go pick up or delivery. Restrictions apply. See website for full terms and conditions. The average cost of a D wine Virginia is $11,352.47. Drinking and driving costs more than your drinks. Learn more at what's the damage.org. Brought to you by Virginia DMV.

30:45You're having a good time. You're out drinking with the boys. Now it's time to pay the tab. $11,352.47. Wait, what? Well, there are court costs, attorney fees, higher insurance costs, damage to your car, do you why fines? Ugh. Not to mention the damage to your social life. Plan a sober ride or pay the price. Drinking and driving costs more than your drinks. It could cost a life. Learn more at what's the damage.org. Brought to you by Virginia DMV. Nobody except for a book I scooped me in Nevada. We called this out on a podcast that we felt that Caden Curry was going to have a breakout year and he did. But nobody else was and now he's going to go. I would say before this season, Nevada, what do you think his staff on his staff, his draft projection was before the 2025 season, Caden Curry, just off the head. I mean, if I'd be honest, I would have say undrafted

31:46free agent. Yeah, that's my point exactly. My point exactly. And now we don't know yet, but where do you think his highest round that he can go in? The highest, maybe the third. Okay. Okay, I agree. I think he could be a third round pick to me. That is, is that not amazing? Nevada for Caden Curry to go third? He's just one of those, one of the guys that, you know, I think a football player like Caden Curry, somebody's going to get a steal there because he's a guy that's productive. And, you know, I, I, I prize productivity over everything else. And, you know, how many times you have to see guys come into the league? Not everybody in the league is, is a first round draft pick. In fact, you know, the league is consists of two different constituencies, first round picks and undrafted free agents. Those, that's the two highest percentages of players on NFL rosters. More so than second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth time.

32:47It's first round picks and undrafted free agents. So guys can come from all over the place and make teams. And I think Caden's going to, he's going to be a later pick for some team and he's going to be super productive and people are going to be going, wow, where did this guy come from? Well, we know, we've been saying it all, but you were the one, I mean, in fairness, I went that high end. I liked Caden a lot as a person. But I didn't think he was going to be a great player in 2025. You did. You were like, I really think Caden Cruz is going to be the, and he, you nailed it on that one because he was, I mean, he overachieved just about everybody's expectations, but yours, but you had that one. Nails Kudos to you on that one bit. Thanks. And I'll say this, the only reason about it, I was confident enough to say that is because I'm kind of crazy. I'll go back and watch games. I'm going to go back and watch the games again. Just because I'm, I'm just, I'm crazy. I'm a crazy person. But I went back and watched all of the games and I saw Caden Curry making plays. He was around the ball.

33:49He was doing things that were going unnoticed. And that's what kind of prompted me to say, I think he's about to break out. You can see it. He's, he's right there. So, um, but anyway, it's wanted to make the point that Ohio State is not just pushing out five stars who don't need developed. RVL Reese is going to go from, you know, four-star guy who, yeah, okay, cool, Glennville. Yeah, he should be good to possibly number two, almost definitely top 10. Like, uh, come on now. Will you talk about recruiting and, and this program and development? Come on, man. That's like the gold standard example right there in Nevada. I just wanted to really put that out there because that's amazing to me. Well, this NFL draft is going to do wonder. I mean, not that Ohio State doesn't have a high enough brand profile with recruits, but this one's really going to put a stamp on it that, you know, Ohio State's where you go if you want to become a premium talent. Because this, this draft will be unlike any other one in Ohio State history

34:49in terms of the number of guys taking at the top of the first round. Like, is it four in the top 10? Absolutely could happen. I expect it to happen. And that's just that, that's insane that we're talking about it. Yup. And then one other thing before we move on to Buckeye basketball, Kenyatta Jackson. Kenyatta Jackson, you mentioned this yesterday. And I think it was, um, I don't think it's really appreciated him coming back another year. I feel like it's huge for this team. Like you said, but also huge for him. I think he's going to end up going first round, Nevada. I think he's going to play himself into the first round in this defense. Because I think he's another guy. Sure, he may play last year. He was really good. He was one of our best liners. But I think there's another level. And I think he was knocking at the door last year. And I think he's going to explode to that next level this year and work himself into the first round. Do you agree? Well, I mean, there were games last year where he was on Buckeyeball. I mean, he had, you know, he had those games.

35:49And the idea that he could take it from there were games where he did it well to where he dominates the whole season. I don't think that's great. I mean, I think that's probably a likely outcome for him. And frankly, we need it. We need some guys to step up to be dominant players, to be leaders in that defense. And Kenyatta, yeah, I thought when he came back, I didn't think it got the fan fear that it probably should have. I think people, you know, it was like, oh, great. Kenyatta and Jackson come back. I think it's a huge thing for us at these back. And I expect them to have a massive season for us in 2026. Definitely, definitely, definitely. I agree. Excited Spring Ball starts next Tuesday. March 10th. We will be all over it per usual. Again, if you have not joined the Buckeye scoop board, make sure you do that, especially now before Spring Ball. BuckeyeScoop.com. Nuggets galore all over the place. We talk football, basketball, everything, food, whatever.

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37:51The average cost of a D-Wine Virginia is $11,352.47. Drinking and driving costs more than your drinks. Learn more at what's the damage.org. Brought to you by Virginia DMV. I've got Dan Morgan here on the pod. Say hi, Dan. Hey, how's it going today? It's going good, man. Tell us who you are and what you do. I'm Dan Morgan. I'm an attorney and a managing partner at Morgan Morgan, which is America's largest injury law firm. That's pretty awesome. I think I saw Billboard years recently that said 20 billion one. 20 billion is an insane number. Yeah, 20 billion recovered. It's actually, I think, somewhere in North, probably closer to 22, 23 after this year. And each year we get bigger and better and our army grows. So the number will hopefully keep getting bigger and bigger as time goes on. Awesome. So how does someone get in contact with Morgan and Morgan? What would I do if I got into an accident? Probably the easiest way is dialing pound law. That's pound 529 from your cell phone.

38:53We are always open or call centers. Always waiting to take your call. 24-7365. Wow, Dan Morgan. From Morgan and Morgan, America's largest injury law firm. Thanks for coming by the show. Thanks for having me. Visit forthepeople.com for an office near you. Definitely. I agree. So listen, what else is an awful lot of fun is the fact that our Buckeye basketball team is peaking at the right time. According to the famous Joe Lennarty, we are off the bubble for those asking because they're still debating about a or still people who are still trying to, we got to win three more games. Nah, not really. Right now, we are off the bubble. We're projected as a 10 seed in the tournament. Now, obviously, we need to take care of business against Indiana tomorrow. And that's more so for solidifying, we can get a double buy in a big 10 tournament, which is huge and get a favorable match up. Maybe USC and what was the other team? UCLA, maybe two teams that we both beat.

39:56I think that would be huge. But tomorrow is big, Nevada. Indiana at the crib. Senior day. Bruce is, let me go and pull this up. Bruce is 12 points away. 12 points away from becoming the all-time leading scoring on how to stay at basketball history. That's amazing to me. In this kid, and I want you to weigh in on this, but I want to give this kid his props, man. Because he's going to absolutely smash that tomorrow. We know this. Senior day, really solidify and punch your ticket to the tournament, get your nice seed in the big 10 tournament, go out with a bang as far as playing at home. I think tomorrow's a big day for the Deepler, Bruce Thornton in this program for where they're at right now, Nevada. What you got? Yeah, no, I think it's been great. It kind of reminds you how fun it is when Ohio State basketball's playing good, because March has relevance again.

40:56Because, frankly, when we're not in the tournament, I know people love March's baddest, but when we're not in the tournament, my interest level goes down to about 95%. I'm excited that we have a chance to not only make the tournament, but I think we could surprise some people. Because lower seeds have made ones, and when you do that, like I said, have a veteran point guard, have bigs, be able to treat them all well. We can do all those things. And I think we're the kind of team that could give people problems in the playoffs, because we're playing so well right now. And you know, that's the attribute to the coach, and Coach Dealer's really got the guys going. And I don't see a start for the senior point guard, and having Bruce have a chance. It's fitting that he become the all-time scorer. The one thing I wish, I wish we had a better home court advantage. I wish, you know, I don't understand how a school like Ohio State can't just have the most crazy basketball environments out there.

42:01I just don't understand it. I mean, like it's foreign to me. I understand my background is professional sports, specifically minor league sports, where minor sports, you've got to get people. You've got to convince people to come to see your game and, you know, they have to make a conscious choice to come to. I don't know how many kids you have on the campus. 50,000 or what are you talking about? Like, you've got a captive audience of people that are always looking for something to do. And if you give them something to do, and then make it fun, and I thought that it's starting to sport even, there is absolutely no reason that Ohio State basketball shouldn't just be mayhem every night. Because I tell you, my only baseball, we can never control whether we want our lose. In fact, our teams in Dayton lost way more than they won, but we sold out every game. You don't have to have, it doesn't need to only be about winning.

43:01Of course, winning helps. But if you make it fun, people will come out. If you make it a tradition and fun, people come out year after year. I just don't understand how we don't have a better home court advantage for Ohio State basketball. Because when it gets going, it's crazy, but it should be getting going every night and I just, I don't know why when I'm doing that. Well, we know St. John Arena was rocking. Oh my goodness. St. John Arena was that deal back in the day. It's smaller. It's a smaller venue, less capacity. And I think Ohio State saw, you know, and listen, from a business standpoint, shot in scenes arena makes a lot of sense. Concerts and events, they're making money off of that. But it's not a great arena for basketball. Now, it's a nice arena. It's very, it's a lovely facility. But as far as intimidation and rocking, it just doesn't fit the bill like the St. John Arena did. And that's just the facts. So there's that about it. I mean, I think that's the biggest thing is the venue difference.

44:03But, you know, business wins in these situations. Yeah, but, you know, and I agree with you 100%. I mean, you know, one of the biggest things that I, when I advise major league teams, one of the biggest things I say is always to cut back on seats, you know, you know, make them group areas, do whatever you want to do, but coach. I mean, the reason why the Boston Red Sox for such a tough ticket for so many years is because they only had 34,000 tickets, you know, I'm saying. Whenever when Cleveland had, you know, old municipal stadium or whatever, you know, 80,000 seats and, you know, they fill up like one time a year for like fourth of July. And other than that, it was like empty, you know, I'm saying. Build them smaller, man, control, create demand by controlling supply. I've always believed in that. I think, I think Ohio State really missed it in St. John's because St. John's, it's a vertical building. Like, when you know when you go up the top of that, man, when you're there for like the skull session or something, it's kind of scary because you're ready to, but man, we were right on top of the court. And what a great basketball venue. And I definitely think they, they lost something when they moved from, from St. John's

45:07or the shop, for sure. Yep. They did. Now what that said, you mentioned them making a run. And it's funny because I saw a thread started on Buckeye Scoop. Sort of scoffing or kind of making fun at the Buckeye Scoop Twitter account for suggesting that this team can make a run. Do you think it's crazy to suggest this team to, let's say, make it to the sweet 16. What do you, do you sneer at that or what is your thoughts on that? No, I don't, I don't, look, you're really going to have to, you, you, you, you got to win two games to make the sweet 16. Two games. We just went into Penn State. I know it's Penn State, but we blew them up like 35 points, you know what I'm saying? That was a game. And that's been a place that we've struggled traditionally and have, you know, scrappy little team, you know, that to me is a something. If we get hot, if we're shooting the ball, we shot the ball extremely well and have been lately, if we continue to shoot well, no, no telling how far this, I mean, you know, you've seen teams like George Mason make deep runs as low seeds and think,

46:10why couldn't Ohio State do it? I think they absolutely can. They're getting hot. They're getting healthy at the right time. Hot and healthy is a really good combination going into the tournament. And I think we're a team to be, to be reckoned with for sure. Yep, and I'll say this is what we need down the stretch. The balance we saw against Purdue and Penn State, Thornton had 20. I'm just looking at points now. Thornton had 20. Mobley had 21. Bionum 14, Royal 12, Tilly 7. Against Michigan State, Thornton had 32, Tilly had 10. Everybody else had single digits. Now we didn't have Royal and, and Mobley, that's a big deal. But again, Penn State, Mobley on fire, eight from nine from three, 28 points, Thornton 18, Bionum 14, Royal 14, Tilly 10. Well spread out, balanced. This is how this team is going to be able to make a run. And the bench, which is non-existent, they need to come in and give good minutes, play good defense, rebound, hustle and scrap.

47:12If you can't contribute points, cups, then contribute defense. Contribute good, solid, high, high, Q basketball. You know what I'm saying? Like, so yeah, I do, I don't think it's out of the question for this team to make a run. They're playing very well right now. Mobley is just crazy right now. I mean, he can't miss. So listen, I'm excited. I'm excited about tomorrow. I'm excited about this team making a tournament. And I'm excited for Bruce Thornton. And respect the Jake Debler, okay? Because again, you know, all the criticism, all the man is team sucks. Here we go again. He just kept this team kept pressing, kept pressing. And now they're right there. I think it's like an 87%, 80% chance to make the tournament. They're going to be Indiana tomorrow. And I'm not, I'm not jinxing them. I'm not, they're going to be. Bruce Thornton is not losing on senior day. This team is healthy. Indiana's a good team, but they're not a great team.

48:12We're going to beat them tomorrow. And we're going to punch our ticket. And I'm excited, Nevada. Anything on that before we go to Super Jets? Yeah, no, I agree. I just, I hope we stay hot. I hope we're getting hot. You can feel it. You can feel it around the program. It's like I said, it just, March Mads is just better when the Buckeyes are in it. And I just, I'm excited about the March Mads for the first time in a bit. And then no small measure because Ohio State is starting to shoot the basketball. So well, hope that continues tomorrow. Same here. Still a mat, things for the 199. Trick daddy, Billy D Moses, head coach of the Jesus. I like it. That's like a denarius Targaryen, uh, you know, announcement. First of a day, first of a name, uh, what, what some of the andals, the unburnt, though, you know, just all the names that, uh, were given, but not as dope once again, still the mat coming through. I got to question freeing that like how, like, like,

49:12you know, the guy that wrote like, you know, the thing, like, how does he come up with all these different, you know, because it's like, you know, because it's like, you know, and then we'll have a thing and the guy that's defending it will be Sir Arthur Dane who's known as the sword of the morning and his sword will be known as Don and Don was a sword that was forged from the players that I'm just like, where did the where in the world does all this stuff come? I'd be just like, okay, uh, Bimosus, uh, came down and shot the basketball and scored two by him. Like, how can you think of nine different levels deep on that stuff, man? That's exactly what I've thought. It's amazing. The level, again, for those who don't know, we're talking about Game of Thrones, greatest show ever. There's so many layers to the storylines. There's so many different characters and layers to their individual storylines. And then, of course, we're not even talking about the the the places winter fell and all the different places that you

50:15come up with and the and the things that happen in these places and very distinctive to these players. It's amazing. Look at the book, the book of the King's Garden, and he just that that kind of throw away comment from John for, you know, Sir Duncan the tall, all four pages. He must have been quite the night, Sir Jamie. You know, you're thinking I just, but then that's the whole story on Sir Duncan. I mean, it's just, I mean, yeah, crazy, crazy, crazy. But anyway, you are trick, you are trick daddy Billy D. Tricky Billy D. I agree. I still got to do, I still got to do that edit, man, my Billy. Actually, I've tried to do a Billy D edit, but I didn't like the picture. I need to find a better picture. Works every time. Every time. What is it? What was it called for? Gold 45. Hey, there. It's Ryan Seacrest for Safeway. It's stock up savings time. Now, through April 2nd, spring in for store wide deals and earn four times of points. Look for in store tags to earn on eligible items from Lindor chips of hoi, Gatorade, post, Ziploc and Zoa.

51:16Then clip the offer in the app for automatic event long savings. Stack up those rewards to save even more. Enjoy savings on top of savings when you shop in store or online for easy drive up and go pick up or delivery restrictions apply. See website for full terms and conditions. I've got Dan Morgan here on the pod. Say hi, Dan. Hey, how's it going today? It's going good, man. Tell us who you are and what you do. I'm Dan Morgan. I'm an attorney and a managing partner at Morgan Morgan, which is America's largest injury law firm. That's pretty awesome. I think I saw billboard of yours recently that said 20 billion one. 20 million is an insane number. Yeah, 20 billion recovered. It's actually, I think, somewhere north probably closer to 22, 23 after this year. And each year we get bigger and better and our army grows. So the number will hopefully keep getting bigger and bigger as time goes on. Awesome. So how does someone do in contact with Morgan Morgan? What would I do if I got into an accident? Probably the easiest way is dialing pound law. It's pound five two nine from your cell phone. We are always open or call centers

52:20always waiting to take your call 24 seven three sixty five. Wow, Dan Morgan from Morgan and Morgan America's largest injury law firm. Thanks for coming by the show. Thanks for having me. Visit forthepeople.com for an office near you. Well, no, you got me thinking about anchor man. That's sixty sixty percent of the pilot work. Sex Panther. That's right. Still event. Stakes for the one nine condolences. Patrick God bless your mother. Absolutely, Patrick. Again, last week on the show, we talked about losing mothers. Anyone who's lost the mother recently or otherwise, hearts go out to you. I'm one of those people. It's a big deal, man. So I'm prayers for Patrick and his family as he's here in the city. And again, shout out to Brian Fogel. What a great guy. Brian Fogel is a great dude. He's just that you know, you can't sit out about everybody Nevada. And so he's just he looked out for me and my son showed showed my son love when we came through. And so good dude, he hooked them up with a chain too. Made him made him a custom Buckeye chain. So shout out to Brian Fogel and God bless you, Patrick.

53:25Nevada, you got anything on that? Yeah, God bless you and God bless your mom and yeah, those are the hardest things ever. You will get through it. You'll never forget, but you can't move on, but you never forget. And it's always there with you. Absolutely. G-O-D, thanks for the five. Julian's saying it's QB1 period. Some of Buckeye nation needs to stop for real. Yep. Yep. That's the thing is it can be it can be challenging. We have some great fans. I love our fans collectively, but we got some Boyle Boy man. We got some some guys and girls who are crazy. And so anyway, yeah, I feel you G-O did anything Nevada? Yeah, I mean, he's QB number one in all of college football, man. Forget Ohio State. I mean, he's the man and he's going to win the Heisman next year. So better get excited about him already.

54:26Yep. Yep. All right. Let me see Mr. J Routes. Thanks for the 199. These fans thought CJ was a bomb. Then McCord came. Yeah, but we know it's funny Nevada. I remember that after the Minnesota game, I had fans, buddies who won at C.J. Stroud, bitched for Kyle McCord. And I was just like, just listen, man. Look, C.J. Stroud got so much crap here. I've already talked about this. I'm not going to go in a long spill about it, but C.J. Stroud was pretty darn good. And he had to play through the cheating scandal. He had to deal with the cheating scandal. So keep that in mind. But yep, I mean, fans are going to fan Mr. J Routes. It's just again, like Nevada said, you said it perfectly. I'm entitled to my opinion. Yes, you are. But think, listen, everybody can have their opinion. All right. Because to me, it's just like we can disagree,

55:30but still I thought, you know what? I don't really agree with that. But I understand the thinking it's logical. It makes sense. I don't come to that conclusion. Some of y'all just don't be thinking. You just be talking and saying stuff without actually logically thinking it through to make sure it actually makes sense. And it's actually feasible and reasonable. Some of y'all just be talking. And that's what I push back against Nevada. Yeah. I mean, like we've had a history of being tough on our quarter. I'm J.T. Barrett. Nobody got more views from us. J.T. Barrett and J.T. Barrett was one of the great college quarterbacks there in C.J. in recent years. So I guess we're, you know, and I just I just push back on the idea that, you know, and I know a lot of people really believe they really believe that it's just it's these high standards. They're holding the high standards that really makes Ohio State players and coaches great because, you know, we have such high standards. And it's like, man, it's a weight of expectation can bury people.

56:30And you know, and it really has affected some coaches and some players in really negative ways. I just wish the fan base, but just torn it down just a little bit. We can still have high expectations without, you know, pillering people every time they make a single mistake. Right. It's the it's the entitlement. It's the misguided entitlement. But it is what it is. Geo did thanks for the five. The entire QB room will be better and more prepared because Arthur Smith is R.O.C. When during the St. Leaves, Kevin and St. Clair will be ready to step in being with Arthur Smith for a year. Yep. I'm excited. I got told you earlier. I'm excited about St. Clair. I think he has all the tools. I think we'll he'll get some valuable reps this year, you know, coming in as some of these some of these games. And so yeah, I agree. Anything on that, Nevada? I think it's going to be really, really, really interesting to see do they go and try to get a veteran quarterback or do they try to continue to run with a kid developed here. You

57:33know what I'm saying? And I think anybody's saying that they know for sure what way that's going to go right now is just kidding those those because they don't know. But I think that's going to be that that's going to really speak by if they go with the developed quarterback another again, that's really going to be something because that's going against the grain because everybody else is going to get in quarterback some of some of the school everybody. And so it'll be really interesting to see what Ryan Day and Arthur Smith do. And if they do go with David St. Clair, then they really believe because that that would be the most ringing endorsement you could possibly imagine. Yeah, it's a new era. It's nothing against TSC. I mean, he is just where we find ourselves now. But I don't know what we're we're going to see. I think TSC is going to step up and force them to say, Hey, we're going to go with you. That's my prediction. We'll see. All right, silly Matt, thanks for the one and nine. Shout out to the scoop family. Y'all are so awesome. Yes, yes, y'all are. I agree. Buckeye scoop families dope. Y'all bend dope will always be dope.

58:34Best chat in the land. God love for y'all Nevada. Well, yeah, and shout out to Steeley Matt because Steeley is a special dude. And the fact that he's always in here winging it. And there's how it just don't think we don't appreciate it because we do. We notice it. We appreciate it. And we appreciate it more than you know, we appreciate it, Matt. Thanks, buddy. Absolutely. Steeley Matt, the model of consistency and good character. Appreciate you. Geo did thanks for the five. I equate Caden Curry to Pete Warner at a certain level, mid to four star kids who got better every year. Pete Warner turned himself into a second round pick CC a third round to me. Yeah, I like that. Yeah. Pete Warner, he definitely, I still remember him smacking at Nebraska player at Nebraska. Do you remember that hitting Nevada? I do. Yeah. Pete was a bad man. I mean, Pete was a bad man. He went out there and did it and sat terrific NFL career. And really, I, I, yeah, he was a really underrated player at Ohio State.

59:40Underrated and underappreciated. I definitely don't think the fan base game is due because he was a heck of a ball player. Yeah, he was, man. And he's been doing well in NFL. All right. Geo did it. Thanks for the two. If we make the 68, the brain dealer back shaking my head. So, um, okay. Wow. Well, this, we see this differently. Well, first of all, I think based off of comments from York, he didn't come out and directly say it. But based off of recent interview, it seems to me, dealer was getting another year anyway. That's just kind of me reading tea leaves. But with that said, if we make this, if we make the tournament, I mean, all I care about right now is making an tournament for Bruce Thornton and for this team. This team has won the most big 10 conference games in the last four years. Like, this is the most they've won, even with Hoatman. So, I'm willing to give him another year. And, you know, and see what happens, especially if they make the tournament Nevada. Yeah, I, I'm struggling with that mute button again. No, um, I, I, like, I think he's,

1:00:51I think he's a lot to come back. Um, you know, I, if they make the tournament and the, you're showing improvement, I think you've got to bring it back. I mean, the only thing that I would offer encountered that would be if you just had some home run higher in your hip pocket. And I don't know who that is. You know, I'm saying I would, you know, but if you had a guy that they'd reached out to that said, I'm all come. Now's my time. I could, then you could make a move on up. But short of that sort of short of having urban, the urban buyer of college best when you're in a hip pocket, I think you give one or give one or you give a deeper, more time. And, um, and I, and I think he's certainly worthy of it. Yeah, I agree. And like I've said before, I'm not banging the table for Debler to stay. I'm not team-debler. He has to stay. That's my guy. I just want them to fix it. Whatever you need to do to fix the program to where we're consistent again, where we're, you know, making a tournament, competing for championships, that's what I want. If that means, um, Debler's gone. Fine. If that mean, excuse me, Debler stays with more resources,

1:01:56more NIL, more intentional, than cool. Just fix it. So that's how I see it. But right now, today, I'm team Buckeye Basketball and Bruce Thornton making this tournament. That's where I'm at. So all right. Uh, let me see. Geo did once again. Thanks for the two. Blast for me. I never watched Game of Thrones, laugh out loud, my bad. You got to watch it. And, and give it. Listen, every show is going to, you got to give the show a chance. I don't think it starts slow, per se, but just watch it, get into it, and trust me, you'll be hooked. Nevada? Yeah. Look, I was the last person to watch gaming. I didn't watch it when it was like, on I, I, I, I only watched it in life after either that, you know, um, but it is the best series that's ever been on television. I mean, it is. I mean, and that's come from somebody who was not a throny, not a person, but yeah, you're right. Give it three, four, five episodes or whatever it is, but it's, um, it's an incredible show. And it's, it's, it is the best show that I've ever seen.

1:03:02And I've, I've seen a lot, um, but, you know, it's the one that kind of let me wanting more and can't wait for the movie adaptation. And I watched the night of the seven kingdoms every Sunday night now. And I can't wait for the house of the dragon. So it's, it's, it's pretty, uh, pretty intoxicating, for sure. Yep. The only one of the only other ones that compare is Breaking Bad. Breaking Bad is up there. Great show. Um, but yeah, Game of Thrones is just amazing. It's amazing. And so, yep, you got to watch it. Got to watch it. All right. Um, Dennis, more and thanks for the 49. How about our Lady Bucks? Big game tomorrow. Yep. They got UCLA. The one seed UCLA, um, tomorrow, big game. They look good. They've been, they've been pretty consistent. They've been more consistent than men's. So shout out to them. And there's another one from Donald Seals. Thanks for the two. Lady Buckeyes are rocking. Oh, H Nevada. I owe. Yep. Definitely be, uh, we'll be watching or checking out that, um, score at the very least, um,

1:04:05to see how they do. But yeah, uh, I'll be rooting for the Lady Bucks as well, Nevada. Yeah. I need to get into them more. I haven't paid as much attention to them as I should, but I definitely, uh, definitely, definitely need to be doing that. And, and I'm glad, and I'm glad they're doing well. Definitely. Absolutely. Well, listen, listen, listen, hope everyone has a great Friday night. A fantastic Saturday. Buckeyes play. And I was thinking about going to the game tomorrow. And maybe I still might, I don't know, we'll see 530 tip off at the shot against Indiana, senior day. Bruce Thornton is 12 points away from breaking the all time record become of the number one, uh, scorer in a Buckeye history. So huge game tomorrow, uh, tournament seating implications tomorrow can really seal the deal and solidify a tournament, uh, you know, spot, uh, a way better seating than anyone could think we would have had two

1:05:07weeks ago in the big 10 attorney. And because remember, we still got a chance to get like even up to a seven seed, depending on how everything falls out. So just to kind of leave y'all on that. This Buckeye basketball team has went from dang man, they on the bubble, they might not make it again too. If they win tomorrow, they can really solidify some things and be in a, in a good spot for them. And I'm very grateful for that. Any last words on that Nevada? Yeah, now seven seed would be, I mean, look, I'll take any seed, but if it's somehow they slipped into a seven, then going to the sweet 16 would not be crazy at all. But um, just get in there, they're going to be a problem, it starts with winning tomorrow. So go win tomorrow. You should go to the game to be. Yeah, I was thinking about taking BJ to the game. He hasn't been since he was like a baby. And it's the last home game. Um, now obviously I wouldn't, I wouldn't be on the pod tomorrow unless we went later. But um, I don't know what we'll see. I'm thinking about it. You think I should go? I'm really thinking about it, man. I think you should go. I think you should go

1:06:11and uh, and bring the heat bring bring bring the enthusiasm, cheer on the victory and uh, lead us into the tournament. I might have to do that, man. Let me hop on a stub hub or whatever after the show. Yeah, tick, tick, tick pick and tick pick. They'll have some cheap tickets, man. I can get out of that. Yeah, I'll see what's up, man. You might as well go up or even even smarter. Be, wait till about two hours before the game and get tickets on tick pick. And I'm saying, you can, you can smack some stuff really cheap. Yeah, that's true. That's true. Because it's not like it's going to be sold out. It won't be sold out. Exactly. Exactly. Yeah, this was the shoe. If you know, Texas, I've been nervous about that, but yeah, but no, that's, that's cool. I might have to make that move, man. All right. Cool. All right. Listen, y'all. We love y'all. Always great, uh, rocket with y'all on this podcast. And we will see y'all next time. Go bucks. Basketball bucks. Be Indiana and go bucks in general. Peace.

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