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2:01when 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! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! 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 our sixth snow here in the Columbus area for those who don't know. But anyway, do me a favor, hit that like button. If you have not subscribed, please consider subscribing. We're getting closer, I should say, to our goal 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, Apple people go to Apple podcast, save as their download is there, and spreeker.com.

3:06For you not, 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, we're asking a question of the other B, the B ball buck eyes. See I'm rocking the 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, 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 weren't your Chris Gent Jersey today, man? I'm liking that. I'm liking that. You know, Chris, I, Chris was one of my all-time favorite players. And then he, he, the game against that number,

4:08we're putting that cheating Michigan team. And, and he missed that little, little baseline thing right at the, I think that's right. My mind's not betraying me. I think you're right. I love me some Chris Jantin boy. Michigan, Michigan really has, they've been cheating for a while, and just about everything. Long time. Long time. Long time. Long time. Long time. They've taken it to a new level now, but, uh, yeah, the cheating Wolverines kept us out, but not that it can't keep us out this year. We're going in and I'm telling you to be, we're a hot team right now. And where you're always looking for around this time of year is a team. You need to have a couple of bigs that can defend, you know, seven footers when we have that. We have a great shooting, you know, we're shooting really well right now, and you want to have a veteran point guard. And we've got that. So like, we've got kind of the pieces to make a little mini runner. Maybe shots and people. So, uh, I'm excited for, uh, for March Madison, and what spring balls five days away, or Tuesday or four days away or whatever it is. Yeah.

5:08So, I mean, I'm like the off season, the off season is officially over with the starter spring ball. So I am color me excited, man. Definitely. I'm actually 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 a six, seventh, eighth, ninth, 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 Buckeyes to pass out. And he sent me some pictures, Nevada. He got a chance. Did you ever, did you ever see the video I posted of the tour that I took in Brian's, in Brian's crib? How you ever seen it? You did? Okay. Okay, so he got, Patrick got the tour. And you know, after every tour is 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 gonna drop by and grab the Buckeyes and bang out. But I'm glad you got the going there because it's definitely a sight to see in the bottom. Yeah. Sounds, I mean, like, sounds great. And yeah, this is a, tough times don't last. Tough people do and glad to see things, things working on the way that they're working out. Absolutely, absolutely. All right. So yeah, let's get into this great nugget

7:10from the scoop board. All right, it's talking about the buzz and you know, a lot of good intel head into the spring. And 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 cause it's just so earth shattering. I just thought it was dope. But with your thoughts on the nugget from the helping technician about some things, Arthur Smith and Julian Sanduo, Ryan Day, you know, some players highlighted. What's your initial thoughts on that nugget in the bottom? 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 offense than you do. You know, certainly is it stands and start contrast to where he was last year in 2025. And you know, Arthur Smith has already come in a couple of things

8:11that I noted and 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 ability to change protections up front, something he didn't have last year. 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 they, you know, Arthur Smith's 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 the spring. So that's what 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, how they protect,

9:12you know, how we attack the other defenses, you know, up front with our winning game. So I think it's going to be a complete change in terms of offense. There's not change of philosophy, but a change in terms of execution in 2026 and 20 versus 2025. And the second thing was, you know, 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, it, and one of those four men is JJ Smith, it puts just so much pressure on the defense to cover, like they, they may be able to cover move. It's a two man route. They may be able to cover into three men route because they can, 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 our offensive lines be enough to block them up. But we're going to be putting four guys that are out 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 Sain. 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, 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 an addition to the coaching staff. You mentioned online being better. Well, this gentleman is going to help that Mateo Camboy. Camboy. I'm not sure how to pronounce that.

11:13He 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, you know, there's a selfish part of me that was helping that that position would be filled 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's had experience 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 in Julian saying, I just, I laugh 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, B, 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,

14:183600 passing yards, 32 touchdowns versus 80 interceptions, QB 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. That was like the wildest thing. That was like, oh, Nevada's been drinking again. What's going on, Julian? 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.

15:20Absolutely exceptional last year. And you're right. He's only going to get better at the idea that he's going to improve over a 77 completion percentage. It's 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 thing? 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, you see, I thought, well, I follow USC football. So I follow other programs, not the level 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. Yeah. 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, 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 and 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 is stock up savings

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19:30We have great fans. And I think Herb, she talks about the, what is it, the 2%? I forget what you called it. Well, trust her, trust her, trust her, call the miserable. Yeah, he did. And then he should have never walked that back. He should have said, nope, that I said what I said. I understand all politics and all that. But, but no, but no, not 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 goofies in our fan base,

20:31man, who have unrealistic expectations. They'll try to pond 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, OK? 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, 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. I mean, I just, you went out of 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,

21:32you 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, man, I just thought, even understanding and when he's gone, when he goes to NFL, like, I really hope the next guy's as good as he is, because the standard's going to be really, really, really high in that quarterback firm. 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?

22:33Maybe 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 or 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, but 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 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 everybody's back in town. I thought that was dope, nice, little ceremony for the gold pants. 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

23:35without cheating? Yeah, I think we're about to start a new streak. And this is a great ceremony to start their streak, Nevada. Yeah, 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, the gold pants aren't active. I totally agree. I think that that should be a thing. It should be during the time when guys are going to be there, when you're in a position to get it. And 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 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 been here. He's one of the elder statesmen in the Big Ten and in college football in general. And he's totally comfortable changing when they do the band thing during Michigan. He's changed, you see in your tackle.

24:35I 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 and recognize the change. But I like the gold pants ceremony. I know some people that are going to that and are really excited about going and seeing that thing and I agree with you. I 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 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 working out. And to me, over the years, I've thought about that. Because 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 to Caleb Downs working out? I mean, there's analysts who are unanimously saying

25:37that 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, Matt 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 4D. 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 struggling with the mute button? I am not struggling anymore, man. There was a picture of Caleb Downs,

26:38like a body shot of Caleb Downs in the uniform in this little sequence or with Matt Patricia. Do you have that? Can you freeze on that? Oh, yeah, I know exactly what you're talking about. Is this due to action figure? Well, let me go back, it's right here. I'm going to 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 weren't shorts out there. Did you hear him saying like that? That's like, like, be Moses Langed him by the pool during the summer or something like that. And they're like, I mean, am that crazy? 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 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 the risk to be more fluid and fast out there in Nevada.

27:40Yeah, no, he certainly looks the part. But no, he's definitely going to be, I absolutely think it could be a top 10 pick. I there's actually a proposition bet you can make on whether Arval Reese is going to be the second pick in the draft, because you know, Mendoza is going to be the first. And there's a lot of noise about Arval 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 buck guys. I mean, it's going to be a deep draft all the way around. But, I mean, four guys in the top 10 very, very likely that that happens with Ohio State coming off the 14 players last year. It's just a crazy, crazy draft. All, you really shows how good and how talented that Ohio State, you know, football team was last year. And, 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

28:40our state to, you know, follow up that 2024 national championship. But boy, we were deep in 2025. It's so many really good players and, you know, going to miss them. But none more than Caleb Downs. Caleb Downs was truly was a, it's kind of a trade expression. The old coach on the field expression. But 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, I, he might have missed one tackle at 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. 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 he's just a fantastic athlete and fantastic player. Definitely. And real quick, you mentioned Arville Reese. To me, yes, you know, Ohio State, oh, because I see comments like, well, of course, you guys, you get all these five stars.

29:41Listen, man, Arville Reese and Kaden 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 can't miss. Oh, my God, this is the guy, the crown jewel of the class. He didn't. He was developed. Kaden 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 can't 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 a delivery.

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31:43Snag the hoodie that will bring you comfort for life. The American Giant Classic Fools Hip. Save 20% off your first order at American-giant.com when you use code staple20 at checkout. Nobody except for Buck I screwed me in Nevada. We called this out on a podcast that we felt that Kate and Cory 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, Kate and Cory, just off the head. I mean, if I'd be honest, I would have say undrafted free agent to be honest with that's my point. Exactly. That's my point. Exactly. And now we don't know yet, but what do you think his highest round that he can go in? The highest, maybe the third. Okay. Okay. I agree.

32:43I think he could be a third round pick to me. That is, is that not amazing Nevada for Kate and Cory to go third? He's just one of those, one of the guys that, you know, I think a football player like Kate and Cory, somebody's going to get a steal there because he's a guy that's productive. And, you know, I, I, I prized 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, you know, 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, it's first round picks and undrafted free agents. So guys can come from all over the place and make teams. I think came is 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

33:45wouldn't have high ink. I liked Kate 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 Kate and Cory's going to be, and he, you nailed it on that one because he was, I mean, he overachieved just about everybody's expectations, but you, you had that one nails, kudos to you on that one, babe. 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 Kate and Cory making plays. He was around the ball. He 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 right there. So, but anyway, I just wanted to make the point that Ohio State is not just pushing out five stars who don't need developed. Arville Reese is going to go from, you know, four star guy who, yeah, go, okay, cool,

34:49Glennville. Yeah, he should be good to possibly number two, almost definitely top 10. Like, come on now. Will you talk about recruiting and this program and development? Come on, man. That's like the gold standard example right there, 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 is 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 in terms of the number of guys taken at the top of the first round. Like I said, 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, Ken Yada Jackson. Ken Yada Jackson, you mentioned this yesterday. And I think it was, I don't think it's really appreciated him coming back another year.

35:53I 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 made plays last year. He was really good. He was one of our best linemen, 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. You agree? Well, I mean, there were games last year where he was on blockable. I mean, he had, you know, he had those games and 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 Ken Yada, yeah, I thought when he came back, I didn't think it got the fanfare that it probably should have. I think people, you know, it's like, oh, great, Ken Yada, Jackson, come back.

36:56I 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. We talk it. The board is always popping. Make sure you dive in, especially now before the spring. So that's my encouragement before that anything else, but on that before you transition to Buckeye basketball. Now just, you know, again, if you like the podcast, you'll love the message warning. The podcast is great and we all have fun, you know, B and I, the hour they were here. The other 23 hours were over on the BuckeyeScoop message board and so if you really want to elevate your BuckeyeScoop fan experience, join the message board off a lot of fun.

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40:05or so for solidifying. We can get a double buy in a big 10 tournament, which is huge and get a favorable matchup. Maybe USC and what was the other team, UCLA, maybe two teams that we both beat. I 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 scorer in Ohio State 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 a big 10 tournament, go out with a bang as far as playing at home. I think tomorrow is a big day for the Deepler, Bruce Thornton in this program for where they're

41:09at 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 is playing good because March has relevance again, because, 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 about 95%, you know, so 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 runs 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 playoff because we're playing so well right now. And you know, that's, you know, that's a tribute to the coach and Coach Dealer's really got the guys going and obviously it starts with your 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.

42:11I wish, you know, I don't understand how a school like Ohio State can't just have the most brazy basketball environments out there. I just don't understand it, you know, like it's, it's foreign to be interested. My background is professional sports, specifically minor league sports or minor sports, you've got to get people. You've got to convince people to come to see your game, you know, and, you know, they have to make a conscious choice to come to, I don't know how to say, how many kids do you have on the campus? Right. 50,000 or what do you know, like you've got a captive audience of people that are, 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 event, there is absolutely no reason that that, you know, Ohio State basketball shouldn't just be mayhem every night because I tell you, minor league baseball, we can never

43:14have a control whether we want to 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. Of 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 we're not 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, shopping 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. It's a nice arena. It's very, it's a lovely facility, but as far as intimidation and rocking, it just doesn't

44:18fit 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, but, you know, business wins in these situations. Yeah, but, you know, I, and I agree with you 100%, I mean, you know, one of the biggest things that I advise majorly 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 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, I remember when Cleveland had, you know, old municipal stadium or what, you know, 80,000 seats and, you know, they fill up like one time a year for like 4th of July, and other than that, it was like empty, you know, I'm saying. I feel them smaller, man, control, you 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, it's a vertical building, like when you know when you go up the top of that, man, when you

45:19do it like the skull session or something, it's kind of scary because you're right, 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 move from, from St. John's, so the shot for sure. They did, you know, 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 could, 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 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 I have, you know, scrappy little team, you know, that to me is a something, if we get hot, if

46:21we're shooting the ball, we shot the ball extremely well and have been lately, if we continue shooting 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, why 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 to balance we saw against Purdue and Penn State, Thornton Hatt 20, I'm just looking at points now, Thornton Hatt 20, Mobley Hatt 21, Byron on 14, Royal 12, Tillie 7, against Michigan State, Thornton Hatt 32, Tillie Hatt 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, Byron on 14, Royal 14, Tillie 10.

47:22So 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. If you can't contribute points, cups, then contribute defense, contribute good, solid, high, high Q basketball, you know what I'm saying? 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 the tournament, and I'm excited for Bruce Thornton. And respect the Jake Deibler, okay? Because again, you know, all the criticism, all the man, his 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 a 87%, 80% chance to make the tournament.

48:23They're going to be Indiana tomorrow. And I'm not going, 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. We'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 Chats. Yeah, no, I agree, I just, I hope we stay hot, we're getting hot. You can feel it, you can feel it around the program. It's, like I said, it just, March Madness is just better when the buckeye's are in it. And I just, I'm excited about March Madness for the first time in a bit and, and, and no small measure because Ohio State's starting to shoot the basketball. So well, hope that continues tomorrow. Same here. Still amat, things for the one and a nine. Trick daddy, Billy D Moses, head coach of the Jesus. I like it. It's like a denarius Targaryen, you know, announcement, first a rename, what, what some of the andaws, the unburnt, the, you know, just all the names that were given, but no,

49:30that's dope. Once again, still amat coming through. I got a question for you in that, like, how, like, like, you 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 dawn. And dawn was a sword that was forged from the pliers that I'm just like, where in the world does all this stuff come? I mean, it's like, okay, uh, B. Moses, 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 that 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.

50:32And then, of course, we're not even talking about the, the, the places, winter fell and all the different places that you come up with and the, and the things that, uh, happened in these places and very distinctive to these play. It's amazing. But look at the book, the book of the Kings 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, oh, he's just on, but then that's the whole story on Sir Duncan. I mean, it's just, I mean, yeah, crazy, crazy, crazy. But anyway, yeah, you are trick, you are trick daddy, Billy D. I agree. I still got to do, I still got to do that edit, man, my, uh, Billy. Actually, I 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, what was it called for, called 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 the points.

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52:34Our sport is urban has specialized socks for whatever sport you're committed to. Running, hiking, golf, Pilates, and so much more. Mabous sweat wicking yarns, blister fighting details and targeted art support. Bombas sport is pro level socks from the pros of socks for another pro. You go to bombas.com slash audio and use code audio for 20% off your first purchase. That's bombas.com and use code audio. When you got me thinking about eight guys, that's 60 60% of the private one. Sex Panther. That's right. Stilly Matt stays for the one I 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 was a great dude. He's just a, you know, you can't say that about everybody Nevada.

53:35And 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, made them a custom Buckeye chain. So shout out to Brian Fogel and God bless you, Patrick. Nevada, you got anything on that? Yeah, God, 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, you can't move on, but you never forget. And it's always there with you. Absolutely. GO did thanks for the five. Julian 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, we got some boil boy, man. We got some, some, some guys and girls who are crazy. And so anyway, yeah, I, I feel you, Geo did anything Nevada?

54:38Yeah. Now, I mean, he's, he is, he is, like, he's QB number one in all of college football, man. Forget Ohio State. He's, I mean, he's the man and, and he's going to win the Heisman next year. So better get excited about him already. Yep. Yep. All right. Let me see Mr. J Rute. Thanks for the one ninety nine. These fans thought CJ was a bum. Then McCord came. Yeah, but we know it's funny. Nevada. I remember that after the Minnesota game, I had fans, buddies who wanted CJ Stroud, bitched for Kyle McCord. And I was just like, just listen, man. Look, CJ 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 CJ 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 yeah, I mean, fans are going to fan Mr. J Rute.

55:39It'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. But still, I call 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 court. I'm JT Barrett. Nobody got more views more than JT Barrett. And JT Barrett was one of the great, you know, college quarterbacks there. And yeah, CJ in recent years. So I mean, I guess we're, you know, and I just I just pushed back on the idea that, you know, and I know a lot of people really believe they really believe

56:42that it's just it's these high standards are holding the high standards that really makes Ohio State players and coaches break because, you know, we have such high standards. And it's like, man, it's a weight of expectation can bury people. And, you know, and it really has affected some coaches and some players in really negative ways. And I just risked 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 our OC. When during the St. Leaves, Teyvon St. Claire 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. Clear. 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.

57:42And so yeah, I agree. Anything on that Nevada? Yeah, 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 know 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 themselves 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 something because that's doing 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 Tavine St. Clear, then they really believe because 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 going to see. I think TSC is going to step up and force them to say, hey, we're going

58:44to go with you. That's my prediction. We'll see. All right, Stilly Matt, thanks for the one and I shot it to the scoop family. Y'all are so awesome. Yes, yes, you are. I agree. Buck has scoop families dope. Y'all been dope will always be dope. Best chat in the land. God love for y'all Nevada. Well, yeah, and shout out to Stilly Matt because Stilly is a special dude. And the fact that he's always in here winging it and doing so. Just don't think we don't appreciate it because we do. We notice that we appreciate it and we, you know, we appreciate it more than you know, we appreciate it. Matt, thanks, buddy. Absolutely. Stilly 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-Forestar kids who got better every year. Pete Warner turned himself into a second-round pick C.C. A third round to me. Yeah, I like that. Yeah, Pete Warner. He definitely, I still remember him smacking at Nebraska player at Nebraska.

59:46Do you remember that hitting Nevada? I do. Yeah, I mean, Pete, Pete was a bad man. I mean, Pete was a bad man. I mean, he went out there and did it and sat in terrific NFL career and really, you know, I, I, yeah, he was a really underrated player at Ohio State. Underrated and underappreciated. I definitely don't think the fan base tape is due because he was, he was a heck of a ball player. Yeah, he was, man, and he's been doing well in NFL. All right, Geo did thanks for the two. If we make the 68, the brain, Diabler 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. Diabler 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, that all I care about right now is making the tournament for Bruce Thornton

1:00:48and 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 hope. 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, I 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 him back. I mean, the only thing that I would often counter to 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 what I'm saying? I would, you know, but if you had a guy that they'd reached out to that said, I'm all calm. Now's my time. I could then you could make a move on it, but short of that sort of, sort of having urban, the urban buyer of college basketball in your hip pocket. I think you give one or more, you give a deeper, more time and, um, and, and I,

1:01:52and I think he's certainly worthy of it. Yeah, I agree. And like I said before, I'm not banging the table for Diablo to stay. I'm not team. Diablo. 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, Diablo is gone. Fine. If that mean, excuse me, Diablo stays with more resources, more NIL, more intentional, then 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 a, the show a chance. I don't think it starts slow per se, but just watch it, get into it and trust me.

1:02:56You'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, I only watched it in the 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, and that's coming 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, it is the best show that I've ever seen. And I've seen a lot, um, but, you know, it's the one that kind of let, 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, uh, 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, is up there. Great show. Um, but yeah, Game of Thrones is just amazing. It's amazing.

1:03:56And so, yep, you got to watch it. Got to watch it. All right. Um, Dennis Moore, thanks for the 499. 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, to 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 that I'm glad they're doing well. Definitely. Absolutely. Well, listen, 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.

1:04:58And 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, uh, become of the number one, uh, scorer in a Buckeye history. So huge gain 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 weeks ago in the big 10 tournament 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 to if they went 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 in the bottom?

1:05:58Yeah. Now seven seed would be, I mean, look, I'll take any seed, but if somehow they slipped into a seven, then going in the sweet 16 would not be crazy at all. But, um, just get in there. They're going to be a problem. Construct 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, I'm really thinking about it, man. I think you should go. I think you should go and, uh, bring the heat, bring, bring the, 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. Yeah, I'll see what's up, man. You might have to see what goes up or even, even even smarter, be, wait till about two hours before the game and get tickets on tick pick.

1:07:00And 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. So get to see it. Yeah. Yeah, this was the shoe. If you know, Texas, I've been nervous about that, but, yeah, yeah. But no, that's, that's cool. I'm, I might have to make them move, man. All right, cool, all right. Listen, y'all, we love y'all always great 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. It's tax season.

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