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2:00Evening. 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 goal of 40,000 subscribers, little by little. We appreciate you for subscribing. Also, for you podcasts, folks who don't always rock with YouTube, Apple. Apple people go to Apple Podcast, save as their download is there, and spreeker.com. For 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

3:03about and observe. And then of course, we're asking a question of the other 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 those wonderful 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 you feeling on this Friday evening? We're on your Christian jersey today, man. I'm liking that. Chris was one of my all-time favorite players. And then he, the game against that number, we're putting that cheating Michigan team. And, and he missed that little, little baseline thing right at the right. I think that's right. My mind's not betraying me. I think you're right. I love me some Chris Chant and boy, Michigan, Michigan really has, they've been cheating for a while and just about everything. Long time. Long time.

4:07They've taken it to a new level now, but yeah, the cheating Wolverine's kept us out, but not that 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 we're always looking for around this time of year as 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. So like, we've got kind of 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 or Tuesday or four days away or whatever it is. So 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, ma'am. Definitely. We're definitely going to get back much more into 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 and let me let me count today's a six seventh eighth night. Yep. 10th. So it's coming up quick,

5:12y'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, you 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? Okay. So he got a Patrick got the 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.

6:16I thought that was dope. Man, I just thought you were going to 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. That sounds I mean, like sounds great. And 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 yeah, let's get into this great nugget from 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 because it's just so earth shattering. I just thought it was dope. But what's your thoughts on the nugget from the helping technician about some things, Arthur Smith and Julian saying duo, Ryan Day, you know, some players highlighted.

7:18What'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 offensive than you do, you know, certainly is 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 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 saying 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 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 and said, look, we're going to we're going to do this

8:20and this is going to be one of the early installs in terms of the springs. 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, you 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. 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 and one of those

9:26four men is JJ Smith, it puts just so much pressure on the defense to cover like 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 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. I 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 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 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

10:29Day 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. He worked under Arthur Smith with the Steelers and the Falcons. He's going to replace Marcus. I forget his last name. Excuse me. Um, the assistant who left, he's going to replace him. So remember, we could 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 with 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.

11:30He's comfortable with them. 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. You 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 down playing 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

12:31really 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 is 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. You 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, etc. 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,

13:34bro. 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, 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 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. Nevada, what's going on? 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?

14:36I 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. 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 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 you're doing. 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 UCLA football, 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,

15:42fire Ryan Day, Jim Nolsox, Chip Kelly, isn't any good. You know, I mean, 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? I 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 Craig, 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, it's LA, you know, I'm saying, like, here, this is it, but we are the pro team here. And so I think where 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

16:48base, 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. It's stock up savings time. Now through April 2nd, spraying in for store wide deals and earn four times of points. Look for in store tags to earn on eligible items from Lindor, Chipsahoy, Gatorade, Post, Ziploc, and Zoa. 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. It's tax season. And by now, I know we're all a bit tired of numbers, but here's an important one you need to hear. $16 billion. That's how much money and refunds the IRS flagged for possible identity fraud. Here's another one. One in four honest, hardworking tax-paying Americans has been a victim of identity theft. But it's not all grim news.

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18:52fans and I think herb she talks about the what is it the two the two percent. I forget what you called it. Trust up all the miserable. Trust up all the miserable fans. Yeah he did and then he should have never walked that back. He should have said nope. That I said what I said. 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've discussed some some goofies in our fan base man who have unrealistic

19:54expectations. 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. Okay but what y'all jokers is doing is just unreasonable, a logical and just ridiculous with some of the expectations. So anyway Nevada, you got a thing on that. Well yeah just because I just look at like Julian San and like what more could you've 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 what where you know where does it fall under you know like um I mean he had 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 there you went out of superlates when you talk about the guy. Um all when he wasn't thinking and dunking down the field side is I just I mean I understand that there's everybody's you know I always get this Nevada I'm entitled to my

20:56take 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 San just uh man I just thought I'm just not even understanding and when he's gone when he goes to NFL like I really hope the next guy is as good as he is um because the standard is gonna be really really really high uh 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 um 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 quarterbacks going to miss that could he know

22:00and 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 um there's little things that he can continue to get better at but there's notion that he's a bum and uh who's up next and I don't have any any uh trust in him is just dumb and that's what we're saying so don't don't get it twisted that's the type of stuff we're talking about um Nevada but on the nugget I want to get back to this nugget one thing excuse me I was uh I was like yeah this is dope is the new tradition um 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 um for the gold pads I think we're about to start another streak um 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 I love the fact that Ryan

23:05Day is comfortable enough in his own skin to change some of the traditions to add to some of the the gold pants aren't I totally right 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 and um no I love it I love it but I do think it says stuff about Ryan Day is a person though um 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 one of the elder statesman in the big 10 and in college football in in general and he's totally comfortable changing when they do you know the fun the the band thing during Michigan you know he's changed you senior tackle I mean he's changed a lot of things about the traditions around Ohio State um yeah 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

24:08that and I'm really excited about uh about going and seeing that thing and and I agree through I think we're about to go on a a little another another run and I'm not sure when the next time Michigan's going to be able to uh to step up and and play with us and I think it's going to be a bit yeah I definitely agree um and they deserve another run uh up on the scoreboard for sure after everything that transpired and then also a part of the nugga's 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 to 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

25:10you know uh Mapatricia or interviews talking about how he's in Mapatricia would know Mapatricia would know he's been around some smart football players okay and he calls him the smartest player he's ever seen um you know coming out of college and so I would love to see Caleb Downs go and and do great numbers and and run the forwarding and but I'm not tripping if you don't work out Nevada I think he's going top 10 regardless uh at this point do you think anything has changed with that or do you still think he's a top 10 pick I think you're struggling with the mute button I am not struggling anymore man there there was a picture of Caleb Downs um like a a body shot of Caleb Downs in the uniform in this little sequence or Mapatricia do you have that that can you freeze on that oh yeah I know exactly what you're talking about is like is this due to action figure like you guys are trying to let me go back it's right here they're good stop

26:18they're all gold yet well one yeah he's an action figure but two I can't get over the fact that they don't wear knee pants and they're basically wearing shorts out there did you know I'm saying like that that's like like like b-mose is lined up by the pool during the summers like that and they're like I mean in that crazy that they don't need more 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 um so I mean I 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 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 there's actually a proposition bet you can make on um where the 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

27:24with 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 um I mean four guys in the top 10 very very likely that that happens with Ohio State coming off of 14 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 set all on that I think 2026 is really the year for our state to you know follow up that 2024 national championship uh but boy we were deep in 2025 it's so many really good players and uh um you know gonna miss them but none more than Caleb Downs and Caleb Downs was truly was it 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 uh he might

28:28have 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 like I mean he he just saved so many big plays um and I just think he's just gonna 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 they oh 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 he didn't he was developed Caden Curry came in here as a you know what I think he could be a good football player out of

29:28Indiana 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 C. Cress for Safeway it's stock up savings time now through April second spring in for store wide deals and earn four times of points look for in store tags to earn on eligible items from hunts nerds Pillsbury Lowry's briars Quaker and Culture Pop 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 you're a pro at running your life at committing to your workout at showing up every day at Bombus we're pros too pros at making socks our sport is urban has specialized socks for whatever sport you're committed to running hiking golf pilates and so much more made with sweat wicking yarns blister fighting details and targeted art support bomb as sport is pro level socks from the pros of socks for another pro you go to bombas dot com slash audio and use code audio for 20%

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31:35say undrafted free 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 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 him is that not amazing Nevada for getting her to go third he's just one of those one of the guys that you know I think a football player like Hayden Curry 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 yeah 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 the second

32:36third fourth fifth sixth it's first round picks and undrafted free agents so guys can come from all over the place and make teams and I think came he'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 right well we know we've been saying it all but you were the one I mean in fairness I went that high and I liked Hayden 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 Hayden Curry's 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 big 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 go back and watch games I'm going to go back and watch the games again just because I'm just I'm crazy I'm a crazy person but I went back and watched all of the games and I saw Hayden Curry making

33:36plays 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 he's right there so um but anyway so I 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 okay cool Glennville yeah he should be good to possibly number two almost definitely top 10 like I did 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 Nevada I just wanted to really put that out there because that's amazing to me well this NFL drafts 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 in terms of the number of guys taken

34:41at the top of the first round like I said four in the top 10 absolutely could happen it I expected to happen and that's just that that's insane that we're talking about it yeah 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 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 made plays last year he was really good he was one of our best liners but I think there's another level and I think he's 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 blockable I mean he had you know he had those games and uh the idea that he could take it from

35:42there 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 you know 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 um I didn't think it got the fan fear that it probably should have I think people you know it's like oh great Ken Yada Jackson coming back I think it's a huge thing for us at these back and I I expect them to have a massive season for us in 2026 definitely definitely I agree excited spring ball starts next Tuesday March 10th we'll 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 Buckeye scoop dot 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

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38:50our Buckeye basketball team is peaking at the right time according according to the famous Joe Lanardi we are off the bubble for those asking because they're still debating about are 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 ten 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 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 on a

39:51holiday basketball history that's amazing to me and 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 scene of the big 10 tournament go out with a bang as far as playing at home I think tomorrow's a big day for the dealer Bruce Thornton in this program for where they're at right now Nevada what you got yeah no I think it's it's been great it kind of reminds you how fun it is when Ohio State basketball is playing good because you know March has relevance again because frankly when we're not in the tournament I know people love March bad is but when we're not in the tournament I'm you know my interest level goes down about 95 percent you know so yeah I'm excited that you know that we have a chance not to make the tournament but I think we could surprise some people because you know lower seats have made runs and when you do that like I said have a veteran point guard have

40:54bigs be able to treat them all well we can do all those things and I think you know 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 yeah that's that attribute to the coach and coach dealers really got the guys going and I don't see 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 I wish you know I you know I don't understand how a school like Ohio State can't just have the most crazy basketball environments out there I just I just don't understand it you know I mean like it's it's it's for me you understand my my background is professional sports specifically you know 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 they they

41:56they can't just choice to come to that I don't have to say you how many how many kids do you have on the campus right 50 50 thousand or what are you know like you've got a captive audience of people there that are always looking for something to do and if you give them something to do and then make it fun and I thought I'm 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 in minor league baseball we can never 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 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 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

43:02it'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 now I it's a nice arena it's very it's a lovely facility but as far as intimidation and rocking it just 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 but you know business wins in these situations yeah but you know I 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 my 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 and 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

44:05had you know old municipal stadium or what are you know yeah 80,000 seats and you know they fill up like one time a year for like fourth of July another 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 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 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 or the shot for sure yep they did 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 it run do you think it's crazy to suggest this team could let's say make it to the sweet 16

45:07what do you do you sneer at that or what is your your thoughts on that no I don't I don't I'm like you're really gonna have 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 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 we're shooting the ball long 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 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 the balance we saw against Purdue and Penn State Thornton had 20 I'm just looking

46:08at points now Thornton had 20 mobility had 21 buying on 14 royal 12 tillie seven against Michigan state Thornton had 32 tillie had 10 everybody else had single digits now we didn't have royal and in a mobility that's a big deal but again Penn State mobility on fire eight from nine from three 28 points Thornton 18 bind on 14 royal 14 tillie 10 well spread out balanced this is how this team is going to be able to make a run and and the bench which is not 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 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 mobility is is just crazy right now I mean he can't miss

47:09so listen I'm excited I'm excited about tomorrow I'm excited about this team making an tournament and I'm excited for Bruce Thornton and respect the Jake Debler 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 they'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 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 Madness is just better when the buccas are in it and I just I'm

48:09excited about March Madness 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 stilly mat things for the one and nine trick daddy belly D Moses head coach of the Jesus I like it that's like a denarius Targaryen you know announcement first the rename uh what what some of the andaws the unburnt though you know just all the names that uh we're giving but not as dope once again stilly mat coming through I gotta question freeing that like yeah 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

49:10flyers that I'm just like where did the where in the world does all this stuff come I mean it's like okay uh bimosus uh came down and shot the basketball and scored two by 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 and 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 happen in these places and very distinctive to these play it's amazing look at the book the book of the King's Garden it 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

50:13mean it's just I mean yeah crazy crazy crazy but anyway yeah you are trick you are trick daddy Billy D trick daddy Billy D I agree I still got to do I still got to do that edit man my uh Billy actually I'm trying 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 what was it called 45 hey there it's Ryan C. Cress 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 restrictions apply see website for full terms and conditions thank you for calling the bombas comfort line bombas makes socks slippers tease and underwear made with the highest quality

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53:21showed my son love when we came through and um so good dude he hooked him up with a chain too made up made him a custom buck I chain so shout out to Brian Fogel and god bless you patrick uh divided you got anything on that yeah god god bless you and god bless your mom and um yeah those are the hardest things ever you you will get through it you'll never forget but you you can't move on that you never forget and it's always there with you absolutely uh geo did thanks for the five Julian saying it's QB1 period some of our nation needs to stop for real yep yep that's the thing is uh it can be it can be challenging we have some great fans i love our fans collectively but we we got some boy oh boy man we got some some some some guys and girls who are uh crazy and um so anyway yeah i i feel you geo did anything Nevada uh yeah now i mean he's he is

54:21keeping like he's QB number one in all college football man forget Ohio State he's he i mean he's the man and uh and he's gonna win the heisman next year so better get excited about him already yep yep all right uh let me see mr j root thanks for the one ninety nine these fans thought cj was a bum then mccord came yeah i but we know it's funny Nevada i remember that after the Minnesota game i had fans buddies who wanted cj strowel bitched for calm mccord and i was just like just listen man look cj strowel got so much crap here um and i've already talked about this i'm not gonna go in a long spill about it but cj strowel 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 gonna fan uh mr j root it's just again like Nevada said you said it perfectly

55:24i'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 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 jt bear it nobody got more views more than jt bear it and jt jt bear it was one of the great you know college quarterbacks there and yeah cj in recent years so i i mean i guess we're you know and i just i just push back on the idea that you know i and i know a lot of people really believe they really believe that it's just it's these high standards are holding the high standards that

56:27really 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 um i just risked the fanbase but just torn it down just a little bit we can still have high expectations without you know pillering people every time they make them 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 cubic room will be better and more prepared because Arthur Smith is our OC when uh during the saint leaves taevan saint claire will be ready to step in being with Arthur Smith for a year yep i'm excited i got told y'all early i'm excited about uh saint claire i think he has all the tools i think we'll he'll get some valuable reps this year you know uh coming in as some of these some of these games and so yeah i agree anything on that divana yeah i think it's going to be really really really really

57:30interesting to see do they go and try to get a veteran quarterback or do they try to continue to run 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 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 they and Arthur Smith do and if they do go with taevan saint claire then they really believe because um you know that that would be the most ringing endorsement you could possibly make yeah it's a new era it's nothing against tsc i mean he he it's just where we find ourselves now but i don't know we're 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 uh stilly mat thanks for the one and nine shout out to the scoop family y'all are so awesome yes

58:34yes y'all are i agree book out scoop families dope y'all bendo will always be dope best chat in the land got love for y'all Nevada well yeah and shout out to steely mat because steely is 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 it we appreciate it and and you know like we appreciate it more than you know we appreciate it math thanks buddy absolutely stilly mat the model of consistency and good character appreciate you uh geo did thanks for the five i equate caden curry to peat warner at a certain level mid four star kids who got better every year peat warner turned himself into a second round pick cc a third round to me yeah i like that yeah uh peat warner he definitely i still remember him smacking at the braska player at Nebraska do you remember that hitting Nevada i do i yeah i mean peat peat was a bad man i mean

59:36peat was a bad man he he went out there and and did it and sat in terrific NFL career and really i i yeah peat was a really underrated player at a high state underrated and underappreciated i i definitely don't think the fan base game is due because he was he was a heck of a ball player yeah he was man and uh he's been doing well in NFL all right uh geo did 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 that all i care about right now is making the tournament for Bruce Thornton and for this team this team has won the most in uh big ten conference games in the last four years

1:00:36like this is the most they've won even with hopement so i'm willing to give him another year and you know and see what happens uh especially if they make the tournament Nevada yeah i i i'm struggling with that mute button again no um i i like i think he's i think he's a lock 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 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 i'm saying i would you know but if you had a guy that they'd reached out to they said i've all come now's my time i could then you could make a move on up but short of that sort of sort of having urban the urban mire of college basketball in your hip pocket i think you give more or you give a deeper more time and um and i and i think he's certainly worthy of it

1:01:37yeah i agree and like i've said before i'm not banging the table for dealer to stay i'm not team dealer 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 leave uh dealer's gone fine if that means excuse me dealer stays with more resources more 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 watch 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 and trust me you'll be hooked Nevada yeah like i was the last person to watch game i didn't

1:02:42watch 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 and that's coming from somebody who was not a throwny not a person but you know but 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 it i've seen a lot um but the you know it's the one that kind of let me wanting more and can't wait for the movie adaptation and i watch 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 and so yep you got to watch it got to watch it all right um Dennis more thanks for

1:03:43the 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 in the men's so shout out to them and there's another one from Donald Seals thanks for the two ladybuckers are rocking OH Nevada i oh yep definitely be uh we'll be watching or checking out that score at the very least um to see how they do but yeah 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 i'm glad they're doing well definitely absolutely well listen listen listen hope everyone has a great friday night a fantastic Saturday buckais play and i was thinking about going to the game tomorrow and maybe i still might i don't know we'll see five thirty tip off at the shot against Indiana senior day Bruce Thornton is

1:04:48twelve points away from breaking the all time record uh become of the number one uh score 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 weeks ago in the big ten 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 somehow they slipped into a seven then going in the sweet sixteen would not be crazy at all but um just get in there they're

1:05:51going to be a problem can start 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 he think i should go i'm really thinking about i think you should go i think you should go and 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 man tick pick the awesome cheap tickets man i can do that yeah i'll see what's up man you might see or even 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 smag some stuff really cheap yep that's true that's true because it's not like it's going to be sold out it won't be sold out

1:06:53yeah this was the shoe if you know texas that i've been nervous about that but yeah yeah um but no that's that's cool i'm 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 in 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 and by now we're all a bit tired of numbers but here's an important one you

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