Alan Saunders

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415 appearances 3 recordings 2 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 6 Feb

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The Bill and Doug Show: Ohio State Football Talk · What will Arthur Smith bring to Ohio State? Discussing the Buckeyes' new OC with Alan Saunders · 6 Feb 2026 podcast

Yeah, I mean, he's like the tight end whisperer in terms of the number of them and usage of them both.

I mean, the Steelers had Connor Hayward line up as the quarterback.

They had Johnnie Smith at running back.

They used six and seven offensive linemen at times.

So, I mean, he'll bring all that to the table for sure.

I mean, the running principles are very like McVay tree coded, like a lot of wide zone.

and that kind of thing, which I think is generally pretty easy for college guys to block.

It's not like what he's doing is going to be an impossible ask.

And so I think the big question, I guess, would be, do college kids want to play that offense?

And are you going to get buy-in from the kind of players that Ohio State can get to say, all right, we're going to run the ball 30 times a game and throw a bunch of play action passes?

Yeah, I mean, I think the big thing that you can say about Arthur Smith, not just in Pittsburgh but over his career, is the personnel usage is going to be frustrating.

He is a believer in, like, nine, ten playmakers deep all getting an opportunity every game.

There are going to be plays where you're like, why is that guy getting the ball?

And a lot of them.

He also, I feel like, has a tendency to –

have his guys.

Now, maybe it'll be different in college because he's not literally bringing his guys with him.

But I felt like in Pittsburgh this year, Jonu Smith...

got way more opportunities than he deserved, mostly just because he was Arthur Smith's guy and that he was outplayed by Darnell Washington and Pat Frymuth almost at every avenue and was still getting a good share of the reps at tight end.

And so I don't know how that'll play out with college kids.

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