Doug Lesmerises

So we have the NFL Combine creeping toward us this week.

There are guys in Indianapolis right now on Monday.

The things are starting out.

They'll start getting on the field for workouts.

They'll start having media interviews during the week.

And as we think about our five topics for Ohio State football in this edition of Around the Shoe, we understand that this is going to be a pretty...

Great draft for the Ohio State Buckeyes.

If you look at mock draft breakdowns, there are four Buckeyes.

Arvel, Reese, Carnell, Tate, Caleb Downs, and Sonny Stiles projected to be among the top 12 picks in this NFL draft.

Dave Biddle, we will start with you.

What word or phrase would you use to describe the fact that the Buckeyes have this much NFL talent, this much elite talent at the top of the roster, but yet we're not sitting here talking about the Buckeyes?

Yeah.

And Chuck, the reason I bring this up is like, I think when it happened, right, it's like, oh man, that's a tough loss, but you saw how good Miami was and what they went on to do.

But I kind of said at the time, man, I think this is going to come back around when we get to the NFL draft, because the reality is going to slap everybody in the face a little bit more about how good some of these players were.

So what's, what's, what's the word or phrase for you here, Chuck?

Yeah.

And it is.

I'll be curious if there's any kind of vibe that comes out of Indianapolis this week as like as people realize, man, like Orville Reese and kind of like Carnell Tate and and Sonny's like they start running through all these guys.

And then whether because it always is one of these things, Bill, where it's like it's the convergence of NFL media and college media.

And I do feel like sometimes the NFL media, because they're so locked in on the number one sport in the country.