Behind Jeremiah Smith, who will be Ohio State's second-best player in 2026?
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What is the focus of the episode regarding Ohio State football?
Welcome back to the Bill and Doug show. It's around the bad. It's just us around the shoe. We plan to do this week, but Ohio State is starting spring practice tomorrow, Tuesday, March 10th. And so we did a spring preview last week with Marcus Hartman and Tim May on around the shoe. Like we didn't want to do like an around the shoe spring preview and only give you a day to consume it before they actually start practice. So we did it last week. And so now we kind of want to save around the shoe for after we see practice, which we're going to see at least a little bit of it on Tuesday. And then we hope and plan to wrangle two other members of the beat bill and bring you around the shoe later in the week.
But we're going to talk on this show about who the second best Ohio State player is going to be in 2026, which gives us one more chance to talk about the roster. Before spring practice starts, we expect to be able to watch practice on Tuesday and Thursday. But we just like we know people are getting their custom to Monday around the shoe and we're not giving it to them. I think with good reason, right? Like, as you just laid out, I think the this week's around the shoe will just be much better. if we wait a little bit and get some information and we're going to talk to Ryan day on Tuesday. So that'll all be great. And I think around the shoe, we'll be better for it. So, you know, we apologize for the delay.
We know it's America's most watched show, but it'll, it'll, we'll, we'll, you'll have it. You'll get it this week. We promise. Yeah. I meant to ask you about this when we were chatting up before the show started. Do we have like a coupon for spring football on our sub stack? Is that something that people should maybe be aware if they go to the sub stack, they could find it? Or what's the status of the coupon? yes it'll be um for spring ball 18 off an annual subscription at our sub stack bill and doug osu.substack.com um it'll be it is honestly it'll be easier uh we'll put the link in the show description here but then also if you find us on twitter um we'll share that on on twitter as well or blue sky if you use blue sky um
Are we on Blue Sky? I am. I never use it, but I have an account because I know some people are there. It's just easier than saying the whole mouthful of a link on the show, but it'll be in the notes and you can find it on social media. And yeah, it'll be 18% off an annual subscription through all of Spring Ball, like from today through April 18th when the Spring Game is. And that's a big savings because a normal yearly subscription to our sub stack is $1,000. Is that right? $1,000 for a year? It's not $1,000. It's $99.99 for a year. Oh, what? For real? Yes. We do a lot of stuff over there. That, I've got to say, is a bargain in and of itself. And then you're getting 18% off because the spring game is on April 18th.
Go over and check it out. We'd love to have you over there. We'd love to have you here. But if you like this, if you like a little bit of this, I think you'll like a lot of that. Go stuff your face with Bill and Doug. Second best Ohio State player in 2026. We have been doing this the past couple years. We do the top 22 Buckeyes. We do it before the season. We do it during the season. We do a final list at the end of the season. We think about, like, who are the best players who contributed the most, who did their job the best, who were the best football players for the Ohio State Buckeyes. And the reason I think this is a good way to talk about this, Bill, is just sort of reminding people of who's gone and who's back.
Who are the top candidates for Ohio State's second-best player in 2026?
And the other reason I think is good is because when you're coming off 2024, even though a gazillion Ohio state guys went into the NFL draft, you had Jeremiah Smith and you had Caleb downs returning in 2025, as arguably at that point into the season, during the season, the best offensive player, the best defensive player in college football. Now I'd be like, you want to debate that you want to debate in the end. David Bailey and Ruben Bain and Arvel Reese against Caleb Downs.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the focus of the episode regarding Ohio State football?
0:13–3:44
2
Who are the top candidates for Ohio State's second-best player in 2026?
3:44–14:22
3
What insights are shared about Jeremiah Smith's performance?
14:22–21:25
4
What factors contribute to the uncertainty around Ohio State's roster depth?
21:25–28:41
5
How did the previous season's top players influence the current roster?
28:41–37:51
6
Who are the potential standout transfers for Ohio State in 2026?
37:51–58:17
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