Julian Sayin, Tavien St. Clair and how Ohio State football should develop quarterbacks in this era
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What is the future of Ohio State football with two 5-star quarterbacks?
Welcome back to the Bill & Doug Show. Doug LaMaurice and Bill Landis. We're going to start doing this, Bill. I think in the off season, we do Q&A shows on our Substack feed. You can find us at BillAndDougOSU.substack.com where we call it the Sunday sound off. We take questions and comments from our Substack subscribers and we do a show for them on most Sundays. Sometimes we work that into the Wednesday show that we do for our Substack subscribers. We don't do as many Q&A type shows on this YouTube and podcast feed. But we would like to start doing that. And I think the idea to me is maybe like find a question from our Substack subscribers each week that the answer requires a little more thought and analysis and kind of just answer like one question and then drop it in on this feed through the offseason.
Is that right with you?
Sounds great to me. Yeah, we're in a time where we could use a little bit of help via smart questions from our subscribers. And we often get too many of them to talk about on our Substack show. So happy to bring some of them over here.
Yeah. And also I changed where I sit in my basement. So I no longer have that panel door behind my head.
And I did like somebody asked if that was the transfer portal, which I really enjoyed. Yeah.
Yeah. We had to move the foosball table to make this happen over here. So we'll make sure that this works for everybody, and then we'll get it to decorate it back here. But I do have a Bill and Doug sign, if you notice that.
I will give you the dragon statue once you get a shelf up there to put the dragon statue on.
That's what it took. That's what it took to get the dragon statue back. All right. Thanks, everybody, for being here. Like, subscribe, tell a friend. If you're watching on YouTube, hit the little bell so you get notifications whenever we drop in. We want to do two things here. One is a question, and one is bouncing off of a story that Antonio Morales wrote in The Athletic called Why Don't College Football Programs Develop Quarterbacks Anymore? And Gavi S. sent this question as this type of topic applies to Ohio State. Given all of the emphasis... on playing old and experienced guys, especially at quarterback. Do you think there is any chance that Tavian St. Clair enters the transfer portal after next season?
So this would be after the 2026 season, which would be his second year in college. I hate the thought of it, but I feel like Sayan, Julian Sayan, had about as good of a first year as a starter as you could ask for, yet it probably wasn't enough to win a natty. Do you think Ryan Day is willing to either gamble or take a year off and let Tavian St. Clair develop? Again, I hate the thought of it and want to see him stay, but it's been on my mind. So... There's a lot of play here. We basically want to have a conversation about Ohio State and its quarterback. Should they develop? Should they go on the portal? Should they be willing to take first-year lumps? Even though Julian Sane was a Heisman finalist, right?
Like there are some things that Julian Sane, as a first-year starter, maybe didn't do that Carson Beck at Miami in year six in college or Fernando Mendoza as a third-year starter to a Cal one in Indiana. They're just a different place in their careers. But we understand this as we lay out a Tavian St. Clair scenario, Bill. There's like two ways this could go, right? The ways that Tavian St. Clair has never planned to be the starting quarterback at Ohio State. One would be... Julian San just continues to block him and that Julian San is the starter in 2026 and maybe stays and is a third year starter in 2027. And then Tavian St. Clair, who's only one year younger than Julian San, would potentially be asked to sit three years before he plays in year four at Ohio State.
For a five-star quarterback, that seems a lot to ask. Or whenever Julian San is done, Ohio State and Ryan Day decide... Rather than going to Tavian St. Clair, who has never started before, let's go in the portal. Let's go get Fernando Mendoza or Carson Beck rather than take some first-year lumps with Tavian St.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the future of Ohio State football with two 5-star quarterbacks?
0:07–7:57
2
How does the transfer portal impact quarterback development at Ohio State?
7:57–9:36
3
What factors influence Tavian St. Clair's potential transfer decisions?
9:36–11:55
4
Should Ohio State prioritize developing young quarterbacks or seek transfers?
11:55–13:23
5
What challenges do Julian Sayin and Tavian St. Clair face in their quarterback journey?
13:23–33:11
6
How do experience and age affect quarterback success in college football?
33:11–34:57
7
What lessons can Ohio State learn from other programs regarding quarterback management?
34:57–48:44
Speakers
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