January 10, 2025 • 8 mins
Dave Biddle of Bucknuts.com previews the Cotton Bowl.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Dave biddles with us bucknots dot Com on Ohio State
versus Texas.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
David has been way too long. How are you?
Speaker 3 (00:06):
I'm doing great, mother, Thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
I appreciate you doing this.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
So I was saying before that this game tonight, Ohio
State's played great in these two playoff games, gotten off
to a great start on both sides of the football.
Neither game has turned out to be close. I kind
of feel like, look at, Ohio State's a significant favorite,
and they should be, but that we're almost discounting the
possibility that Texas could pull off the upset. You're a
(00:32):
little bit more of a realist. What should concern Buckeye
fans about the Longhorns.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Exactly? That, Like Nick David used to say, drinking that
rat poison is like the biggest concern. In addition to
Texas being very very talented. I mean, coming into the year,
everybody's talking about Georgia, Texas, Oregon, and Ohio State is
the foremost talented teams in whatever order. So Texas is
very talented. Sarks, you know, he can game plan and
call plays with the best of them, and you know,
(01:00):
mo can Ohio State keep that edge? Just like you said, like,
now they've gone from everybody doubting them, even playing in
their home stadium against Tennessee almost feeling like an underdog
even like favored by seven. And then even in the
Rose Bowl they were barely favored, but they had lost
to Oregon already a lot of people were picking Oregon
and win the game. They went in with an underdog mentality.
Now they're going to the state of Texas to play Texas,
(01:23):
who and now everybody's telling Ohio State how great they are,
So that is a big concern. Can they keep that
level of intensivity up? And listen, man, I think Ohio
State fans should be nervous right now. This is going
to be a tough game. It's not like Ohio State's favored,
not that this's worked out well against Michigan. It's not
like it's favored by three touchdowns. Here they're favored by
(01:43):
six points like this is. And you look at ESPN's
FPI for whatever that's worth. They give Texas a fifty
point five percent chance of winning this game Ohio State
forty nine point five, basically a coin flip. But they
give Texas the flight edge. So I expect a great
game tonight, and if Ohio State's offensive line can hold up,
I think it's gonna be a good night for the Buckeys.
But we shall see.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Where do they have an obvious advantage over Texas well?
Speaker 3 (02:09):
I have to Say's defense is peaking at the right time,
and Texas has given up a lot of sacks this
year thirty three sacks. Now, you know they've got a
very talented offensive line. I look at some mock drafts
and everybody as Kelvin Banks Junior in the first round.
Some have him as the number one offensive lineman off
the board. Most have Will Campbell, but even Cameron Williams,
he's a little banged up. I've seen some mock drafts
that have him as a first round pick. So they're talented,
(02:31):
but they've given up a lot of sacks. Now, quin
Ewers mo is not. I wouldn't call him a statue,
but he's like statue at jascent, you know, so he
so part of that's on quinn Ewers too. But quinn
Ewers can be ice cold, like that man fourth and
thirteen Starks out there calling a play like he's up
like twenty eight nothing in the second quarter, like there's
nothing going on, and like your season's on the line,
(02:53):
and like Quinn's like okay, cool and then just throws
a dime and Golden's a fantastic receiver. So but yeah,
I think that is the advantage of highest State has
done a great job since the first Oregon game. They
quote unquote re engineered their defense after that. Wherever they've
done his work, They've been one of the best teams
in the country getting after the quarterback since then, culminating
with what they did against Dylan Gabriel and the Rose
(03:15):
Bowl getting eight sacks against him.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Do Texas have any answer for Jeremiah Smith.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
They've got a really good secondary, Like Ohio State's played
two legit good defenses so far in the CFP. But
you know, Oregon's defense mo is like, you know a
lot of smallish guys, like talented, fast, but like a
lot of five ten, five nine guys like Texas has
like NFL dudes, dudes that we would like to see
playing for the Bengals one day. Like they're like a
(03:43):
they're they're good, They're I have a lot of respect
for this Texas defense and they hit I like their corners.
Now Here's the thing, though, if you if you do
contain Jeremiah Smith and you got a mechanic Buca, who,
in my opinion, would be the best number two receiver
in the country. If you contain him, then they have
Carnell Tate. It might be the best number three receiver
(04:05):
in the country. I think Carnell Tate's a guy, a
sneaky guy to watch tonight. Too bad we can't do
prop bets anymore in the state of Ohio. Do I
think Carnell Tate, whatever is over receiving yards would beat tonight.
I would be all over that because I think Texas
is going to focus on Jeremiah Smith. Why wouldn't you?
But this is a This is a very good Texas
defense overall and a very good secondary.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
So obviously, especially the Tennessee game went down against the
backdrop of all the criticism that Ryan Day got for
the way the Michigan game played out for his overall
record against Michigan. Much of that criticism very fair, some
of it, at least from where I sit over the top,
He's won.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Two playoff games, like is he good?
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Now?
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Does he have to finish this after they have to
win the next two?
Speaker 1 (04:50):
And if they do does the conversation turn to yeah,
that's cool, neat trophy beat Michigan, Like realistically, where does
this go?
Speaker 3 (04:58):
It's great because like, yeah, right now I love that.
Is he good? Like right now has Ohio san fans
will be like, yeah, he's good, but he better win tonight,
Like get on our message board tomorrow. If they lose tonight,
that would that that will not be a good day
for Ryan Day. But but yeah, man, I mean, it's
so crazy. He could lose four straight times to Michigan
(05:19):
and then win the national championship and then he's a
legend for life. It's just so hard to win a
national championship. Ohio State in my lifetime has won two.
They've been close a lot. They won in two thousand
and two, they've won in twenty fourteen, and before two
thousand and two, before our time, I mean, they had
gone thirty four years without winning a national championship. Nineteen
sixty eight was their last real national championship. They claim
(05:40):
nineteen seventy. That's not a real national title. It's so
super hard to win a national title. They win this
this year, and I do think they will. Ryan Day
no matter the fact that he's well, I shouldn't say
he's owing four again. He did beat Michigan his first
year in twenty nineteen, so he's won in four against Michigan.
But if he's able to win a national champion, man,
it's he'll be a legend in Columbus forever.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
All right.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Well, because you and I both heard people who were like, ah,
they go in the national title, it doesn't count. I
think those people have probably changed their tune and will
if they pull this off a week from Monday. But
it's been interesting because I watched the Tennessee game and
I heard all the stuff you did, and that looked
like a team they were better than the volunteers, man
for man, but I that looked like a team that
(06:27):
was that rallied around its coach, that was really really
into playing for their coach. And that again, the Ryan
Day got a lot of fair criticism in the aftermath
of the Michigan game, but I that's that's what stood
out to me more than anything after watching the Buckeyes
play the volunteers.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
It's a great point. They do they really love him?
The players do. They talk about that openly. But you know,
as Marvin Lewis used to say, I see better than
I hear, and I see and I hear it like
I see it and I hear it, Like these players
really do love Ryan Day and yeah, if they can
keep that ad again that to repeat myself, but they
just they just the mental side of sports is so important,
(07:05):
and they just came in like, you know, we don't
care about anything. We're gonna play with our pants on fire.
We're gonna be aggressive, we're gonna be angry, We're gonna
do what we do. If they can keep that attitude tonight,
I think it's gonna be a good night for Ohio
State fans. But like that's hard to do. It's easy
to say, well, you wouldn't be human if you wouldn't
be fired up for the college football playoffs, semi final
chance to go to the national championship game. I get that,
(07:26):
But now you've had what nine days everybody telling me
how great you are. So I don't know, man, I
think this is jeez, it's just uh. I think I
think Ohio State's gonna win, but I think this is
gonna be a tough game.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
I'm looking forward to it. Love having you on. I
know you're busy. I appreciate the time.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
I appreciate you, mo. Thanks, appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
You got it, you got it.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
That's it's our guy, Dave Biddle Bucknuts dot Com, Ohio
State and Texas in the Cotton Bowl tonight, Winter takes
on Notre.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Dame a week from Monday.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
All Right, I gotta answer Chris's question about Trey Hendricks,
and I will. I'm sure he and the rest of
the Tri State waiting patiently to hear what I.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
Have to say.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
But first, a break on ESPN fifteen thirty, Cincinnati sports
station
Dave biddles with us bucknots dot Com on Ohio State
versus Texas.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
David has been way too long. How are you?
Speaker 3 (00:06):
I'm doing great, mother, Thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
I appreciate you doing this.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
So I was saying before that this game tonight, Ohio
State's played great in these two playoff games, gotten off
to a great start on both sides of the football.
Neither game has turned out to be close. I kind
of feel like, look at, Ohio State's a significant favorite,
and they should be, but that we're almost discounting the
possibility that Texas could pull off the upset. You're a
(00:32):
little bit more of a realist. What should concern Buckeye
fans about the Longhorns.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Exactly? That, Like Nick David used to say, drinking that
rat poison is like the biggest concern. In addition to
Texas being very very talented. I mean, coming into the year,
everybody's talking about Georgia, Texas, Oregon, and Ohio State is
the foremost talented teams in whatever order. So Texas is
very talented. Sarks, you know, he can game plan and
call plays with the best of them, and you know,
(01:00):
mo can Ohio State keep that edge? Just like you said, like,
now they've gone from everybody doubting them, even playing in
their home stadium against Tennessee almost feeling like an underdog
even like favored by seven. And then even in the
Rose Bowl they were barely favored, but they had lost
to Oregon already a lot of people were picking Oregon
and win the game. They went in with an underdog mentality.
Now they're going to the state of Texas to play Texas,
(01:23):
who and now everybody's telling Ohio State how great they are,
So that is a big concern. Can they keep that
level of intensivity up? And listen, man, I think Ohio
State fans should be nervous right now. This is going
to be a tough game. It's not like Ohio State's favored,
not that this's worked out well against Michigan. It's not
like it's favored by three touchdowns. Here they're favored by
(01:43):
six points like this is. And you look at ESPN's
FPI for whatever that's worth. They give Texas a fifty
point five percent chance of winning this game Ohio State
forty nine point five, basically a coin flip. But they
give Texas the flight edge. So I expect a great
game tonight, and if Ohio State's offensive line can hold up,
I think it's gonna be a good night for the Buckeys.
But we shall see.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Where do they have an obvious advantage over Texas well?
Speaker 3 (02:09):
I have to Say's defense is peaking at the right time,
and Texas has given up a lot of sacks this
year thirty three sacks. Now, you know they've got a
very talented offensive line. I look at some mock drafts
and everybody as Kelvin Banks Junior in the first round.
Some have him as the number one offensive lineman off
the board. Most have Will Campbell, but even Cameron Williams,
he's a little banged up. I've seen some mock drafts
that have him as a first round pick. So they're talented,
(02:31):
but they've given up a lot of sacks. Now, quin
Ewers mo is not. I wouldn't call him a statue,
but he's like statue at jascent, you know, so he
so part of that's on quinn Ewers too. But quinn
Ewers can be ice cold, like that man fourth and
thirteen Starks out there calling a play like he's up
like twenty eight nothing in the second quarter, like there's
nothing going on, and like your season's on the line,
(02:53):
and like Quinn's like okay, cool and then just throws
a dime and Golden's a fantastic receiver. So but yeah,
I think that is the advantage of highest State has
done a great job since the first Oregon game. They
quote unquote re engineered their defense after that. Wherever they've
done his work, They've been one of the best teams
in the country getting after the quarterback since then, culminating
with what they did against Dylan Gabriel and the Rose
(03:15):
Bowl getting eight sacks against him.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Do Texas have any answer for Jeremiah Smith.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
They've got a really good secondary, Like Ohio State's played
two legit good defenses so far in the CFP. But
you know, Oregon's defense mo is like, you know a
lot of smallish guys, like talented, fast, but like a
lot of five ten, five nine guys like Texas has
like NFL dudes, dudes that we would like to see
playing for the Bengals one day. Like they're like a
(03:43):
they're they're good, They're I have a lot of respect
for this Texas defense and they hit I like their corners.
Now Here's the thing, though, if you if you do
contain Jeremiah Smith and you got a mechanic Buca, who,
in my opinion, would be the best number two receiver
in the country. If you contain him, then they have
Carnell Tate. It might be the best number three receiver
(04:05):
in the country. I think Carnell Tate's a guy, a
sneaky guy to watch tonight. Too bad we can't do
prop bets anymore in the state of Ohio. Do I
think Carnell Tate, whatever is over receiving yards would beat tonight.
I would be all over that because I think Texas
is going to focus on Jeremiah Smith. Why wouldn't you?
But this is a This is a very good Texas
defense overall and a very good secondary.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
So obviously, especially the Tennessee game went down against the
backdrop of all the criticism that Ryan Day got for
the way the Michigan game played out for his overall
record against Michigan. Much of that criticism very fair, some
of it, at least from where I sit over the top,
He's won.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Two playoff games, like is he good?
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Now?
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Does he have to finish this after they have to
win the next two?
Speaker 1 (04:50):
And if they do does the conversation turn to yeah,
that's cool, neat trophy beat Michigan, Like realistically, where does
this go?
Speaker 3 (04:58):
It's great because like, yeah, right now I love that.
Is he good? Like right now has Ohio san fans
will be like, yeah, he's good, but he better win tonight,
Like get on our message board tomorrow. If they lose tonight,
that would that that will not be a good day
for Ryan Day. But but yeah, man, I mean, it's
so crazy. He could lose four straight times to Michigan
(05:19):
and then win the national championship and then he's a
legend for life. It's just so hard to win a
national championship. Ohio State in my lifetime has won two.
They've been close a lot. They won in two thousand
and two, they've won in twenty fourteen, and before two
thousand and two, before our time, I mean, they had
gone thirty four years without winning a national championship. Nineteen
sixty eight was their last real national championship. They claim
(05:40):
nineteen seventy. That's not a real national title. It's so
super hard to win a national title. They win this
this year, and I do think they will. Ryan Day
no matter the fact that he's well, I shouldn't say
he's owing four again. He did beat Michigan his first
year in twenty nineteen, so he's won in four against Michigan.
But if he's able to win a national champion, man,
it's he'll be a legend in Columbus forever.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
All right.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Well, because you and I both heard people who were like, ah,
they go in the national title, it doesn't count. I
think those people have probably changed their tune and will
if they pull this off a week from Monday. But
it's been interesting because I watched the Tennessee game and
I heard all the stuff you did, and that looked
like a team they were better than the volunteers, man
for man, but I that looked like a team that
(06:27):
was that rallied around its coach, that was really really
into playing for their coach. And that again, the Ryan
Day got a lot of fair criticism in the aftermath
of the Michigan game, but I that's that's what stood
out to me more than anything after watching the Buckeyes
play the volunteers.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
It's a great point. They do they really love him?
The players do. They talk about that openly. But you know,
as Marvin Lewis used to say, I see better than
I hear, and I see and I hear it like
I see it and I hear it, Like these players
really do love Ryan Day and yeah, if they can
keep that ad again that to repeat myself, but they
just they just the mental side of sports is so important,
(07:05):
and they just came in like, you know, we don't
care about anything. We're gonna play with our pants on fire.
We're gonna be aggressive, we're gonna be angry, We're gonna
do what we do. If they can keep that attitude tonight,
I think it's gonna be a good night for Ohio
State fans. But like that's hard to do. It's easy
to say, well, you wouldn't be human if you wouldn't
be fired up for the college football playoffs, semi final
chance to go to the national championship game. I get that,
(07:26):
But now you've had what nine days everybody telling me
how great you are. So I don't know, man, I
think this is jeez, it's just uh. I think I
think Ohio State's gonna win, but I think this is
gonna be a tough game.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
I'm looking forward to it. Love having you on. I
know you're busy. I appreciate the time.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
I appreciate you, mo. Thanks, appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
You got it, you got it.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
That's it's our guy, Dave Biddle Bucknuts dot Com, Ohio
State and Texas in the Cotton Bowl tonight, Winter takes
on Notre.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Dame a week from Monday.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
All Right, I gotta answer Chris's question about Trey Hendricks,
and I will. I'm sure he and the rest of
the Tri State waiting patiently to hear what I.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
Have to say.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
But first, a break on ESPN fifteen thirty, Cincinnati sports
station
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