July 15, 2025 • 31 mins
Ohio State Football: 2025 Bold Predictions | Buckeye Weekly Podcast
In this episode of the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, hosts Tony Gerdeman and Tom Orr dive into some bold predictions for the upcoming Ohio State football season. From the number of Buckeyes who will have 100-yard receiving games to the chances of freshman linebackers recording tackles for loss, Tony and Tom discuss various intriguing scenarios. They also talk about potential standout performances from key players like CJ Donaldson, Jeremiah Smith, and James Peoples.
Plus, they analyze the likelihood of these bold predictions coming to fruition and provide insights on Ohio State's opponents. Don't miss this exciting preseason breakdown! Make sure to hit the thumbs up, subscribe, and visit buckeyehuddle.com for more great content.
00:00 Introduction and Overview
00:14 Bold Predictions for Ohio State Football
01:31 100-Yard Receiving Games Prediction
04:48 Freshman Linebacker Tackle for Loss Prediction
08:10 True Freshman Starters Discussion
11:26 Mylan Graham's Touchdown Prediction
14:53 Memorable Moments in Ohio State vs. Purdue
15:46 CJ Donaldson's Potential Against Ranked Opponents
17:20 Debating James Peoples' Role and Performance
19:59 The Styles Brothers' Defensive Impact
23:26 Jeremiah Smith's Challenge Against Texas
26:41 James Peoples' Big Ten Opener Prediction
28:55 CJ Hicks' Multi-Sack Potential
31:08 Final Bold Predictions and Closing Remarks
In this episode of the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, hosts Tony Gerdeman and Tom Orr dive into some bold predictions for the upcoming Ohio State football season. From the number of Buckeyes who will have 100-yard receiving games to the chances of freshman linebackers recording tackles for loss, Tony and Tom discuss various intriguing scenarios. They also talk about potential standout performances from key players like CJ Donaldson, Jeremiah Smith, and James Peoples.
Plus, they analyze the likelihood of these bold predictions coming to fruition and provide insights on Ohio State's opponents. Don't miss this exciting preseason breakdown! Make sure to hit the thumbs up, subscribe, and visit buckeyehuddle.com for more great content.
00:00 Introduction and Overview
00:14 Bold Predictions for Ohio State Football
01:31 100-Yard Receiving Games Prediction
04:48 Freshman Linebacker Tackle for Loss Prediction
08:10 True Freshman Starters Discussion
11:26 Mylan Graham's Touchdown Prediction
14:53 Memorable Moments in Ohio State vs. Purdue
15:46 CJ Donaldson's Potential Against Ranked Opponents
17:20 Debating James Peoples' Role and Performance
19:59 The Styles Brothers' Defensive Impact
23:26 Jeremiah Smith's Challenge Against Texas
26:41 James Peoples' Big Ten Opener Prediction
28:55 CJ Hicks' Multi-Sack Potential
31:08 Final Bold Predictions and Closing Remarks
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello, everybody, Welcome to the Buckeye Weekly Podcast. I'm Tony
Gerdaman here as always with Tom or Tom.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
How's it going, Tony?
Speaker 3 (00:11):
It is one of our favorite shows, kind of sort
of like this is one where everyone loves the bold
prediction shows. This is going to remind people a lot
of this because this is just kind of regular predictions
for you. But I think it's going to be something
that people will enjoy because we are talking about the
upcoming season of Ohis Day Football some of your predictions
(00:32):
you've made on our.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Site, Buckeheadle dot com. And we'll go.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Through and we'll I don't know are we are we
grading here for accuracy or boldness?
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Uh, you can do whatever you want. And here's the thing.
When I'm doing this, I could just say I think
Julian and Saane's gonna have a two touchdown game. Like
this is not like these are things that every pot
prediction here is. I would say there's probably no more
than for sixty percent of the predictions here, there's no
more than a forty percent chance that they happen. Tom,
(01:05):
I don't know if that means there's a twenty four
hundred chance that they all happen. I think that's what
that means. But these all tend towards unlikely more than
likely maybe or on verge, I'll let you be the judge.
Maybe that's what you can tell me Tom unlikely versus likely. Okay,
and then then we can suss it out. But here's
(01:25):
the first one for you. I think this one's pretty
likely because if I wanted to go bold, I would
have gone I'd go one more than this number. Four
Buck guys will have one hundred yard receiving games this season.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Okay, four Buck guys will have one hundred yard receiving games,
so well, Jeremiah Smith one, yes, let's see Charnel Tait two, yes.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Brandon Innis three feels likely.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
And then yeah, I think you could get I think
you could get any number of guys to four. You know,
Bryson Rogers, sure, Milon Graham, Sure, Quincy Porter, Like you're
telling me Quincy Porter can't do that against against Grambling.
I mean this this feels like one where what was
(02:12):
the game? Was it the Akron game? The primetime Acron
game where Jaden Ballard came in in like the third
quarter and ended up with one hundred and something yards
like it feels like you're probably gonna sneak one in
against Ohio or Grambling or someone like that. But I
do like this one because it it feels I mean,
how many how many years have they had for you know,
(02:35):
how many how many years have did.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
You go back and look?
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Because now, okay, so it's you know, I would I
would say four is probably a reasonable expectation.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
That's not a long shot.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
Five, like you said, is probably more you know, that
would be more.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Of a bold thing.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
This is this feels like I'm gonna say, yes, this happens,
but not, you know, not like easily. I think I think, yes,
this happens, but not because they have like seven guys.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Who do it.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Yeah, because you're asking you could be asking Max Claire
to be the first tight end to have one hundred
yard game at Ohio State since Jeff Hireman in like
twenty thirteen. I think that's that's a possibility. That one.
Brandon innis as you said, he's gonna be if he's
the number one slot receiver, he's gonna have a one
hundred yard game. It's probably been a while since Ohio
State's number one slot receiver has not had a one
(03:21):
hundred yard game over the course of the season. Karnell
Tait had won last year had a four for like
one oh two against Nebraska, And of course we all
know about Jeremiah so and who knows Tom, who knows
what CJ. Donaldson is going to be in this kind
of offense with his uh, his past catching history, So
five I would probably need like two points four. I
(03:43):
feel like it's bold enough because I'm guessing the last
time it happened was probably the year Jaden Ballard had
that one hundred yard game, So what would that have been,
like twenty twenty two or something? And Julian Fleming had
a one hundred yard game, I believe, but that's when
he was starting, So I don't know that. I don't
know that there are three others.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
That I think that might have been.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
That might have been twenty twenty one because that was
the year that Kyle McCord had that filled in in
that in that Acron game. So yeah, I mean, I
think for for is a reasonable one. And how many
did did Ohigh State running backs have one hundred yard
receiving game like the seventy five yard touchdown that Trayvon
Henderson had. Did he end up with one hundred yards
receiving in that game? No? Okay, yeah, it's I was
(04:21):
really just thinking in terms of wide receivers. But you're
right you could. You could certainly sneak one in with
a tight end or or a running back.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Yeah. And yeah, that was like a seventy yards in
that game, that Minnesota game. You also had another one
with like sixty seven yards. So yeah, I like that one.
Thank you, Tom. You said that was unlike No. You
said you say likely or likely?
Speaker 2 (04:41):
I said likely.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
Now here's one. It's it's too specific and too bold,
and uh it's Riley Petty John will have a tackle
for lost. Now let me explain. I feel like I
should move this to any freshman linebacker and the reason why, Tom,
can you tell me the last true freshman linebacker at
Ohio State to have a tackle for loss?
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Absolutely, I can, as long as you have no follow
up questions.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Okay, are we got a stalebate?
Speaker 3 (05:14):
It sounds like it. Why don't you tell the audience.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Baron Browning in twenty seventeen. So this is something that
does not happen very often, and so me putting a
name to it, I feel like I probably shouldn't have
done that, probably should just I'm gonna go ahead and
say any of the three true freshman linebackers will have
a tackle for loss. And the fact that nobody has
(05:37):
done it since twenty seventeen, I think is pretty impressive.
And you know, you look like CJ. Hicks didn't even
play defense as a true freshman. Rvel Reese didn't even
play defense as a true freshman. So one, you gotta
get on the field. Two, you got to make a tackle.
Three the tackle's got to be in the backfield.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Yeah, this is another one, but where boy, if I
had not known that information off the top of my head,
that would have struck me as very.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Surprising that it was that long ago.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
This is one where it seems so like, well, yeah,
I mean, obviously like they're going to play. You know,
they're reasonably high on the on the freshman linebackers. They're
going to be in there. You know, the three's are
going to play in the second half against Grambling. Of
course they're going to have a TfL at some point,
and you know, sure, why why would they not? You're right,
you're too specific with picking one guy to do it,
(06:25):
you know, if it's TJ. Alford, I would give you
full credit for you. If it's Eli Likely, I give
you full credit for it. That's as it's one of
those it's almost like more of a statistical anomaly that
they haven't done it in that long because this is
the time of year when you look you look forward
and it's like, oh, yeah, of course, like of course
they're going to do that. And do you know how
(06:48):
good Grambling is at football?
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Here's a hint.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
They're coming for their band.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Not for their football team.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
So you know, this is probably not going to be
a Florida A and M two thousand and thirteen kind
of game, but it, you know, will be closer to
that than it is to probably a lot of other
other games you've watched at Ohio States. You're gonna see
the freshman a lot, and you know they also have
other games where they could get that.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
You know, you could you could do that then as well.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
But yeah, I'll I would have I would have said
like absolutely, one hundred percent, no question. But man, that history,
that history kind of makes me a little a little
gun shy. All I'll say yes for one of the linebackers,
but not necessarily if you're going to put a specific
name on it.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
I just had a moment of fear because I had
to go back and look at Sonny Styles to make
sure he didn't have a tackle for loss against Georgia
as a true freshman when he was playing linebacker essentially.
But he only had one and that was against Toledo
when he was still at safety. So all right, now
here's one time. I I don't know how much I
agree with this one, but I don't know who who.
I don't know who the person would be.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Who wrote it.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
If you don't agree with it, are you copying off
someone else's paper?
Speaker 1 (07:58):
The time? This is all chat GPT. I just I
put in a prompt. I take no credit for any
of this. For the first time, I'm not even gonna
give you for the first time since I'm just gonna
say this, no true freshman will start a game this year.
Do you want to know the last time that didn't
happen or that that did happen, that no true freshman
started a game.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
I'm gonna say twenty nineteen.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
Is that correct? Twenty eighteen, twenty eighteen?
Speaker 3 (08:29):
Okay, yeah, I was kind of going back through my
mind and just you know, oh yeah, you had the
Jay R. Brown one start, and you know, Paris Johnson
I think started in one of the College Football playoff
games in twenty twenty and.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Zach Harrison started a couple.
Speaker 3 (08:42):
Of games besides the obvious ones, you know, Trey Van
Henderson and you know guys like that Jeremiah Smith. But yeah,
that's an interesting one because you really it's a little
bit more about the depth that they have at certain
spots where Jay R. Brown starting as a true freshman
and what was that twenty twenty two, I think he
(09:03):
you know, he started there and it was like, Wow,
this kid's on track to stardom and then it just
that was kind of like the high point of his
career basically. So you know, it can be a lot
more about the depth elsewhere on the field. If if
you don't have just a Jeremiah Smith Traveon Henderson type guy,
I don't know that I see a position where there's
(09:24):
a real obvious true freshman starter. Maybe maybe, maybe just
because the lack of depth at defensive tackle, maybe you
have someone like Jarques Carter. Maybe, but you know, it's
not gonna be at linebacker, it's not gonna be on
the offensive line. It's not gonna be probably at running
back unless you have injuries. It's not gonna be at
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quarterback unless you have injuries. You know, it would really
take something for Quincy Porter to be a starter. Just
you know, you kind of go through. It's not gonna
happen at tight end, it's probably not gonna happen at edged,
not gonna happen at linebacker. Maybe Devin Sanchez if you
have injuries and he becomes the third corner.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
You could see it there.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
Put just on the whole. I'm going to say more
likely that that that there is not a true freshman
starter than that there is this year.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
Yeah, and that's why I said at the outset, I
don't know if I agree with this one because I'm
with you. I think this is more unlikely. But you
look at the players that have done in the positions,
Denzel Burke, Jermaine Matthews, and jyr Brown as you mentioned,
and injuries happened, rotations happen, So maybe Devin Sanchez is
a guy to look for their Malie Cartford and Jalen
(10:38):
McLain both started games in the past two years at safety,
so maybe that's a Fahim de Layne situation where it
just takes one guy being out, although now it kind
of takes two. And really with the cornerback situation, Cam
Brown was always one of the guys that's probably going
to be out, which allowed other guys to move in.
(10:58):
But the quarters dealt with injuries over the last few years,
the last five six years, which allowed I think a
lot of players to play. But yeah, I don't know
who the most likely want to be. And that's why
I'm with you. I'm predicting. Because why I'm predicting it's
no freshman will start a game. Congratulations to me, here's
(11:20):
one for you. And we've saw something similar happen last year.
This prediction, Milon Graham, Ohio State redshirt freshman Fort Wayne,
Indiana native will score a touchdown in his home state
this year.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
They play at Purdue right yep. And then they play
potentially in Indianapolis later in the season potentially, and then
if they play in if they play in.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
You know, a college football playoff road game at Notre
Dame or something like that, that.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
Those would really be your three choices, unless that the
whole playoff game at Perdue, which is also possible.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
I was only thinking of the Purdue game.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
Yes, Yeah, So this is an interesting one again because.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
He didn't play.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
He did he have he won one catch last year,
zero catches, no catches. Ye had no catches last year.
So you know, I think we're expecting much bigger things
from him this year. Last year's zero catches there's I
think largely a product of him coming in during the
summer and not in not being in there for the
spring and sort of being a little behind the eight
ball there. I'm expecting reasonably big things from him. I also,
(12:42):
you know, I look at the Northwestern game from last
year with Carnel Tate going back home to Chicago and
going into that game, I think we both kind of
thought like, yeah, they might try and make something happen
for Carnel Tate going back to his hometown. And then
he had two touchdowns and almost had a third if
I recall correctly. So, yeah, this is a good one.
(13:04):
And with Perdue being what I think Perdue is gonna
be this year, you're gonna have the ability to get
a little cute here.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
I think you you know, you.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
Go back to you know, when Cam babb scored his
touchdown against Indiana in twenty twenty two. They were up
by a bunch, and you sort of had the luxury of, like,
let's see if we can make this happen. You I
think you might see it. Let's see if we can
make this happen, And even if you're in the second half,
you're gonna probably link.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
You know, whoever your backup is.
Speaker 3 (13:34):
If Julian sayin starting Lincoln keenhols Is is your two
and tav in Saint Claire's your three, that's a game
where you might see all three quarterbacks play. And if
you see all three quarterbacks play, you get a little
bit of a special dispensation for throwing later than you
might otherwise if you're playing a true freshman as a quarterback, like, oh,
I got to get him some game reps. So I'm
gonna say yes to this one. I think this is
(13:59):
I don't know if it's more more likely than not,
but I feel like it's reasonably likely enough that I'm
going to say yes to this one.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
Reasonably likely enough to expect it because we saw it
happen last year. Another prediction that I had kind of
along those lines later on in the series was that
Tavi and Saint Clair will account for a touchdown in
the Perdue game as well. It's kind of what you
were saying where there's going to probably be an opportunity.
You're looking at what is most likely the worst Big
(14:28):
Ten team you'll face this year, and so that's an
opportunity to get him some action in on the road.
But with Island Graham, that's gonna be the ninth game
of the year, I feel like he's going to be
part of the rotation by that point. I feel like
he's going to be like legitimately part of the rotation
more than maybe Brandon Innis was last year, and a
viable weapon in the offense. That's what I'm expecting. I
(14:52):
may be wrong about.
Speaker 3 (14:53):
That, but well, and you got to remember the last
time Ohio State played at Purdue, what Brandon Innis do.
Sixty four yard timeh from Devin Brown. So it's you know,
you could absolutely see it happening, and that was you know,
that was again that that game was out of reach.
But you're playing your backup so you can throw it
a little bit and you're thrown into a true freshman
wide receiver and this in this case, it'd be read
(15:14):
your freshman wide receiver.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
But you can you can get a little you can
get a little loose.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
And as you said, I don't think this is just
just turn on the TV for the last five minutes
to see this maybe happen or not. He will almost
certainly be playing in the first half of that game
at that point.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Yeah, so they do like to Although tom to call
it a homecoming, I will say West Lafayette is like
thirty miles closer to Fort Wayne than Columbus is. So
let's calm down with the homecoming stuff, tom My. Next one.
This is something that hasn't happened since twenty twenty two
(15:51):
season when CJ. Donaldson, transfer running back was a true freshman.
My prediction here is CJ. Donaldson will rush for we'll
have a game against a ranked opponent. Now, when you
look at who those ranked opponents might be this year,
obviously Texas, I'm not. One of my other predictions is
that Ohio State won't even rush for one hundred yards
(16:13):
against Texas. But that doesn't mean CJ. Donaldson couldn't certainly,
because there's gonna be some sack yardage. But you're talking
Penn State, Illinois, maybe Washington or Wisconsin or Minnesota gets
in there. That's who else is on the schedule. Maybe
a Michigan gets in there, so he's gonna have some opportunities.
But also he's the number two back, so that makes
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things more difficult. But if you get going, if he
gets going, then they're gonna stick with them. So I
think he did that in his very first game as
a true freshman at West Virginia, and then he did
it in the last game of the season. And he
had a really good freshman year, but he was hurt
for some of it and he like burst onto the
scene and then has never quite gotten back to that,
(16:58):
and maybe he can now.
Speaker 3 (17:00):
So I feel like I have to say, no, toe
something at some point.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
How many more do we have?
Speaker 1 (17:05):
It depends, Okay, ten more minutes of them?
Speaker 2 (17:08):
Okay, so more than one, all right?
Speaker 1 (17:11):
And just I got two or three.
Speaker 3 (17:12):
I'm just yeah, I'm just thinking through this, and it
just I feel like you may have a little bit
more James People's, Like it's not going to be quite
as fifty to fifty as split as it was last year.
You may have a little more James Peoples than CJ. Donaldson,
especially against ranked opponents.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
You know CJ.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
Donaldson rushes for one hundred yards this year, Yes, that's
almost certainly going to happen. I don't know if it
happens against a ranked opponent, because, as you said, Penn State, Michigan, Texas,
probably Illinois. There's just that's not that many opportunities. I'm
not betting on Wisconsin being ranked. I'm not betting on
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you know, some surprise Purdue ranked season anything like that. Washington, Yeah, maybe,
I just I just feel like there's only four games,
and you're probably you know, James People's rushes for one
hundred yards against one of those. Absolutely, c J. Donaldson
rushes for one hundred yards this season. Absolutely, CJ. Donaldson
(18:14):
rushes four one hundred yards against a ranked opponent. I'm
going to say a little I'm going to say no,
I'm going to say a little less than fifty to
fifty on this one. I'm not you know, I'm not
saying impossible. But you know, if James Peoples is healthy,
then you're probably seeing more James Peoples. And I just
think I think you're gonna you know, this does not
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mean that he could not rub, you know, rip off
a seventy three yarder and then end up at one
hundred and twelve or something like that for you know,
for a game like that. But I just I have
to say no at some point, Tony, I have to
draw the line somewhere, and you've gone too far this time.
Speaker 1 (18:48):
Well, and I'll tell you that Trayvon Henderson did not
even rush for one hundred yards last year in a game,
which is pretty astounding. Quin shown Judkins rushed for one
hundred yards and one game against the ranked opponent, and
he rushed for exactly one hundred yards on eleven carries
against Notre Dame. So this feels pretty bold, too bold
(19:12):
to certainly for most people, most able bodied, enable minded
people to agree with. And so Tom, I accept your
thumbs down on that one.
Speaker 3 (19:22):
Yeah, and get a remember quinch On Judkinski to get
to that one hundred had what a fifty five yard
or something like that right after halftime against Notre Dame.
So even even there to get to the one, he
needed a long chunk play. So yeah, I'll say no.
And you're talking me into a little further south of
fifty to fifty.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
Than I was maybe thinking before. So good, good one.
Now I've said no.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
That's good here's one that I don't know if it
has ever happened, but I'm going to assume possibly in
like the late sixties, early seventies. Maybe not for these
but in the history of Ohio State, the Styles brothers,
Sonny Styles and Lorenzo Styles Junior will have tackles for
(20:07):
loss in the same game. Now, I can tell you
that Sonny Styles and Jordan Hancock did have some TFLs
at least one in the same game last year, which
is kind of the the bar, like does the nickelback
and does Sonny have as it happened and it did
happen last year. Now, I don't know if you know,
like like I said, back in the sixties with what
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there there were some brothers playing. If it happened back then,
maybe I don't know that they even kept track of
TFLs back then. I don't believe they did, because you know,
sacks are only the last forty years or so fifty years.
So Tom, I'm saying that the Styles brothers will have
tackles for loss in the same game. Does that is that?
(20:49):
Is that like a sixty percent likelihood of happening?
Speaker 3 (20:53):
How many games did Jordan Hancock have a TfL last year.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
Well, and it was maybe like three or four I'll
bring that up for real.
Speaker 3 (21:01):
Wait, that's just that feels high to me because you
know three, three or four games. Yeah sure, but you
know Sunny Styles. You figure Sunny Styles has a TfL
in half of the games, two thirds of the game,
something like that.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
Jordan Hancock had one and a half tackles for loss
last year, one against Marshall and a half against Purdue,
and it's a half against Purdue that's when Sonny had
his okay as well. So Sonny Styles is the guy
that he's kind of like the free space on the
board in this equation where he's most likely going to
have a tackle for loss in at least half the games,
you would think. And last year he had tackles for
loss in one, two, three, four, five, six, seven of
(21:40):
their sixteen games. So you know, like, yeah, that's it's
I guess maybe maybe not sixty percent time, but I
feel pretty good about this one.
Speaker 3 (21:50):
Yeah, this one. This is another one that's a little
bit less likely when you have a little more statistical
context to it, because if Jordan Hancock, Jordan Hancock's you
think about him being right around the line of scrimmage
and being a really good tackler right at the line
of scrimmage and to only have one and a half
tackles for loss. You know, it's a different defensive coordinator,
so maybe they're using the nickel a little differently, but
(22:11):
it just it feels like you're gonna want Caleb Downs
closer to the line of scrimmage. You're maybe you're playing
your nickel a little further away from the line of scrimmage,
which means it's less likely that you end up with
tackles for loss. I'll say no on this one. They'll
both you know, as you said, Sunny Styles, I think
is probably half of the games are more he'll have
a tackle for loss Lorenzo's junior. Yeah, you could. You
(22:35):
could certainly see it. He'll have some tackles for loss.
But if you're trying to you're trying to line these
things up, I will say no, not in the same game. Yes,
in the same season. No, not in the same game.
Speaker 1 (22:49):
Very bold on my part. I would agree. Caleb Downs,
by the way, had tackles were lost in seven games
last year, just like Sunny Styles. So yes, having Caleb
down down there is kind of ruining my predictions and
certainly ruining Jordan Hancock's ability to tackle behind the line
of scrimmage. Tom, not since New Rockney walked down Mountain
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Nitney and handed the Ten Commandments to whomever. Has this happened.
Jeremiah Smith will score touchdown against the Texas Longhorns. Now
last year, one catch for three yards. They had him
locked down, They focused their defensive efforts on him and
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it worked. I think they're going to do the same
thing this time, much like Michigan did. But Owais State
still found a way to get him in the end
zone against Michigan. So this may be the boldest one
yet because it has never happened. We've never seen it happen.
We only theorize that this could happen. This is some
high level like physics we're talking about, like theoretical physics
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that you know this could happen. And how do we
know it's Well, it's because it's the absence of it.
That's how you know it's there. It's anti gravity, Tom,
it's it's anti space. That this has never happened, so
therefore it must be there and we're witnessing it from
a black hole.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
Yeah, No, notes.
Speaker 3 (24:25):
And so the question is, would you like me to
bet against Jeremiah Smith. No, I would not like to
bet against Jeremiah Smith. I mean you you just laid
you made a great case there, certainly, and I'm sure
everyone is sitting sitting at home nodding along. But yeah,
I expect Texas to go and you know, try and
broadly take the same approach that they did against Ohio
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State last year. The issue is that Texas has, you know,
number one, they just lost one of their best corners
number two. Now Ohio State's going in this game going well, now,
I know what you want to do against Jeremiah Smith.
And so Ryan Day has no nine months to sit down.
I guess only eight months to sit down and go, Okay, well,
if that's what you want to do, what can I
draw up?
Speaker 2 (25:07):
You know, Ryan Day and.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
Brian Hartline, then Billy Fessler and everyone else can sit
down and come up with some come up with some
good ideas. And even in that game, there were there
was a ball that was, you know, not a great
throw from Will Howard. It was way high and he
was double covered and he still almost came down with it.
Speaker 2 (25:27):
So yeah, I will.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
Say yes, Jeremiah Smith scores a touchdown against Texas, I'm
fully expecting Texas to try and take him away again.
They probably will have some success doing that. You probably
mean we've done talked on other shows about the fact
that boy, a Max Clayer touchdown in that game, a
Brandon Innis touchdown in that game, a Carnell Tate touchdown
in that game. None of those would be a surprise
because I think there's can be a lot of focus
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on Jeremiah Smith's side of the field. But I will
still not bet against him because I watched all the
games last year.
Speaker 1 (25:56):
Tony. Four teams held Jeremiah Smith out of the zone
last year. Arguably the four best teams that Ohio State
saw Texas, Penn State, Indiana, and Northwestern.
Speaker 2 (26:11):
The Carnel Taate game, Tony can't mind.
Speaker 1 (26:15):
This is not gonna be one of them that I
throw up to you. But one of my other predictions,
Carnell Tate will score twice at Illinois because that's just
what he does in the States.
Speaker 3 (26:24):
I will throw out there. You got to remember, Jeremi
Smith did have a touchdown called back on replay at Northwestern,
so he almost scored one at Wrigley as well.
Speaker 1 (26:31):
And he had a bum ankle in that game as
well to slow him down a little bit. Here's one
that has not happened since twenty twenty two. James Peoples
will open Big ten play with a one hundred yard
rushing game. That's the Buckeyes haven't done that since twenty
twenty two, and I believe it was Mayan Williams doing it.
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And I don't even may have to go back longer
for road opener unless that was the same. But I'm
saying James People's one hundred yards rushing against Washington Washington.
I really like the potential of their offense. I like
Demond Williams, but I'm not so sure about their defense.
They've got a very good corner six or four corner
to Caario Davis and everybody likes. I think WHI State
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is going to try to do some establishing of the run,
and I think it's gonna work.
Speaker 2 (27:19):
That's a good one.
Speaker 3 (27:20):
I don't feel like I got my digital copy of
Pick six previews via email, but I have not gotten
the hard copy yet. I'm hoping to get that to
be able to do a little more of a deep dive.
I have sort of skimmed my fill steel already. I
just I don't know that I have a great grasp
on Washington's defense, and so I'll sort of defer to you.
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I do think Washington's gonna be a substantially better team
than they were last year. But as you said, I
feel like Demond Williams is a lot of that because
he was real good as a freshman, and you're gonna
take a step forward. But that's the offensive side of
the ball. That doesn't actually solve our question here. You
might you might be running the ball more just to
try and keep that Washington offense off the field to
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a certain degree, especially if you can run the ball
and take the crowd out of the game and all
that kind of stuff. One hundred yards for James Peoples
and the big you know what, Tony, Yes, we will
say yes, we will say yes. I said that, and
then I immediately thought back to, well he just said
that neither Ohio State running back like Trevan Henderson didn't
do it last year. But yeah, I'll say yes. You know,
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he's almost certainly you're going to see seventy five eighty
yards for James People's and then it's just a matter
of do you pick up.
Speaker 2 (28:34):
A little more.
Speaker 3 (28:35):
I will say yes, he does that, but not a
wildly high degree of confidence.
Speaker 1 (28:41):
Okay, I'll take it. And the last one we can
do just pretty quickly.
Speaker 3 (28:45):
Here.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
This is something that has never happened. In fact, it
could not possibly happen because he hasn't played enough. CJ. Hicks,
we'll have a multi sack game this year. Now that's
one and a half sacks, or maybe it's two half sacks.
I don't we don't need. This isn't bold predictions. We're
not competing for anything right here. But I would frankly
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count two half sacks as a multi sat game, and
I would argue against anybody that would try to take
that away from me. But career of two sacks in
his entire career, even if he doesn't play nearly as
much as he thinks he's going to, I think there's
an opportunity for him to find I mean, he's going
to be getting after the quarterback, so something's bound to
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happen here.
Speaker 3 (29:31):
Yeah, he feels like someone you might use real situationally
in obvious passing situations where you can you know, even
if you're playing, you know, we'll see does he play
five snaps a game or twenty snaps a game. We'll
see where he falls Coder on that spectrum. But I
think he's going to be used situationally in spots where
you could pick one up without having to play twenty
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thirty snaps a game.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
I'm going to say.
Speaker 3 (30:00):
No, just because I think the depth at defensive end
is such that you're not going to see too much there,
you know, two half sacks, like, yeah, you could absolutely
see it. And this is one where I'm kind of
playing the odds to a certain degree. I can absolutely
see it. We just you know, where was he on
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the depth chart coming out of the spring? Fourth and
then they had Atkinson. I mean, so you're looking at Okay,
then you're fifth, and you know at that point you're
like where Mitchell Melton Michel Melton was last year? Probably
so did Mitchell Melton have a multi sac game last year?
I don't think he did.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
Like it.
Speaker 3 (30:42):
Just it feels like you're going to be used situationally,
You're gonna be your presence is going to be felt.
But I don't know that you're compiling big stats in
that role. It was like Mitchell Meltain, you would notice
Mitchell Meltain is like, oh, look, you know the good
you know, impactful play and all that kind of stuff,
but not that piled up big stats.
Speaker 2 (31:01):
You seem happy.
Speaker 3 (31:02):
So does that mean that he had a multi sac
game last year.
Speaker 1 (31:04):
One and a half sacks at Michigan State?
Speaker 2 (31:06):
No, what do I know.
Speaker 1 (31:08):
By the way, we did the national predictions on the
Bye Buckeye Storm on Morning show. One of my predictions
was that Mitchell Meltin is gonna lead Virginia and sacks
this year. I'm just hoping. I'm looking forward to seeing
what he can do, just playing easy guy to root for.
So there we go, Tom Tennish Boldish Buckeye Predictions Ish
for you. I want to thank you all for tuning
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Hello, everybody, Welcome to the Buckeye Weekly Podcast. I'm Tony
Gerdaman here as always with Tom or Tom.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
How's it going, Tony?
Speaker 3 (00:11):
It is one of our favorite shows, kind of sort
of like this is one where everyone loves the bold
prediction shows. This is going to remind people a lot
of this because this is just kind of regular predictions
for you. But I think it's going to be something
that people will enjoy because we are talking about the
upcoming season of Ohis Day Football some of your predictions
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you've made on our.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Site, Buckeheadle dot com. And we'll go.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Through and we'll I don't know are we are we
grading here for accuracy or boldness?
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Uh, you can do whatever you want. And here's the thing.
When I'm doing this, I could just say I think
Julian and Saane's gonna have a two touchdown game. Like
this is not like these are things that every pot
prediction here is. I would say there's probably no more
than for sixty percent of the predictions here, there's no
more than a forty percent chance that they happen. Tom,
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I don't know if that means there's a twenty four
hundred chance that they all happen. I think that's what
that means. But these all tend towards unlikely more than
likely maybe or on verge, I'll let you be the judge.
Maybe that's what you can tell me Tom unlikely versus likely. Okay,
and then then we can suss it out. But here's
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the first one for you. I think this one's pretty
likely because if I wanted to go bold, I would
have gone I'd go one more than this number. Four
Buck guys will have one hundred yard receiving games this season.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Okay, four Buck guys will have one hundred yard receiving games,
so well, Jeremiah Smith one, yes, let's see Charnel Tait two, yes.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Brandon Innis three feels likely.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
And then yeah, I think you could get I think
you could get any number of guys to four. You know,
Bryson Rogers, sure, Milon Graham, Sure, Quincy Porter, Like you're
telling me Quincy Porter can't do that against against Grambling.
I mean this this feels like one where what was
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the game? Was it the Akron game? The primetime Acron
game where Jaden Ballard came in in like the third
quarter and ended up with one hundred and something yards
like it feels like you're probably gonna sneak one in
against Ohio or Grambling or someone like that. But I
do like this one because it it feels I mean,
how many how many years have they had for you know,
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how many how many years have did.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
You go back and look?
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Because now, okay, so it's you know, I would I
would say four is probably a reasonable expectation.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
That's not a long shot.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
Five, like you said, is probably more you know, that
would be more.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Of a bold thing.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
This is this feels like I'm gonna say, yes, this happens,
but not, you know, not like easily. I think I think, yes,
this happens, but not because they have like seven guys.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Who do it.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Yeah, because you're asking you could be asking Max Claire
to be the first tight end to have one hundred
yard game at Ohio State since Jeff Hireman in like
twenty thirteen. I think that's that's a possibility. That one.
Brandon innis as you said, he's gonna be if he's
the number one slot receiver, he's gonna have a one
hundred yard game. It's probably been a while since Ohio
State's number one slot receiver has not had a one
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hundred yard game over the course of the season. Karnell
Tait had won last year had a four for like
one oh two against Nebraska, And of course we all
know about Jeremiah so and who knows Tom, who knows
what CJ. Donaldson is going to be in this kind
of offense with his uh, his past catching history, So
five I would probably need like two points four. I
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feel like it's bold enough because I'm guessing the last
time it happened was probably the year Jaden Ballard had
that one hundred yard game, So what would that have been,
like twenty twenty two or something? And Julian Fleming had
a one hundred yard game, I believe, but that's when
he was starting, So I don't know that. I don't
know that there are three others.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
That I think that might have been.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
That might have been twenty twenty one because that was
the year that Kyle McCord had that filled in in
that in that Acron game. So yeah, I mean, I
think for for is a reasonable one. And how many
did did Ohigh State running backs have one hundred yard
receiving game like the seventy five yard touchdown that Trayvon
Henderson had. Did he end up with one hundred yards
receiving in that game? No? Okay, yeah, it's I was
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really just thinking in terms of wide receivers. But you're
right you could. You could certainly sneak one in with
a tight end or or a running back.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Yeah. And yeah, that was like a seventy yards in
that game, that Minnesota game. You also had another one
with like sixty seven yards. So yeah, I like that one.
Thank you, Tom. You said that was unlike No. You
said you say likely or likely?
Speaker 2 (04:41):
I said likely.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
Now here's one. It's it's too specific and too bold,
and uh it's Riley Petty John will have a tackle
for lost. Now let me explain. I feel like I
should move this to any freshman linebacker and the reason why, Tom,
can you tell me the last true freshman linebacker at
Ohio State to have a tackle for loss?
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Absolutely, I can, as long as you have no follow
up questions.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Okay, are we got a stalebate?
Speaker 3 (05:14):
It sounds like it. Why don't you tell the audience.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Baron Browning in twenty seventeen. So this is something that
does not happen very often, and so me putting a
name to it, I feel like I probably shouldn't have
done that, probably should just I'm gonna go ahead and
say any of the three true freshman linebackers will have
a tackle for loss. And the fact that nobody has
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done it since twenty seventeen, I think is pretty impressive.
And you know, you look like CJ. Hicks didn't even
play defense as a true freshman. Rvel Reese didn't even
play defense as a true freshman. So one, you gotta
get on the field. Two, you got to make a tackle.
Three the tackle's got to be in the backfield.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Yeah, this is another one, but where boy, if I
had not known that information off the top of my head,
that would have struck me as very.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Surprising that it was that long ago.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
This is one where it seems so like, well, yeah,
I mean, obviously like they're going to play. You know,
they're reasonably high on the on the freshman linebackers. They're
going to be in there. You know, the three's are
going to play in the second half against Grambling. Of
course they're going to have a TfL at some point,
and you know, sure, why why would they not? You're right,
you're too specific with picking one guy to do it,
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you know, if it's TJ. Alford, I would give you
full credit for you. If it's Eli Likely, I give
you full credit for it. That's as it's one of
those it's almost like more of a statistical anomaly that
they haven't done it in that long because this is
the time of year when you look you look forward
and it's like, oh, yeah, of course, like of course
they're going to do that. And do you know how
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good Grambling is at football?
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Here's a hint.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
They're coming for their band.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Not for their football team.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
So you know, this is probably not going to be
a Florida A and M two thousand and thirteen kind
of game, but it, you know, will be closer to
that than it is to probably a lot of other
other games you've watched at Ohio States. You're gonna see
the freshman a lot, and you know they also have
other games where they could get that.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
You know, you could you could do that then as well.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
But yeah, I'll I would have I would have said
like absolutely, one hundred percent, no question. But man, that history,
that history kind of makes me a little a little
gun shy. All I'll say yes for one of the linebackers,
but not necessarily if you're going to put a specific
name on it.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
I just had a moment of fear because I had
to go back and look at Sonny Styles to make
sure he didn't have a tackle for loss against Georgia
as a true freshman when he was playing linebacker essentially.
But he only had one and that was against Toledo
when he was still at safety. So all right, now
here's one time. I I don't know how much I
agree with this one, but I don't know who who.
I don't know who the person would be.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Who wrote it.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
If you don't agree with it, are you copying off
someone else's paper?
Speaker 1 (07:58):
The time? This is all chat GPT. I just I
put in a prompt. I take no credit for any
of this. For the first time, I'm not even gonna
give you for the first time since I'm just gonna
say this, no true freshman will start a game this year.
Do you want to know the last time that didn't
happen or that that did happen, that no true freshman
started a game.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
I'm gonna say twenty nineteen.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
Is that correct? Twenty eighteen, twenty eighteen?
Speaker 3 (08:29):
Okay, yeah, I was kind of going back through my
mind and just you know, oh yeah, you had the
Jay R. Brown one start, and you know, Paris Johnson
I think started in one of the College Football playoff
games in twenty twenty and.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Zach Harrison started a couple.
Speaker 3 (08:42):
Of games besides the obvious ones, you know, Trey Van
Henderson and you know guys like that Jeremiah Smith. But yeah,
that's an interesting one because you really it's a little
bit more about the depth that they have at certain
spots where Jay R. Brown starting as a true freshman
and what was that twenty twenty two, I think he
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you know, he started there and it was like, Wow,
this kid's on track to stardom and then it just
that was kind of like the high point of his
career basically. So you know, it can be a lot
more about the depth elsewhere on the field. If if
you don't have just a Jeremiah Smith Traveon Henderson type guy,
I don't know that I see a position where there's
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a real obvious true freshman starter. Maybe maybe, maybe just
because the lack of depth at defensive tackle, maybe you
have someone like Jarques Carter. Maybe, but you know, it's
not gonna be at linebacker, it's not gonna be on
the offensive line. It's not gonna be probably at running
back unless you have injuries. It's not gonna be at
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quarterback unless you have injuries. You know, it would really
take something for Quincy Porter to be a starter. Just
you know, you kind of go through. It's not gonna
happen at tight end, it's probably not gonna happen at edged,
not gonna happen at linebacker. Maybe Devin Sanchez if you
have injuries and he becomes the third corner.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
You could see it there.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
Put just on the whole. I'm going to say more
likely that that that there is not a true freshman
starter than that there is this year.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
Yeah, and that's why I said at the outset, I
don't know if I agree with this one because I'm
with you. I think this is more unlikely. But you
look at the players that have done in the positions,
Denzel Burke, Jermaine Matthews, and jyr Brown as you mentioned,
and injuries happened, rotations happen, So maybe Devin Sanchez is
a guy to look for their Malie Cartford and Jalen
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McLain both started games in the past two years at safety,
so maybe that's a Fahim de Layne situation where it
just takes one guy being out, although now it kind
of takes two. And really with the cornerback situation, Cam
Brown was always one of the guys that's probably going
to be out, which allowed other guys to move in.
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But the quarters dealt with injuries over the last few years,
the last five six years, which allowed I think a
lot of players to play. But yeah, I don't know
who the most likely want to be. And that's why
I'm with you. I'm predicting. Because why I'm predicting it's
no freshman will start a game. Congratulations to me, here's
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one for you. And we've saw something similar happen last year.
This prediction, Milon Graham, Ohio State redshirt freshman Fort Wayne,
Indiana native will score a touchdown in his home state
this year.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
They play at Purdue right yep. And then they play
potentially in Indianapolis later in the season potentially, and then
if they play in if they play in.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
You know, a college football playoff road game at Notre
Dame or something like that, that.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
Those would really be your three choices, unless that the
whole playoff game at Perdue, which is also possible.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
I was only thinking of the Purdue game.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
Yes, Yeah, So this is an interesting one again because.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
He didn't play.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
He did he have he won one catch last year,
zero catches, no catches. Ye had no catches last year.
So you know, I think we're expecting much bigger things
from him this year. Last year's zero catches there's I
think largely a product of him coming in during the
summer and not in not being in there for the
spring and sort of being a little behind the eight
ball there. I'm expecting reasonably big things from him. I also,
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you know, I look at the Northwestern game from last
year with Carnel Tate going back home to Chicago and
going into that game, I think we both kind of
thought like, yeah, they might try and make something happen
for Carnel Tate going back to his hometown. And then
he had two touchdowns and almost had a third if
I recall correctly. So, yeah, this is a good one.
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And with Perdue being what I think Perdue is gonna
be this year, you're gonna have the ability to get
a little cute here.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
I think you you know, you.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
Go back to you know, when Cam babb scored his
touchdown against Indiana in twenty twenty two. They were up
by a bunch, and you sort of had the luxury of, like,
let's see if we can make this happen. You I
think you might see it. Let's see if we can
make this happen, And even if you're in the second half,
you're gonna probably link.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
You know, whoever your backup is.
Speaker 3 (13:34):
If Julian sayin starting Lincoln keenhols Is is your two
and tav in Saint Claire's your three, that's a game
where you might see all three quarterbacks play. And if
you see all three quarterbacks play, you get a little
bit of a special dispensation for throwing later than you
might otherwise if you're playing a true freshman as a quarterback, like, oh,
I got to get him some game reps. So I'm
gonna say yes to this one. I think this is
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I don't know if it's more more likely than not,
but I feel like it's reasonably likely enough that I'm
going to say yes to this one.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
Reasonably likely enough to expect it because we saw it
happen last year. Another prediction that I had kind of
along those lines later on in the series was that
Tavi and Saint Clair will account for a touchdown in
the Perdue game as well. It's kind of what you
were saying where there's going to probably be an opportunity.
You're looking at what is most likely the worst Big
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Ten team you'll face this year, and so that's an
opportunity to get him some action in on the road.
But with Island Graham, that's gonna be the ninth game
of the year, I feel like he's going to be
part of the rotation by that point. I feel like
he's going to be like legitimately part of the rotation
more than maybe Brandon Innis was last year, and a
viable weapon in the offense. That's what I'm expecting. I
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may be wrong about.
Speaker 3 (14:53):
That, but well, and you got to remember the last
time Ohio State played at Purdue, what Brandon Innis do.
Sixty four yard timeh from Devin Brown. So it's you know,
you could absolutely see it happening, and that was you know,
that was again that that game was out of reach.
But you're playing your backup so you can throw it
a little bit and you're thrown into a true freshman
wide receiver and this in this case, it'd be read
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your freshman wide receiver.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
But you can you can get a little you can
get a little loose.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
And as you said, I don't think this is just
just turn on the TV for the last five minutes
to see this maybe happen or not. He will almost
certainly be playing in the first half of that game
at that point.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Yeah, so they do like to Although tom to call
it a homecoming, I will say West Lafayette is like
thirty miles closer to Fort Wayne than Columbus is. So
let's calm down with the homecoming stuff, tom My. Next one.
This is something that hasn't happened since twenty twenty two
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season when CJ. Donaldson, transfer running back was a true freshman.
My prediction here is CJ. Donaldson will rush for we'll
have a game against a ranked opponent. Now, when you
look at who those ranked opponents might be this year,
obviously Texas, I'm not. One of my other predictions is
that Ohio State won't even rush for one hundred yards
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against Texas. But that doesn't mean CJ. Donaldson couldn't certainly,
because there's gonna be some sack yardage. But you're talking
Penn State, Illinois, maybe Washington or Wisconsin or Minnesota gets
in there. That's who else is on the schedule. Maybe
a Michigan gets in there, so he's gonna have some opportunities.
But also he's the number two back, so that makes
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things more difficult. But if you get going, if he
gets going, then they're gonna stick with them. So I
think he did that in his very first game as
a true freshman at West Virginia, and then he did
it in the last game of the season. And he
had a really good freshman year, but he was hurt
for some of it and he like burst onto the
scene and then has never quite gotten back to that,
(16:58):
and maybe he can now.
Speaker 3 (17:00):
So I feel like I have to say, no, toe
something at some point.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
How many more do we have?
Speaker 1 (17:05):
It depends, Okay, ten more minutes of them?
Speaker 2 (17:08):
Okay, so more than one, all right?
Speaker 1 (17:11):
And just I got two or three.
Speaker 3 (17:12):
I'm just yeah, I'm just thinking through this, and it
just I feel like you may have a little bit
more James People's, Like it's not going to be quite
as fifty to fifty as split as it was last year.
You may have a little more James Peoples than CJ. Donaldson,
especially against ranked opponents.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
You know CJ.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
Donaldson rushes for one hundred yards this year, Yes, that's
almost certainly going to happen. I don't know if it
happens against a ranked opponent, because, as you said, Penn State, Michigan, Texas,
probably Illinois. There's just that's not that many opportunities. I'm
not betting on Wisconsin being ranked. I'm not betting on
(17:53):
you know, some surprise Purdue ranked season anything like that. Washington, Yeah, maybe,
I just I just feel like there's only four games,
and you're probably you know, James People's rushes for one
hundred yards against one of those. Absolutely, c J. Donaldson
rushes for one hundred yards this season. Absolutely, CJ. Donaldson
(18:14):
rushes four one hundred yards against a ranked opponent. I'm
going to say a little I'm going to say no,
I'm going to say a little less than fifty to
fifty on this one. I'm not you know, I'm not
saying impossible. But you know, if James Peoples is healthy,
then you're probably seeing more James Peoples. And I just
think I think you're gonna you know, this does not
(18:34):
mean that he could not rub, you know, rip off
a seventy three yarder and then end up at one
hundred and twelve or something like that for you know,
for a game like that. But I just I have
to say no at some point, Tony, I have to
draw the line somewhere, and you've gone too far this time.
Speaker 1 (18:48):
Well, and I'll tell you that Trayvon Henderson did not
even rush for one hundred yards last year in a game,
which is pretty astounding. Quin shown Judkins rushed for one
hundred yards and one game against the ranked opponent, and
he rushed for exactly one hundred yards on eleven carries
against Notre Dame. So this feels pretty bold, too bold
(19:12):
to certainly for most people, most able bodied, enable minded
people to agree with. And so Tom, I accept your
thumbs down on that one.
Speaker 3 (19:22):
Yeah, and get a remember quinch On Judkinski to get
to that one hundred had what a fifty five yard
or something like that right after halftime against Notre Dame.
So even even there to get to the one, he
needed a long chunk play. So yeah, I'll say no.
And you're talking me into a little further south of
fifty to fifty.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
Than I was maybe thinking before. So good, good one.
Now I've said no.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
That's good here's one that I don't know if it
has ever happened, but I'm going to assume possibly in
like the late sixties, early seventies. Maybe not for these
but in the history of Ohio State, the Styles brothers,
Sonny Styles and Lorenzo Styles Junior will have tackles for
(20:07):
loss in the same game. Now, I can tell you
that Sonny Styles and Jordan Hancock did have some TFLs
at least one in the same game last year, which
is kind of the the bar, like does the nickelback
and does Sonny have as it happened and it did
happen last year. Now, I don't know if you know,
like like I said, back in the sixties with what
(20:28):
there there were some brothers playing. If it happened back then,
maybe I don't know that they even kept track of
TFLs back then. I don't believe they did, because you know,
sacks are only the last forty years or so fifty years.
So Tom, I'm saying that the Styles brothers will have
tackles for loss in the same game. Does that is that?
(20:49):
Is that like a sixty percent likelihood of happening?
Speaker 3 (20:53):
How many games did Jordan Hancock have a TfL last year.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
Well, and it was maybe like three or four I'll
bring that up for real.
Speaker 3 (21:01):
Wait, that's just that feels high to me because you
know three, three or four games. Yeah sure, but you
know Sunny Styles. You figure Sunny Styles has a TfL
in half of the games, two thirds of the game,
something like that.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
Jordan Hancock had one and a half tackles for loss
last year, one against Marshall and a half against Purdue,
and it's a half against Purdue that's when Sonny had
his okay as well. So Sonny Styles is the guy
that he's kind of like the free space on the
board in this equation where he's most likely going to
have a tackle for loss in at least half the games,
you would think. And last year he had tackles for
loss in one, two, three, four, five, six, seven of
(21:40):
their sixteen games. So you know, like, yeah, that's it's
I guess maybe maybe not sixty percent time, but I
feel pretty good about this one.
Speaker 3 (21:50):
Yeah, this one. This is another one that's a little
bit less likely when you have a little more statistical
context to it, because if Jordan Hancock, Jordan Hancock's you
think about him being right around the line of scrimmage
and being a really good tackler right at the line
of scrimmage and to only have one and a half
tackles for loss. You know, it's a different defensive coordinator,
so maybe they're using the nickel a little differently, but
(22:11):
it just it feels like you're gonna want Caleb Downs
closer to the line of scrimmage. You're maybe you're playing
your nickel a little further away from the line of scrimmage,
which means it's less likely that you end up with
tackles for loss. I'll say no on this one. They'll
both you know, as you said, Sunny Styles, I think
is probably half of the games are more he'll have
a tackle for loss Lorenzo's junior. Yeah, you could. You
(22:35):
could certainly see it. He'll have some tackles for loss.
But if you're trying to you're trying to line these
things up, I will say no, not in the same game. Yes,
in the same season. No, not in the same game.
Speaker 1 (22:49):
Very bold on my part. I would agree. Caleb Downs,
by the way, had tackles were lost in seven games
last year, just like Sunny Styles. So yes, having Caleb
down down there is kind of ruining my predictions and
certainly ruining Jordan Hancock's ability to tackle behind the line
of scrimmage. Tom, not since New Rockney walked down Mountain
(23:18):
Nitney and handed the Ten Commandments to whomever. Has this happened.
Jeremiah Smith will score touchdown against the Texas Longhorns. Now
last year, one catch for three yards. They had him
locked down, They focused their defensive efforts on him and
(23:41):
it worked. I think they're going to do the same
thing this time, much like Michigan did. But Owais State
still found a way to get him in the end
zone against Michigan. So this may be the boldest one
yet because it has never happened. We've never seen it happen.
We only theorize that this could happen. This is some
high level like physics we're talking about, like theoretical physics
(24:03):
that you know this could happen. And how do we
know it's Well, it's because it's the absence of it.
That's how you know it's there. It's anti gravity, Tom,
it's it's anti space. That this has never happened, so
therefore it must be there and we're witnessing it from
a black hole.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
Yeah, No, notes.
Speaker 3 (24:25):
And so the question is, would you like me to
bet against Jeremiah Smith. No, I would not like to
bet against Jeremiah Smith. I mean you you just laid
you made a great case there, certainly, and I'm sure
everyone is sitting sitting at home nodding along. But yeah,
I expect Texas to go and you know, try and
broadly take the same approach that they did against Ohio
(24:47):
State last year. The issue is that Texas has, you know,
number one, they just lost one of their best corners
number two. Now Ohio State's going in this game going well, now,
I know what you want to do against Jeremiah Smith.
And so Ryan Day has no nine months to sit down.
I guess only eight months to sit down and go, Okay, well,
if that's what you want to do, what can I
draw up?
Speaker 2 (25:07):
You know, Ryan Day and.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
Brian Hartline, then Billy Fessler and everyone else can sit
down and come up with some come up with some
good ideas. And even in that game, there were there
was a ball that was, you know, not a great
throw from Will Howard. It was way high and he
was double covered and he still almost came down with it.
Speaker 2 (25:27):
So yeah, I will.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
Say yes, Jeremiah Smith scores a touchdown against Texas, I'm
fully expecting Texas to try and take him away again.
They probably will have some success doing that. You probably
mean we've done talked on other shows about the fact
that boy, a Max Clayer touchdown in that game, a
Brandon Innis touchdown in that game, a Carnell Tate touchdown
in that game. None of those would be a surprise
because I think there's can be a lot of focus
(25:50):
on Jeremiah Smith's side of the field. But I will
still not bet against him because I watched all the
games last year.
Speaker 1 (25:56):
Tony. Four teams held Jeremiah Smith out of the zone
last year. Arguably the four best teams that Ohio State
saw Texas, Penn State, Indiana, and Northwestern.
Speaker 2 (26:11):
The Carnel Taate game, Tony can't mind.
Speaker 1 (26:15):
This is not gonna be one of them that I
throw up to you. But one of my other predictions,
Carnell Tate will score twice at Illinois because that's just
what he does in the States.
Speaker 3 (26:24):
I will throw out there. You got to remember, Jeremi
Smith did have a touchdown called back on replay at Northwestern,
so he almost scored one at Wrigley as well.
Speaker 1 (26:31):
And he had a bum ankle in that game as
well to slow him down a little bit. Here's one
that has not happened since twenty twenty two. James Peoples
will open Big ten play with a one hundred yard
rushing game. That's the Buckeyes haven't done that since twenty
twenty two, and I believe it was Mayan Williams doing it.
(26:52):
And I don't even may have to go back longer
for road opener unless that was the same. But I'm
saying James People's one hundred yards rushing against Washington Washington.
I really like the potential of their offense. I like
Demond Williams, but I'm not so sure about their defense.
They've got a very good corner six or four corner
to Caario Davis and everybody likes. I think WHI State
(27:14):
is going to try to do some establishing of the run,
and I think it's gonna work.
Speaker 2 (27:19):
That's a good one.
Speaker 3 (27:20):
I don't feel like I got my digital copy of
Pick six previews via email, but I have not gotten
the hard copy yet. I'm hoping to get that to
be able to do a little more of a deep dive.
I have sort of skimmed my fill steel already. I
just I don't know that I have a great grasp
on Washington's defense, and so I'll sort of defer to you.
(27:42):
I do think Washington's gonna be a substantially better team
than they were last year. But as you said, I
feel like Demond Williams is a lot of that because
he was real good as a freshman, and you're gonna
take a step forward. But that's the offensive side of
the ball. That doesn't actually solve our question here. You
might you might be running the ball more just to
try and keep that Washington offense off the field to
(28:03):
a certain degree, especially if you can run the ball
and take the crowd out of the game and all
that kind of stuff. One hundred yards for James Peoples
and the big you know what, Tony, Yes, we will
say yes, we will say yes. I said that, and
then I immediately thought back to, well he just said
that neither Ohio State running back like Trevan Henderson didn't
do it last year. But yeah, I'll say yes. You know,
(28:26):
he's almost certainly you're going to see seventy five eighty
yards for James People's and then it's just a matter
of do you pick up.
Speaker 2 (28:34):
A little more.
Speaker 3 (28:35):
I will say yes, he does that, but not a
wildly high degree of confidence.
Speaker 1 (28:41):
Okay, I'll take it. And the last one we can
do just pretty quickly.
Speaker 3 (28:45):
Here.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
This is something that has never happened. In fact, it
could not possibly happen because he hasn't played enough. CJ. Hicks,
we'll have a multi sack game this year. Now that's
one and a half sacks, or maybe it's two half sacks.
I don't we don't need. This isn't bold predictions. We're
not competing for anything right here. But I would frankly
(29:08):
count two half sacks as a multi sat game, and
I would argue against anybody that would try to take
that away from me. But career of two sacks in
his entire career, even if he doesn't play nearly as
much as he thinks he's going to, I think there's
an opportunity for him to find I mean, he's going
to be getting after the quarterback, so something's bound to
(29:29):
happen here.
Speaker 3 (29:31):
Yeah, he feels like someone you might use real situationally
in obvious passing situations where you can you know, even
if you're playing, you know, we'll see does he play
five snaps a game or twenty snaps a game. We'll
see where he falls Coder on that spectrum. But I
think he's going to be used situationally in spots where
you could pick one up without having to play twenty
(29:53):
thirty snaps a game.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
I'm going to say.
Speaker 3 (30:00):
No, just because I think the depth at defensive end
is such that you're not going to see too much there,
you know, two half sacks, like, yeah, you could absolutely
see it. And this is one where I'm kind of
playing the odds to a certain degree. I can absolutely
see it. We just you know, where was he on
(30:21):
the depth chart coming out of the spring? Fourth and
then they had Atkinson. I mean, so you're looking at Okay,
then you're fifth, and you know at that point you're
like where Mitchell Melton Michel Melton was last year? Probably
so did Mitchell Melton have a multi sac game last year?
I don't think he did.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
Like it.
Speaker 3 (30:42):
Just it feels like you're going to be used situationally,
You're gonna be your presence is going to be felt.
But I don't know that you're compiling big stats in
that role. It was like Mitchell Meltain, you would notice
Mitchell Meltain is like, oh, look, you know the good
you know, impactful play and all that kind of stuff,
but not that piled up big stats.
Speaker 2 (31:01):
You seem happy.
Speaker 3 (31:02):
So does that mean that he had a multi sac
game last year.
Speaker 1 (31:04):
One and a half sacks at Michigan State?
Speaker 2 (31:06):
No, what do I know.
Speaker 1 (31:08):
By the way, we did the national predictions on the
Bye Buckeye Storm on Morning show. One of my predictions
was that Mitchell Meltin is gonna lead Virginia and sacks
this year. I'm just hoping. I'm looking forward to seeing
what he can do, just playing easy guy to root for.
So there we go, Tom Tennish Boldish Buckeye Predictions Ish
for you. I want to thank you all for tuning
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