We wouldn't have guessed that our lead conversation on this week's Real Pod Wednesdays would be about Luther Muhammad transferring from the Ohio State basketball team. We thought we'd be talking about the Final Four and the Ohio State football team's spring game. But here we are.
After Muhammad became the third player this offseason and fifth player in two years to transfer from Ohio State men's basketball, we begin this week's podcast by diagnosing why Chris Holtmann's Buckeyes have had so many transfers while also considering what the expectations should be for next year's squad and what incoming transfer Jimmy Sotos could bring to the Buckeyes in 2021-22 after he sits out next season.
We don't have a spring game to preview this week, unfortunately, but we do talk about how Ohio State football is adapting its recruiting efforts to the current restrictions because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how that could affect the remainder of their 2021 class as well as their 2021 class, after talking to director of player personnel Mark Pantoni last week.
Pantoni said last week that a recruiting class can't truly be evaluated until three years later, so we also take a look at Ohio State's class of 2017, which has produced no shortage of stars but will now be tasked with trying to win a national championship without its three biggest stars – Chase Young, Jeff Okudah and J.K. Dobbins – who are now just a couple weeks away from being selected in the NFL draft.
Finally, we answer your questions about the best Big Ten football stadiums to attend a game at and the best Big Ten team other than Ohio State to be a fan of.
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