It was a quiet weekend for Ohio State football, but it certainly wasn’t a quiet weekend across college football.
No Buckeye game gave us the opportunity to watch many of college football’s other top teams play on an eventful Saturday in which Tennessee took down Alabama, Michigan blew out Penn State and Utah upset USC. We spend the first half of this week’s episode of Real Pod Wednesdays talking about our observations from the weekend, including why Tennessee might present the most dangerous hypothetical College Football Playoff matchup for Ohio State and why we think it’s likely both the Buckeyes and Wolverines will bring 11-0 records into The Game.
In the second half of the show, we talk about the Buckeyes’ upcoming game against Iowa and why we’re both putting our money on the under, then project what Ohio State’s men’s basketball starting lineup will look like this season after watching the Buckeyes practice and attending Big Ten Media Days last week.
A rundown of the main topics we’re discussing this week:
- 1:05: Why Tennessee might be the toughest matchup for Ohio State of any potential CFP opponent
- 7:30: Alabama’s lack of discipline is surprising, and it might keep the Crimson Tide out of this year’s CFP
- 10:48: Michigan is looking like Ohio State’s biggest test of the regular season by far
- 17:30: Maryland might be Ohio State’s second-biggest test (because Penn State didn’t look good in Ann Arbor)
- 22:04: Illinois looks like the team to beat in the Big Ten West
- 24:52: Our current CFP picks and why another SEC vs. Big Ten debate could be on the horizon
- 32:00: Iowa’s offense is terrible, but the defense will give Ohio State’s offense a legitimate test
- 37:20: Score predictions: Only one of us thinks the Buckeyes will cover, but we‘re both taking the under
- 40:16: What stood out to us at Ohio State basketball’s open practice and Big Ten Media Days last week
- 50:14: Projecting who will start for Ohio State men’s basketball this season
- 55:33: Ohio State women’s basketball should be a real contender this year
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