{"podcast":{"title":"The Buckeye Weekly Podcast","slug":"the-buckeye-weekly-podcast-444280","podcast_index_feed_id":444280,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/2630697/episodes/feed","website_url":"http://www.buckeyeweekly.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/511d2221f1ae37e741a240d83fd42a94.jpg","author":"Tony Gerdeman","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Tony Gerdeman and Tom Orr discuss Ohio State football, Ohio State football recruiting, and share insights and analysis from inside the Buckeye beat. You can also find them at BuckeyeInsiders.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T04:21:33.365585+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-buckeye-weekly-podcast-444280"},"episode":{"title":"Ohio State Will Win the National Title If ________","slug":"ohio-state-will-win-the-national-title-if","published_at":"2026-06-07T06:10:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-buckeye-weekly-podcast-444280/ohio-state-will-win-the-national-title-if","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-buckeye-weekly-podcast-444280","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ohio-state-will-win-the-national-title-if--72395187","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72395187/ohio_state_will_win_the_national_title_if.mp3","summary":"What OSU Needs to Win the National Title: O-Line, Julian Sayin, Run Game & Defense | Buckeye Weekly On the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, Tony Gerdeman and Tom Orr discuss results from Tony’s Twitter poll asking fans to finish, “Ohio State will win a national championship this year if ___.” The most common response was improved offensive line play (about 55–60%), driven by late-season issues like pass protection and lack of a running game. They also highlight Julian Sayin’s ability to make plays, process quickly, and add situational mobility, plus a better running game through broken tackles and incremental improvements from young backs. Defense was a smaller share of answers (about 10–15%), with the view that it only needs to remain close to last year’s historically strong standard under Matt Patricia. They also touch on Ryan Day, play-calling, and the addition of Arthur Smith to help address offensive consistency. 00:00 Stormy Show Opener 00:45 Championship If Question 01:56 Offensive Line Top Concern 04:01 Julian Sayin Mobility 06:33 Running Game Breakthroughs 11:21 Defense Expectations 15:20 Ryan Day and Arthur Smith 19:58 Wrap Up and Subscribe","meta_description":"What OSU Needs to Win the National Title: O-Line, Julian Sayin, Run Game & Defense | Buckeye Weekly On the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, Tony Gerdeman and T…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1377,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-buckeye-weekly-podcast-444280/episodes/ohio-state-will-win-the-national-title-if/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-buckeye-weekly-podcast-444280/ohio-state-will-win-the-national-title-if.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}