The Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024 edition of THE Podcast Daily is here with Austin Ward and Jeremy Birmingham breaking down their final thoughts on the season opener against Akron and how they expect to see Ohio State look when it returns to the field Saturday night against Western Michigan.
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Florida State is in deep doo-doo because the two games they lost were ACC conference games, and it looks like there are more losses coming. THEY ARE DONE! 🤷🏾♂
You guys are too critical calm down breath Birm it will all pan out
Akron didnt stop them Ohio State Stoped themselves.
It's difficult [near impossible] to judge Natty expectations in the first couple weeks. I always go back to the '14 team getting smacked around by Virginia Tech. Look how far they came. Yeah, they struggled in some spots, and it's not unfair to be critical. But it's WAYYYYYYYYY too early to be sounding any alarms. If MSU & Iowa give us fits, it's time to worry about Oregon & Penn State. If Northwestern & Indiana give us fits, then we can worry about TTUN & natty hopes. Week 1 can reveal some things, but often tells you very little about what November/December will look like
The CFP is like the NFL now just win baby!
Interrupting Birm you went way off track. lol
No one is expecting perfection.
I'm fine with Saturday's game but certainly expected more.
Special teams play looks to be improved over the past, finally.
I feel like you can be mad at the home fans all you want. It sucks half the stadium leaves after halftime if you don’t score 50 points. For as many fans OSU has, we have one of the worst home game atmospheres.
Won by 46 and this whole week we’ve acted like we won by 6. Exhausting
Crona Center
100% agree with Birm, STOP LEAVING BEFORE THE GAME IS OVER!!! If you dont want to go to the whole game, sell your tickets to someone who does!
Austin congrats this is week one burn is responding like a uninformed osu nut job who thinks this standard issue is real it is not
There are 11mill osu fans 5% of those fans have ridiculously expectations. Stop feeding the morons. Ryan day put the expectation or the media.
The Podcast has been unbearable this week. The complaining has been nonstop.
You have to grow into championship 🏆. You play your best in your last game.of the season.
Fans need to start enjoying their team. The most successful miserable team in America.
Austin. Handsome
Dawg mentality
I was also underwhelmed by the first half of last week. As well as that last drive by Devon. But, as good as JJ is and how great he is going to be, had he caught that pass and gone the distance at the beginning of the game, I believe this game would have been totally different.
29 minutes …!😮
You couldn't get that said in 15 minutes???
#dawgmentality – can we buy them yet?
Awesome as always thanks guys go bucks!❤
Controversial Comment: WHY force-feed playing TE’s who miss blocks and are not dangerous receivers⁉️— OSU is WRU, lean into that — I’m ready for 4-wide sets with WR’s, like Tress did against scUM in 2006 game of the Century — spreading the field with 4-WR sets will actually help RB’s find more running lanes
The team will get better. After the WM game, we will see if the lack of push by the OL is more about execution or strength. Akron stood up the OSU offensive lineman on many occasions. That's a strength and technique issue. I hope it's not a strength issue.
There's never been a team in the history of football that scored on every possession every game. Setting 70 points a game is not reasonable or helpful.
It's professional football. You win and advance.
BIRM: IT'S FAIR TO BE CRITICAL BUT IT'S CRITICAL TO BE FAIR…words to live by!!!
I hate when people leave at halftime. Last year the student section would clear out for literally every game
Going to the Nebraska game
You can bet you're ass that my ass will be in my seat well past 00:00 no matter the score!!!
Birm, when did the 2014 national champ Buckeyes look like a team that could win it all? The big ten championship game. That is the game they leveled up. So can we all just enjoy the season and see how it plays out. Watch the team grow. And then see what happens in the playoffs (assuming they make it)? Basically, chill out a bit. Drop the unreasonable expectation that every play will be perfect and every player will be 1st team AA. Just a thought.
The issue that remains for OSU is can the OL execute on a highly consistent basis to establish a running game against any opponent. I do not care about how many points are scored. Without a consistent viable running game (we can get 2 yards ANYTIME) OSU is at risk. All components (play calling, scheme and execution) must remain of primary focus.
Basically what you're saying you finally earned enough money to go out and buy your first Lamborghini you pick it up at the dealership and before you even get home you have to take it back and have it tuned up disappointing.
Love you guys, but this was one of the most pointless discussions I've seen 😂 was it bad or sorta bad or good or okay or sorta okay… Let's please discuss specifics of player performance, these generalized convos don't really mean anything
Ohio states offense was not good enough against Akron to win a national title. The OSU offense only scored 35 on Akron with the starters in until the last 6 minutes. I don’t get why fans get all high and mighty about the team winning big and ignore the flaws of a team. All summer you all said it’s natty or bust so compare the team to other natty contenders. Bama Texas Georgia Tennessee all had offense that would hang 35 in a half against Akron. Yes OSU has the potential to do this but other teams didn’t sputter against g5 teams week one while OSU continues to have o line problems that have been around for years.
Why do people spend their money on ticket packages or single games knowing good and well none of the seats are cheap and then say alright guys I’m good at halftime?? I’m staying until the end of Carmen Ohio every time 😂
Going to this game was soooo much fun. I'm grateful for this team and the fact that the coaches and players put out such a great product. The beauty is that there is room for improvement!
I think the best way to look at it is: Are they showing they are capable? Are the mistakes made correctable? Are they getting better week to week?
Our fanbase demanding performance perfection every play makes it hard to listen to shows. Two days from a new game and we're still complaining. Sorry, we didn't win the national championship in week 1. There it is.
O line crapped the bed
It's 4th and 1 all the time. Perfectly sums up the anxiety of being a Buckeye since Olave broke off his route. At least for me anyways.
I think the offense will come around. But they only scored 38. We keep talking about the 46 (or whatever point) win but the D put up a couple of those scores. 38 isn't great against Akron. Now I imagine if it was closer late in the game our starters stay in and we are a bit more agressive but still. I don't think Q was quite patient enough..and some poor blocking at times. I think he'll be great