Bucknuts Morning 5

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On this edition of the Happy Hour, Patrick Murphy is joined by Tony Gerdeman as they discuss the biggest "What Ifs" in Ohio State football history. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our Dave Biddle joined the Chuck Oliver show in Atlanta to discuss many topics involving Ohio State's 2025 football team. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today's show, Jonah Booker and Dave Biddle answer various questions about the 2025 Buckeyes. That is coming your way on the Friday 5ish. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Offensive line commitment? Yep. Crystal Ball for a defensive lineman? Yep. It's a big boy day here on the BM5 and we have Bill Kurelic and Mark Porter to guide you. Arizona tackle Aaron Thomas verbally committed to Ohio State on Wednesday. We evaluate and let you know how he will fit in. The Dean has Crystal Balled IMG defensive lineman Cameron Brickel to Ohio State. Get the latest here.  We also offer a peak at Sam Greer in action and handle all sorts of questions from the live chatters. Spend 5ish with us this a.m., 'Nutters! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ohio State's over/under for regular season wins is 10.5 this year. Which would you select if you had to place a wager? The Buckeyes do have a difficult slate, but will they lose two or more regular season games? Matt Baxendell and Dave Biddle discuss that on today's show and much more. That is coming your way on the Wednesday 5ish. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Visits are over for Ohio State. It's been a cavalcade of elite prospects and offers have followed. Yesterday was no different - especially for several tempting offensive line prospects. Several key targets are ready to make a college decision. Of the prospects Ohio State had in town, which ones will be back ... for good? Bill Kurelic is here. Mark Porter is here. All the recruiting info you need to get through today is here for you. Spend 5ish with us this a.m., 'Nutters! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It was a big weekend for official visits at Ohio State as several highly-rated uncommitted recruits made the trip to Columbus. On today's show, Dave Biddle and Dan Rubin update where the Buckeyes stand with players like quarterback Luke Fahey, defensive ends KJ Ford and Landon Barnes, defensive tackles Damari Simeon and Deuce Geralds and more. We also take questions from our live audience and look ahead to OSU's 2025 season. All of that is coming your way on the Monday 5ish. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It was a very busy month for recruiting camps at Ohio State. Who were some of the top prospects to come to Columbus and where do the Buckeyes stand with them. Patrick Murphy covers that and much more on the latest edition of the Bucknuts Happy Hour. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Well, that was quite a few days on the recruiting trail. The Glenville Pipeline is alive and well. Linebacker Cincere Johnson thrilled the 'Nutters with his commitment. The Hun pipeline? Not so much. Defensive end Luke Wafle is off to USC after Crystal Balls were rolled towards Columbus just 48 hours ago. Jonah Booker is here to discuss all the ramifications as the NIL era or whatever we are dealing with has taken center stage. What does it mean for the Buckeyes?  We also get into a star-studded guest list for this weekend as Ohio State again readies to roll out the red carpet. Spend 5ish with us this a.m., 'Nutters! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If you ever wanted to experience a show symbolic of the new NIL era, you've come to the right place. Show prep included getting ready for two commitments. By the time Bill Kurelic and Mark Porter graced today's BM5 ... things had changed? Or did they? Or did they change and then now could change again? We think Glenville linebacker Cincere Johnson will commit to Ohio State today at noon. We thought New Jersey defensive end Luke Wafle would follow suit about two hours later. 'Thought' is the operative word in the prior sentence. A certain West Coast school that plays B1G football has thrown a really expensive monkey wrench into the situation. It's a hang on kinda day on the Ohio State recruiting front. We also dove deep on the cavalcade of elite quarterbacks that have camped at Ohio State this month, perhaps the most impressive crew in total the Buckeyes have ever had.  Spend 5ish with us this a.m., 'Nutters! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com

When Ohio State athletics boss Ross Bjork took the stage last week and clued us in on all the new NIL rules, what did you think? How will the Buckeyes fare in the updated era? Can they remain atop the food chain? Is it ... you know ... good to be King? We welcome in The People's Champ - Matt Baxendell - to dive deep on all the changes and possible ramifications. How will all look when practically applied by the NCAA and sherrifed by Deloitte - a multinational professional services network and one of the Big Four accounting firms. Is the city of Columbus now THE ideal college town (if it wasn't already)? What other programs are in a similar spot as Ohio State? In the end ... is it good or bad for the Buckeyes? Spend 5ish with us this a.m., 'Nutters! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Great names, great prospects and a great peek into the future. It's all happening at Ohio State's football HQ. Team camps with a prospect camp interspersed is the weekly plan at the WHAC. It continues today and we have Bill Kurelic and Mark Porter to review what's been seen and preview what we will see next. The weekend brought a litany of new offers and commitments experiencing their future home. Yesterday's team camp featured Florida star QB Wonderful 'Champ' Monds IV and he did not disappoint. Today and tomorrow bring more talent to the fold. All of that plus updates on Savion Hiter, Luke Wafle, the Feister brothers, Darius Gray, Judah Blair, Trey Towns and more. Spend 5ish with us this a.m., 'Nutters! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We hope you got to participate in a wonderful Father's Day over the weekend ... but it's back to business. Ohio State is hosting 7-on-7 showcases and more prospects camps this week. Keep it locked right here for all the coverage you need. Today's show - it's Dan Rubin and Steve Helwagen sitting in for the tropically inclined Dave Biddle - and we responded to a litany of great questions posed by users on our Front Row message board. We touch all the hot spots: NIL craziness, Buckeyes QB vibes, emerging stars, national title and B1G title games and more. Spend 5ish with us this a.m., 'Nutters! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this edition of the BHH, Patrick Murphy and Bill Kurelic discuss Ohio State football recruiting, Ross Bjork’s informative press conference from Thursday and much more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The media knew Ohio State athletic director Ross Bjork was holding a press conference on Thursday. What we did not know is that he would hold court for well over an hour and would cover so many interesting topics that we almost lost count. He discussed the ever-changing landscape of NIL in college sports -- including which OSU sports will receive money made available from the House settlement -- he talked about the new, streamlined NIL organization at Ohio State called Buckeye Sports Group, he discussed OSU trying to play more home night games, he went in-depth on Ohio Stadium renovations and much more. Jonah Booker and Dave Biddle unpack a lot of that and react to what Bjork had to say on the Friday 5ish. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Camp season is proving to be as productive as ... well ... camp season at Ohio State. The Buckeyes know how to invite, entertain and evaluate the nation's best. Ohio State commitment Brady Edmunds from California? He was here ... for almost a week. Quarterback Elijah Haven - the nation's top QB from Baton Rouge, La. - will camp at Ohio State today, proving the Buckeyes' recruiting territory stretches far and wide. We also dive deep on Michigan native Dakota Guerrant. What does the elite wide receiver think of Ohio State's operation? Who else has shined this week? Which Ohioans are lighting up the radar? We step back and let Bill Kurelic - The Dean - cook like only he can. Spend 5ish with us this a.m., 'Nutters! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ohio State landed it first defensive lineman in its 2026 recruiting class on Tuesday -- 4-star Khary Wilder -- which vaulted the Buckeyes to the No. 2 class in the country. Dave Biddle flies solo on today's show to discuss that, look ahead to Ross Bjork's press conference tomorrow, discuss the absurdity of the NCAA's "NIL clearinghouse" that will be handled by a third-party accounting firm, and chat about the cool news that Lee Corso's final appearance on College GameDay will be at Ohio State this year and more. That is coming your way on the Wednesday 5ish. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New offers. Commitments shining. Expected commitments showing off. Prospects of all ages and sizes.  Who better to wrap it up and pitch it forward than Bill Kurelic and Mark Porter? The Dean and Grand Poobah dive deep on all the offered prospects, who flashed and vibes were among the cognoscenti witnessing the action. Names, names and more names. We also respond to a Crystal Ball being rolled all the way from California and let you know what to expect today at camp in the enticing Ohio sunshine. Spend 5ish with us this a.m., 'Nutters! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Recruiting is of course heating up entering the second week of June. Ohio State landed running back Favour Akih from nearby Delaware Hayes on Sunday, giving the Buckeyes 14 prospects in their 2026 class thus far. What do we think about this class so far? Who might be next to join the fold? Dave Biddle and Dan Rubin discuss that and much more on the Monday 5ish. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices