Brian Hartline to USF: Who Goes With Him?

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Menace 2 Sports with Zach Smith

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🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 100 minutes

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BREAKING OHIO STATE NEWS!
Brian Hartline — one of the most important coaches in the country and a cornerstone of Ohio State's offense — is officially leaving the Buckeyes to become the Head Coach at South Florida. This move sends shockwaves through Buckeye Nation, recruiting circles, and the entire college football landscape.

In today's LIVE show, we break down why Hartline made the move, what this means for Ohio State's offense and wide receiver room, and how Ryan Day will respond to losing one of his biggest program builders.

🔥 What We're Covering LIVE:

Why Brian Hartline chose USF and what led to the decision

Immediate fallout for Ohio State's WR room and recruiting

Potential replacement candidates for WR coach / OC

Ryan Day's next steps and how this affects OSU's 2025 season

What this means for Jeremiah Smith, Carnell Tate, and future WR stars

How Hartline's departure impacts the Buckeyes long-term

Fan reaction, national impact, and LIVE viewer takes

This is one of the biggest coaching moves of the year — and its impact on Ohio State Football cannot be overstated.

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0:00.0	It is signing day. That's all it is. Nothing else happened. Just signing day. There's some players that signed. And that's all we have to talk about. Nothing else really going on. Right. There's not a big game this week. No big announcements.
0:19.9	Oh, there were cultural rankings for all the rankings. That's what we have to do today. I forgot the rankings. Yes, yes, yes. Oh, yeah, and Brian Hartline's leaving. Which, holy shit. What an 8 a.m. news drop or 9 a.m. news drop. Literally, we got done with Palantown and Pat goes, did you see the news? And I was like, what? And he told me.
0:38.0	And it just made me reflect on when we talked about him taking the Penn State job and Buckeye fans called me a fucking idiot. He would never leave here for Penn State. He's a Buckeye. He's going to wait to take over for Ryan Day. Maybe you should listen. like no no the vass
0:55.5	a fuck you would and now we know obviously
0:57.3	hindsight's 20 over for Ryan Day. Maybe you should listen.
0:56.2	Like, no, no, the, yes, and fuck you would.
1:01.2	And now we know, obviously, hindsight's 20, 20, but he's a young coach, one of the hottest name coordinators in the game.
1:03.5	He wants to be a head coach.
1:04.9	And guess what?
1:06.0	I don't think there's a better job he could have gotten in the country than the
1:10.4	South Florida job job so first and
1:12.1	foremost congratulations to brian hartline being named a head football coach that's a huge
1:16.6	fucking deal man and it's going to be awesome to see him put together his staff his program and he's
1:22.8	got a hell of a foundation built from alex golish who just left to go to the SEC. It's going to be
1:28.3	fun to watch. And he promised me his first exclusive when he got a head coaching job so that I'm going to fucking be I'm going to be asking for that receipt. I need that. I need that exclusive. And that wasn't that long ago. November 4th, I looked it up today. Wow. On November 4th, He just, we were talking about nothing.
1:44.5	And I was like, dude, you're really doing it.
1:45.8	Like, you're going to be a head coach at no time.
1:47.6	He was like, man, I. 4th. I looked it up today. Wow. On November 4th, we were talking about nothing.
1:44.6	And I was like, dude, you're really doing it. Like, you're going to be a head coach at no time.
1:47.6	He was like, man, you know, that's God's plan or something like that. And I was like,
1:51.8	he was like, but I appreciate you. And I was like, all I need is your first exclusive.
1:55.7	He was like, consider it done. So I'm going to be pulling that receipt. I need that exclusive from the goat himself.
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