Buckeyes Insider: BIG Changes for Ohio State Football Already This Spring!
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Menace 2 Sports with Zach Smith
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🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
🚨 Buckeyes Insider: BIG Changes Already Happening Inside Ohio State Football This Spring
Major developments are already unfolding inside the Ohio State Buckeyes football program — and it's only spring.
Insiders around the Ryan Day program are reporting significant changes to the roster, coaching approach, and spring priorities, signaling that Ohio State is entering a new phase heading into the 2026 season.
From transfer portal movement and younger players stepping into bigger roles, to staff adjustments and strategic changes on both sides of the ball, the Buckeyes appear to be reshaping the program faster than many expected.
In today's episode we break down what insiders are saying, what's actually happening in Columbus, and what it means for Ohio State's championship outlook.
🔥 In This Episode
• Major spring developments inside Ohio State football
• Ryan Day's evolving roster-building philosophy
• Young Buckeyes rising up the depth chart
• Transfer portal strategy and roster reshaping
• Coaching staff changes and spring priorities
• How these moves impact the Buckeyes' 2026 title chances
• Early storylines emerging from spring practices
• What insiders believe Ohio State is trying to fix immediately
📊 Buckeyes Program Breakdown
Roster development • transfer portal strategy • recruiting momentum • scheme adjustments • Big Ten competition outlook
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| 0:00.0 | It is a fine Monday morning, March 16th, second half of the month. |
| 0:08.7 | We're inching closer to warm consistency. |
| 0:13.5 | I mean, we had a 71 degree day. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm going to tell you what. |
| 0:15.6 | We were at 7 on 7 this weekend on yesterday. |
| 0:18.3 | And it was gorgeous in Pittsburgh. |
| 0:20.4 | I mean, 71 sunny. It was unreal. And then I were driving home. I look at the forecast. It's supposed to be like 31 tomorrow. Yeah. I'm like, at some point we'll get rid of those days. At some point, Chris. But we got a lot to discuss. I got Ohio State updates. You know, in the weekends is when I check in with people that I know, you know, |
| 0:39.4 | close to the program, some may say. |
| 0:42.0 | And I've got some juicy, not juicy, just like fun updates on how things are going, |
| 0:46.5 | the Arthur Smith experience and kind of how spring started off. |
| 0:50.0 | I mean, we know what we've seen on social media. |
| 0:51.9 | We know the clips that we've seen. |
| 1:28.1 | Legend Bay, this freak explosive athlete, all the things, all the things we've heard and read on Twitter. Let's talk about what's going on behind the scenes. That's a great conversation. We're going to have a bunch of other stuff to talk about. But Chris, more importantly than any of that, fuck college football, fuck the show. How are you doing? I'm really good, dude. But I feel like in our menace group chat this week, we did not get seven on seven updates. Yeah, a bad weekend. It was a bad weekend. Well, I'm sorry for even bringing it up then. No, no, it's good because I want to talk about it because it's, um, we didn't play well. |
| 1:28.9 | We didn't play well at all. |
| 1:30.4 | We went one and two on Saturday. We should have went three and oh. Um, but I say that, but two of the teams we played were really well coach, really talented. The first team we played, I really should say their names just to give them credit. And I will. Um, the first team, both teams, the teams we lost to were very well coached. |
| 1:47.6 | I was super impressed. credit and I will. The first team, both teams, the teams we lost to were very well coached. |
| 1:47.6 | I was super impressed and they outplayed us and we did not play well. |
| 1:50.6 | The other team that we beat was the biggest shitbag organization from every level. |
| 1:56.9 | Like watching their younger teams play, watching their other team that was a high school |
| 1:59.9 | team play. |
| 2:00.7 | The biggest group of shitbag adults I've ever seen. Damn. So much so that I called them out on Twitter and all their little scumbags are coming after me. Oh, wait. Hey, like watch your mouth, Zachary. I'll smack the fuck out of you. Like, no, the fuck you won't, bitch. I was just, I talk shit to their faces, |
| 2:18.8 | I mean, |
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