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Bucknuts Morning 5: An Ohio State athletics podcast

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🗓️ 23 September 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Any person with cable can clearly see Ohio State's secondary performance has dropped off. Once a group known for harboring multiple future first rounders, the unit allowed a mediocre signal caller from Tulsa to pass for over 400 yards after making Oregon's QB look like a Heisman Trophy candidate.

We've talked about the on-field issues. How about off the field?

As in: Will this affect defensive back recruiting?

247Sports Director of Recruiting Steve Wiltfong is back with knowledge on Xavier Nwankpa, the all-American safety from Iowa, before delving into Ohio State's coaching upheaval and how it could make recruiting trail waves.

We then pepper Steve to reinforce/move off his existing Ohio State Crystal Ball picks for Zion Branch, Carnell Tate, Chris McClellan, Kam Dewberry and Derrick LeBlanc.

Spend 5ish with us this a.m., 'Nutters.

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0:00.0	Good morning, Buck Knutters.
0:28.7	This is Thursday, September 23rd, 2021. I am Dan Rubin. This is Buck Knutters
0:34.6	Morning 5 and change. Speaking of change, the weather has gone from good to cold.
0:39.5	We are hoping Steve Woltfong director of recruiting for 24 seven spores can
0:44.0	warm us up with good recruiting news. Steve, how goes it going? Well, I'll try and
0:50.2	dry y'all off. It was a friggin' monsoon in Indianapolis area yesterday and I know
0:55.6	we sent that weather down I-7 down I-73rd date and all the way to Columbus but we
1:02.5	are now in crisp fall weather which I kind of love. We're getting into bonfire
1:07.6	season or just fire on your back patio season and that's an exciting time. I
1:15.0	think that I want to advocate for all husbands listening to this or just all men
1:20.6	in general ladies to all humans. We are in the generation of putting TVs on the
1:27.4	back patio. I want to do it soon. I think you guys should want to do it soon and
1:34.1	that excites me just the thought of putting a TV out there to watch football for
1:39.2	the next couple weeks in this nice crisp weather. I like crisp weather. Here's our
1:46.0	question for the day. Ohio State has had tremendous success recruiting secondary options.
1:52.9	Just look at the NFL or the New Orleans Saints for that matter but there's been some
1:58.0	upheaval. Carey Combs has been moved around. Matt Barnes has been moved around. That could
2:03.5	affect recruiting. Do you get a sense that Ohio State's troubles in the secondary
2:09.9	and their coaching maneuvers will hurt them on the recruiting trail with secondary options?
2:16.2	Well I think that if Ohio State starts playing better it won't hurt them. I mean I think that's
2:21.5	really what it comes down to right. This production on the field track record which Ohio State
2:27.0	has a tremendous track record. Look we're in September. Ohio State has an opportunity to get a lot
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