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Music Good morning, Bucknode.

Welcome to the Bucknuts Morning 5 here on Monday, December 8th, 2025.

I am Dave Biddleberry.

I have to be joined by the very dapper Dan Rubin.

He's dressed well.

Oh, no, you know what's funny?

I almost even texted you. I was pulling this The Foundation shirt out. I almost even texted you. That's my first instinct. I always go with your first Instant kids, whether it's a standardized test, or if you're thinking maybe a coworker might be wearing the exact same shirt as you. I almost text you said, hey, man, know the foundation shirts today. But if Brian Schottenstein sees this show, he's going to be very happy. Good to see you as always.

Let's just start right out of the gates. What do you think about Ohio State straw?

Hmm. I like it better than last year.

Considering there was an extra game and, you know i thought organ and texas were

really excellent potential opponents who turned out to be i don't get too geeked out about the

playoffs because of a matchups wise because um at least the last couple years to me, Ohio State at its best is the best team.

I'm very confident going into the playoff, more confident now than I maybe would have been had

they blown out Indiana or won that game, given the extended time and chance to get healthy and not have everyone kissed their

tail as much for three and X weeks.

Get healthy, by the way, also get healthy.

Can I keep saying that?

Because when you have the most talent, if everyone's healthy, you should win.

So are we going with Texas A&M or Miami? What's your vibe on that? A&M or Miami? Who would I rather play or who I think is going to win? If we're going to talk about the draw, we've got to talk about who the thing is going to play. That's the thing. Well, yeah, and we'll talk about if they are able to win that game, and Georgia's able to beat probably Ole Miss. Although, Old Miss two-lane could be a decent game. I don't really like being on Georgia's side of the bracket, but I do kind of, I don't, I, man, I go back and forth on this, because A&M, I was a big believer in them, and then I watched them, you know, just absolutely just lay an egg. And I was just like, geez, maybe they're not nearly as good as I thought. Because I saw them like in bits and pieces this year because I'm so busy on Saturdays, other than Ohio State's two by weeks, like I don't get to watch, which is funny saying this, because I do watch a ton of college football. I still don't watch as much as I'd like to because I wasn't working on Saturdays. I just would be watching college football for like 17 hours. But I don't know. I go back and forth on it. Miami started the year really strong and I was a believer in them. The end of the year really strong because they weren't really playing anybody. But I don't like Carson Beck. So I'm pretty confident in this game. I think I'd rather Ohio State play Miami just for the fact that the game

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