Is Larry Johnson on the Hot Seat? Ohio State D-Line Expectations for 2025
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Menace 2 Sports with Zach Smith
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🗓️ 9 July 2025
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
🔥 Is Larry Johnson on the Hot Seat? Ohio State D-Line Faces Big Expectations in 2025 🔥
As the 2025 season approaches, all eyes are on Ohio State’s defensive line — and even more specifically, on legendary position coach Larry Johnson. While Johnson is one of the most respected assistant coaches in college football history, recent years have raised questions about whether the Buckeyes' defensive front is living up to elite expectations. Now, with a re-tooled roster and national title hopes, the pressure is on.
In this episode, we break down:
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The performance of Ohio State’s defensive line in recent seasons
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Why 2025 could be a defining year for Larry Johnson in Columbus
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Which Buckeye defensive linemen need to step up this fall
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How recruiting and development trends are influencing the perception of Johnson’s unit
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Whether Ryan Day could be forced to make a tough decision if the D-line underperforms again
Whether you’re a long-time believer in Larry Johnson, or wondering if it’s time for a change, this is your complete breakdown of a critical position group heading into a high-stakes season.
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| 0:00.0 | We're live. It's a patter day. I'm Chris. That's Pat today. We've got a lot on the plate. I'm a lot on the table. |
| 0:08.1 | You know, it's funny because watching all the recruiting stuff happen, you know, over the last week and a half, |
| 0:12.3 | like Larry Johnson has either been like defended or hated, like no in between. |
| 0:17.2 | And so me and Pat are going to kind of work through that and what it means and how difficult it is to recruit now versus even two years ago in large part because there's a lot of confusion about the rules. |
| 0:30.1 | Schools are lying. Teams are circumventing. And for the compliance schools, they're going to be punished for a little bit until everything irons out, which it will hear shortly. |
| 0:41.5 | Going to talk about a bunch of stuff, obviously Big 12 Media Day as well, some expectations on the D-line and then some other stuff. |
| 0:49.5 | So what's up, dude? |
| 0:50.4 | How you doing? |
| 0:51.2 | Dude, I'm doing well. |
| 0:52.2 | I'm getting a nice little show on pound town this morning now |
| 0:54.8 | heading into heading into this show number two feeling good man feeling feeling feeling refreshed today |
| 0:59.4 | got a coffee in me now so i'm waking up a little bit we're all good over here getting it going |
| 1:03.7 | no that's good man i i love i love that for you pat both i was um how was a how's your week been so |
| 1:08.4 | far i feel like i did good man had a playoff team yesterday. Little Caleb's team lost by one. |
| 1:12.5 | It's a great season, single Elimb, so they're done. |
| 1:14.9 | 10, 11. |
| 1:15.9 | But I, you know, I had a blast, dude. |
| 1:17.7 | I had a blast. |
| 1:18.9 | It was like not quite a coach, but like just kind of there to coach Caleb. |
| 1:23.8 | It was a really fun experience. I think, does he play, um, does he play a fall sport? Is he |
| 1:28.2 | going to do fall ball? Yeah, he came to me and he said, like, let's do some fall ball. Hell |
| 1:32.9 | yeah. So we're doing fall ball. Dude, I loved fall ball. I don't know about you. Like, I didn't |
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