Is Ohio State Julian Sayin already the 2026 Heisman Trophy favorite?

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🗓️ 10 December 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means, Stefan Krajisnik and Andrew Gillis discuss the Heisman Trophy finalists. They analyze the performance of the finalists, discuss the impact of injuries on player rankings, and debate the voting process. They also look ahead to next year's Heisman candidates, particularly Julian Sayin, and whether he's set himself up to be the favorite in 2026. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk and sign up to get text messages from experts Stephen Means, Stefan Krajisnik and Andrew Gillis at 614-350-3315. Get the insider analysis, have your voice heard on the Buckeye Talk podcast and connect with the best Buckeye community out there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:07.7	You will have to take a side.
0:09.0	War with the Protestants.
0:10.3	What fun.
0:11.5	Or war with the Catholics.
0:12.9	None of us are safe.
0:14.4	Feels good to be bad.
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0:37.2	Hey, hey, where you've been,
0:40.5	Buckeye Talk is about to begin.
0:44.8	Hey, hey, hey, come on then.
0:56.9	Welcome back to Buckeye Talk. I'm Stephen Means. That's Tiefan Krasnick and that is Andrew Gillis.
1:05.3	And once again, Ohio State has a Heisman trophy finalist. Stefan, fun fact for you. Every year since Ryan Day has been the head coach at Ohio State, the Buckeyes have either had a Heisman trophy finalist or they
1:13.3	have made it to the national championship game. In 2019, Justin Fields and Jay Shishung get to New York.
1:21.3	No Natty appearance. 2020, nobody gets to New York. Natty appearance. 21 and 22, CJ gets to New York. No natty appearance.
1:29.6	23, Marva Harrison Jr. gets to New York. No natty appearance. 24, no New York appearance. They won a
1:36.7	national championship. And so here we are. Julian Sand is headed to New York City as one of the four
1:42.4	Heisman Trophy finalists, alongside of Indiana
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