Is Ohio State's offense approach start to cause doubt in its ceiling?

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🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Welcome to the “Leave No Doubt” pod, an in-season Monday episode of Buckeye Talk where Stephen Means and Stefan Krajisnik constantly ask a simple weekly question: Did Ohio State leave no doubt on Saturday? This week, we break down an offense that showed that even in a 24-6 win over Washington, OSU is still trying to figure out its identity. Instead of seeing how the Buckeyes left no doubt, we decide whether a few teams on their schedule achieved that mission or not. And what it means as we evaluate what’s next. 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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1:02.8	Buckeye talk is about to begin.
1:06.2	Hey, hey, hey, come on in.
1:17.0	Yeah. Hey, hey, come on in. Welcome back to what I talk.
1:18.5	I'm Stephen Means, and that's Stefan Krasnik.
1:20.3	And this is your Monday Leave No Doubt pod.
1:22.5	This is the pie where every Monday we come on and we try to answer the question.
1:26.0	Did Ohio State leave no doubt in its insert team game?
1:30.3	And this week it's 24 to 6 against Washington, which snaps Washington's 22 game home win streak.
1:36.1	Ohio State has not won 20 straight games against unranked teams on the road.
1:40.6	So that streak lives on to see another day while one streak dies in this game. We talked a lot about the defense on the postgame pod. We decided to be completely positive there. I'm not saying that we're going to be negative on this pot. It's just this is the side of the ball that has more question marks at this point in the season. And I told Stefan before we get on here, like we texted each other like an hour and a half before we started this pod. And Stefan was like, I'm scared I'm going to be nice. And I said, me too. And then I got through the rest of the game. It's like, no, I'm not going to be nice. I'm not going to be me. But I guess Stefan, I'll start here because I didn't necessarily send you a structure before I think we're just going to rock with it and see where it takes us over the next 45 minutes to an hour.
2:23.7	Are you more, less, or the same in terms of where you think your confusion and frustration about what we saw Saturday afternoon? Where does that line out
2:29.2	that you've had a chance to sit with it and rewatch this game? Probably, I think I'm probably less confused because where I had questions,
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