Ohio State Football Spring Update | HUGE Changes Coming to the Buckeyes Defense
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🗓️ 3 April 2026
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
🚨 Ohio State Defense CHANGING?! LIVE Spring Football Breakdown 🚨
Big changes could be coming to the Ohio State Buckeyes football defense in 2026… and it's all starting with defensive coordinator Matt Patricia 👀
We're going LIVE to break down what we're hearing from spring practice, how the scheme could evolve, and what it means for the Buckeyes' chances this season.
🏈 In today's live show:
🔥 Is Matt Patricia completely revamping the Ohio State defense?
🧠 Scheme changes, formations & philosophy differences
💪 Key defensive players benefiting from the new system
👀 Early spring practice takeaways & standout performers
⚔️ How this defense could look heading into the 2026 season
🏆 Can these changes push Ohio State back into national title contention?
Will Ohio State's defense take a MAJOR leap in 2026?
Join the live chat and drop your thoughts — we'll react LIVE!
📊 Topics Covered:
Ohio State football, Matt Patricia defense, Buckeyes defensive scheme, Ohio State spring practice, college football defense, Big Ten football, OSU football news, Buckeyes 2026 season
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| 0:00.0 | it's a Friday it's a Patter Day it's a Patter Day heading into the weekend that's back to back |
| 0:06.5 | Patter Day's for your long weekend and also is Easter weekend as well so I can see all you guys in church |
| 0:11.7 | here soon I'm Chris that's Pat welcome back to Minnesota Sports got a lot to talk about today |
| 0:16.3 | including some defensive changes that are happening some positional changes that are happening |
| 0:20.5 | a couple extra camp updates going to talk talk about some Black Stripe stuff. And then I also have to discuss the SEC because they've been lame as hell recently, and it just continues. And they're just always full of excuses. But that's my co-host. Pat, today is chat friday a rumble rant friday and a mailbag |
| 0:38.7 | friday so get all your questions in and uh and kind of honestly we'll go as long as you guys |
| 0:43.8 | have questions it's also home opener day for the end and the guardian so if you did not check |
| 0:49.1 | out yesterday's painting corners go do it um obviously it's corners for a k because my name's right with the k pat |
| 0:55.3 | how are you this morning dude i'm good i'm good i'm finally like i'm almost uh back on like a normal |
| 1:01.6 | sleep routine now of course the one day that the indians have off the cabs had to play on the |
| 1:06.9 | west coast against golden state last night so naturally i'm up watching that so and they clinched the playoffs. They did clinch the playoffs spot. So shout out the Cavs. And, dude, I'm excited. We got to get to a, we got to get to a playoff game because we did. Yeah. That was two years ago, I think, that we went to the Celtics Cavs series. That was the first time we ever went out together too |
| 1:28.1 | dude yeah and that was like the first time i met your boy brad and uh i realized i like |
| 1:34.3 | oh shit you guys drink different than like how me and my freaking jersey yeah we straight jameson |
| 1:40.2 | dude like straight jameson to the to the dog to the dome to to the dome so yeah but dude it was a good time we |
| 1:48.1 | got to run it back yeah no dude absolutely run it back so is the calves had today intentional |
| 1:52.6 | oh yeah absolutely okay i would just double check it celebrating man got you got the yankees had |
| 1:58.3 | it's intention yeah absolutely hey you guys start at what, 1.30 today? Yeah, 135. Ooh, and you guys got Yuri Perez on the bump. Yeah, future Yankee. No, it's going to be a good match. I'm excited to watch that. And then the tribe plays at four. And if there are any tribe fans that will be out and about this weekend in Cleveland, I think I'll be at the game tomorrow night, 7 o'clock. Dude, and I'll be in Cleveland tomorrow too. So I'm like 85% sure I'm pulling up on you because you go to Thursday beforehand. Oh, hell yeah. Before and after. Okay. It's it's a function. I just got to figure out like transportation because I might be on absolute horse shit. |
| 2:37.0 | Dude, it's so funny. |
| 2:39.6 | I don't know if you go through this too. |
| 2:41.1 | When I go out and I'm like getting like drinking a little bit, whenever someone recognizes |
| 2:46.3 | me for the first time, I immediately start having anxiety because like when I drink, |
| 2:50.4 | I get abs. I'm stupid, bro. Like I do like 30, 40 immediately start having anxiety. Because like when I drink, I get abs, I'm stupid, |
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