Ohio State, Michigan and a creative way to rank the Big Ten 2026 hierarchy

Buckeye Talk: Ohio State podcast by cleveland.com

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Sports, Football

4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Buckeye Talk Stephen Means, Stefan Krajisnik and Andrew Gillis have found the most creative possible way to talk about the Big Ten. We're comparing all 18 teams to fast food restaurants, because why not? It's a fun way to talk a little ball, while getting an idea of the trio's taste buds. This episode gets a little weird, but in the best way possible. It’s a pod about football, in a nonsensical fashion, which has always been at the heart of what Buckeye Talk is supposed to be. 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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0:50.3	Hey, hey, hey, come on then.
1:01.4	Welcome back to Buckeye Talk. I am Stephen Means. That is Stefan Christenik. And that is Andrew Gillis.
1:06.1	This is your Monday pot as Ohio State continues to its off season to prepare for the 2026 regular season,
1:12.8	and so we're looking for fun stuff to do.
1:15.2	And we found the fun thing to do that is going to show off our personalities a bit.
1:19.1	It's going to show off our taste buds a little bit and our palettes a little bit and how we view the world through the college football lens.
1:27.9	We are comparing all 18 teams in the Big Ten to fast food restaurants, which means fast food.
1:37.8	The thing is about fast food, you have to have a drive-thru, I don't think, to be fast food.
1:43.3	Fast casual. Yeah, like, it has to be fast food. But like- Asual.
1:45.5	Yeah, like it has to be, you're not going to sit down.
1:49.6	You're not taking somebody on a first date here to these places.
1:54.2	I mean...
1:55.1	Listen, there's going to be a restaurant on here that Stefan and I talk about, which, listen.
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