Ohio State's 'new' culture | Book of Eli
Bucknuts Morning 5: An Ohio State athletics podcast
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🗓️ 10 February 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
We've often referred to the current state of college football as 'professional.'
It's no longer a consideration ... it's a fact. Ohio State general manager Mark Pantoni recently joined former NBA scribe Adrian Wojnarowski's podcast and the result was truly enlightening.
We dive deep on the details, discuss Ohio State's continued interest in ELITE prospect Jalen Brewster and introduce you to Class of 2027 safety commitment Eli Johnson.
Spend 5ish with us this a.m., 'Nutters!
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| 0:00.0 | The |
| 0:07.0 | The Good morning Bucknutters. We are doing the Pantone thing. |
| 0:32.0 | It is Tuesday, February 10th, 2026. I am Dan Rubin. This is Bucknuck's Morning 5 and Change. |
| 0:39.5 | Joined, as always, on Tuesdays by Garracogh and Mark Porter. |
| 0:43.6 | We have a real good show for you today. |
| 0:45.7 | If you ever had questions on how Ohio State is doing things now, Mark Pantone has answered those for you and a giant Wodge bomb. |
| 0:56.3 | For those of you who don't know what that is, Adrian Wogneurowski, the greatest NBA scoop |
| 1:03.4 | grabber of all time who has traded his life in to be the St. Bonaventure GM, because that's |
| 1:10.1 | where he went to school, |
| 1:11.0 | did an interview with Pantone on management, and he's got a new podcast. |
| 1:17.2 | Woge does, and this is really interesting because it lays out in patoni in detail how |
| 1:23.6 | Ohio State is approaching the construction of their roster now, how the program is being built. |
| 1:28.9 | If you saw the article that Garrick had up and talked about the culture fits, how that's the number one thing. |
| 1:36.0 | But you want to talk about an article or in a conversation that kind of crystallizes where things are. |
| 1:43.5 | We're going to go into depth on that, and |
| 1:45.3 | it's going to be really helpful, I think, for people to kind of see things how they are. We're |
| 1:51.0 | going to do a little current events, and then we're going to let you see Eli Johnson, a committed |
| 1:56.9 | kid from Texas. But first, Garrick, I credited you for finding this. |
| 2:04.2 | Wage probably has enough favors to call in that he can get interviews with anybody. |
| 2:09.1 | But Mark Bantone, of course, the general manager of Ohio State. |
| 2:13.1 | And really, if he's not the mainstay of the program since Urban Meyer got here, I don't know who is. |
| 2:20.7 | Maybe him and Mick can go on the Mount Rushmore together, and there's still other spots. |
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