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Menace2Sports with Zach Smith

Ryan Day, Lane Kiffin, and the Expectations for College Football's Powerhouses Heading into 2026

Menace2Sports with Zach Smith

Menace 2 Sports with Zach Smith

Football, Sports

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Two powerhouse programs. Two completely different offseason philosophies. 🏈 How will and shape expectations for the 2026 college football season?

In this video, we compare the offseason approaches of the and, breaking down:

  • Ryan Day's strategy for keeping Ohio State among the national title favorites
  • Lane Kiffin's aggressive offseason moves and roster-building philosophy
  • Recruiting, transfer portal, and coaching staff differences
  • Which program is better positioned heading into 2026
  • How expectations differ between Ohio State and LSU fans

Both programs have championship aspirations, but they're taking very different paths to get there. Which approach will pay off on the field?

🔥 Join the debate in the comments: Who has had the better offseason—Ryan Day or Lane Kiffin?

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#OhioState #LSU #RyanDay #LaneKiffin #CollegeFootball #Buckeyes #LSUFootball #CFB #BigTen #SEC

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is a surprise pattern.

0:02.5

We had a couple of different topics that we kind of ran through this morning. And I'm curiously everybody's thoughts on it. Zach is at a golf outing today. So I wish him luck and let him know what score you think he's going to shoot. Maybe that's what we should comment below. Yeah. I wonder, well, if they're doing like a, if it's a golf out and they're probably doing a scramble. So hopefully it's like, I don't know, hopefully he's got, you know, their group of foursome is, is dialed in today. Yeah, foursome. Never forget learning what that was in real time with the. Dude, what you, who were we with when you asked if you wanted to be in the foursome? Dude, it was, it was my Dublin mom, Doreen. And I was like, that's right. It was Doreen. A little backstory. I don't know anything about golf. I don't even know anything about mini golf. And it was one of the days I think me and Pasha were going to go to lunch. And like, Zach was like talking about the foursome and like the golf outing stuff. And he just kept saying like for some,

0:55.7

for some for some.

0:56.3

So like Doree came in and was like, they were talking and I was like, oh like do you want to be in our foursome? Like do you want to be in my foursome? And she just like looked at me like I was like no, no, no, I thought that's what it's called. and then I thought that I like suggested like a four-way sex thing and it was like oh my god I felt horrible

1:13.1

turns out it was indeed called a four-sum and I thought yeah you were right it was just funny because I felt like it was me you and Zach in the room and Dorian walks in you're like no do you want to be in our four-some yeah yeah it's out of context did not sound good right well and I and I and I i meant i thought zach was like playing a trick on me

1:28.7

um but no dude i had a lot that i wanted to talk about today because like you and i talked a little

1:33.4

bit beforehand can you remember an offseason that felt this loud or is it because we are kind of in the

1:38.9

zone i think part of it is that we're definitely in the zone. That also like what's going on down south is so funny.

1:46.0

Because we haven't seen it's almost like they're panicking a little bit. And I think that panic is setting in. And that's why it's louder than this offseason. That's why this offseason feels louder than offseason's previous. Right. Like the pressure is starting to build down south there. And so we're getting these coaches kind of maybe saying shit that they probably shouldn't say that sparking these, you know, heated debates. And I think that's what's leading to this loud off season. Because up north, like Ohio State's had a quiet offseason. Dude, it's been so quiet. It's so unique. Ohio State's been really quiet. Michigan has had a new coach and they've been really quiet with exception. Aside from Bryce. interview that Underwood gave us, but that was the first Underwood thing in a while. Laning for as loud as he's been has been very, very quiet. Signetting too is a talker. He's a talker. Yeah. Like you would think the defending champs would have some heat coming up their way, but it's really been quiet over there.

2:35.3

Shit, even Penn State, new coach.

2:37.4

It's been really quiet.

2:38.7

I mean, the people that we've heard from the most of this offseason,

2:40.6

it's been,

2:41.0

it's been Sark,

2:42.8

it's been Lane,

2:44.1

it's been Kirby.

2:44.9

It's been Kirby.

2:45.3

It feels like a loud offseason down south.

2:48.6

And I guess I'm not used to it,

2:51.9

generally speaking.

2:55.2

But let's fire up the thing, the intro or whatever.

2:57.3

And then let's talk about college athletics. Also, with Zach out today, we will honestly drive the show wherever you guys want us to drive

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