Ryan Day's inkling and Ohio State's preparation for the Big Ten Championship

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🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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On this episode of Buckeye Talk, hosts Stefan Krajisnik, Andrew Gillis, and Stephen Means dive into the upcoming Big Ten Championship game between Ohio State and Indiana. They discuss the challenges Ohio State faces against Indiana's experienced quarterback, Fernando Mendoza, and the strategic insights from Ryan Day's press conference. The conversation also touches on Ohio State's defensive prowess and the team's preparation for the championship showdown. Plus, a prediction Day made about a key part of the Michigan win. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, where you've been?
0:17.7	Bucket talk is about to begin.
0:21.1	Hey, hey, hey, come on, man.
0:32.0	Welcome back to Buckeye Talk.
0:33.3	I'm Stephen Means.
0:34.0	That's Define Krikes-Kneek, and that is Andrew Gillis.
0:35.9	We talk with Ryan Day on Tuesday because that's what we do every week, man. It's the routine. We talk to Ryan Day as the Buckeyes prepare to play Indiana in the Big Ten Championship game. This is a chance for the Buckeyes to win their 40th ever Big Ten Championship and their sixth ever Big Ten Championship game. and their seventh appearance, their only lost, was in their first appearance after the 2013 season
0:57.0	when they lost to Michigan. six ever Big Ten Championship game and their seventh appearance. Their only lost was in their first
0:54.6	appearance after the 2013 season when they lost to Michigan State in the Big Ten Championship
0:59.4	game. This is Indiana's chance to win its first Big Ten championship game and its first
1:03.6	appearance. As much Indiana, I think this is probably more Indiana, more Ohio State opponent
1:09.6	talk than any other point this season, Stefan,
1:12.6	and that includes last week. I don't know if we were asking Michigan football questions.
1:16.4	We were asking Michigan culture and big picture questions. And yet the most intriguing thing
1:21.5	that came out of the Indiana presser was that, I don't know, Ryan Day had a little inkling of
1:27.1	something. Yeah, Ryan Day had a little inkling of something.
1:34.4	Yeah, Ryan Day talked about the helmet headset communication issues that Ohio State had at Michigan.
1:37.9	If you remember, I think the broadcast might have mentioned it too.
1:44.1	In the second half, Ohio State kind of had a power outage on its sideline, and the helmet communication was affected by that.
1:44.6	Julian Stan had to run over to the sideline to get play calls.
1:48.1	They had the wrist kind of wrist band that the quarterback wears with plays and stuff like that.
1:55.8	So that was interesting in the sense of their communications down.
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