Vibes on 2026 Buckeyes with spring ball over | Position battles that remain
Bucknuts Morning 5: An Ohio State athletics podcast
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🗓️ 20 April 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Ohio State wrapped up its spring practices with the Gray's (defense) 35-26 win over Scarlet (offense) in Saturday's spring game. We learned a lot about the 2026 Buckeyes during March and April, in what was definitely the most-interesting spring ball sessions we have ever covered with 51 new players on the roster.
What are our vibes about this team heading into the 2026 season? Are there any noticeable areas of concern? What might they be?
Also, what starting spots and top backup spots are still up for grabs entering the summer?
Dave Biddle and Dan Rubin put a bow on spring ball and more on the Monday 5ish.
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| 0:29.9 | Today. Good morning. Bucknoughters Welcome to the Bucknott's Morning 5 here on Monday, April 20th, 2026. I am Dave Biddle. |
| 1:02.8 | Very happy to join by Dan Rubin. All right, spring ball in the rear view mirror. I kind of want to do a continuation of what we learned live after the spring games. I haven't heard Dan's thoughts yet. Obviously, the defense outplayed the offense. The gray, the defense won the scrimmage 3526. I think we have to point out that this is a very healthy Ohio State defense. I think really only where we're missing Riley Pedijon. Definitely a mass unit for Ohio State on certain positions like running back, |
| 1:27.9 | get three offensive linemen out, including Saraville, Daniels, and Padilla. |
| 1:31.7 | But the defense definitely outplayed them. |
| 1:33.6 | Let's start with your takeaways on offense, Dan, some of your main takeaways from |
| 1:38.0 | Saturday spring game, sir. |
| 1:40.1 | Anyone who was fortunate to read the Buckeye Roundtable heading into the weekend, |
| 1:45.8 | got the roundtable going again, got what we learned live going again. |
| 1:49.0 | It was like it was a real game. |
| 1:51.7 | I'm not. |
| 1:52.8 | I'll be on the low end of spring break, spring practice stock guys, |
| 1:58.4 | or spring game stock guys. |
| 2:00.0 | I try my darndness not to make real judgments |
| 2:05.4 | based on the game. You can tell me about the receiver that went to Orchard Lake St. Mary |
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| 2:17.8 | I call it the Bam Chilis Award |
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