What Should Ohio State and Ryan Day Do About Brian Hartline?
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Menace 2 Sports with Zach Smith
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🗓️ 18 December 2025
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
OHIO STATE IS AT A CRITICAL CROSSROADS.
👉 What should Ohio State and Ryan Day's plan be for Brian Hartline moving forward?
Today we break down every option available to Ryan Day and the Buckeyes — and what each one means for the future of Ohio State Football.
🔥 LIVE Show Topics:
The latest updates on Brian Hartline's status and future
Why Hartline remains critical to OSU's culture and offensive identity
Should Ryan Day keep Hartline or move in a different direction for the CFP?
How Hartline's connection to USF impacts the Buckeyes
What recruits, boosters, and insiders are saying behind the scenes
The pros and cons of keeping Hartline around for the playoffs
Potential fallout if Ohio State mishandles the situation
How this decision shapes OSU's offensive identity
LIVE chat debate: What do YOU think Ryan Day should do?
Ohio State's next move regarding Brian Hartline will define its future — on the field, in recruiting, and in staff continuity.
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| 0:00.0 | It is Thursday, December 18th. We have NFL football tonight. We have college football |
| 0:08.0 | come. I mean, I guess technically tonight also. Then we got a big time game tomorrow, |
| 0:13.0 | Alabama, Oklahoma, and on to the rest of the playoffs on Saturday. It is here. The college |
| 0:18.3 | football playoff, it's time. I'm really excited for this year. |
| 0:23.8 | I think I'm a little, I'm not as excited as last year because in one sense because last year |
| 0:32.1 | it was just all new. We're like, holy shit, we like a month of playoffs. This is fucking wild. |
| 0:36.6 | And then this year, i got a little more |
| 0:38.7 | excited because i i we experienced it right we got to see it and now we do it again and we know |
| 0:43.8 | what to expect yeah until they put in fucking two group of five teams then i was like oh what the |
| 0:47.8 | fuck yeah you know i am mr like g5 defender but it it does have you less excited, I think. |
| 0:54.8 | Maybe, you know, I just don't believe in a world where we hand-selected 12 teams to play |
| 1:02.6 | for the national championship somehow in the first round. |
| 1:06.2 | So not the top four teams. |
| 1:07.6 | They're not playing. |
| 1:09.1 | The fifth through 12 best teams in college football, |
| 1:11.9 | there should never be a 17 and a half or a 21 and a half point spread. Like how it's not possible. |
| 1:19.0 | But at the same time, it's like, you know, we're going to get blobs no matter what. |
| 1:23.8 | You could. Yeah. |
| 1:24.4 | But I need, I need them to be closer matched. |
| 1:28.7 | I mean, |
| 1:28.8 | look at every other matchup, |
| 1:29.8 | Alabama, Oklahoma, Oklahoma's favored by one and a half, A&M Miami, A&M's favored by three and a half. And even if you get like a seven and a half, I'm talking about a, there is a playoff game with a 21. and a half point spread I wish they were matched up against each other yeah sure |
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