What We Learned Live: Reactions following Ohio State's 2026 spring game
Bucknuts Morning 5: An Ohio State athletics podcast
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🗓️ 18 April 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
What was gleaned during Ohio State's spring game on Saturday, which was won by the defense (Gray), 35-26 over the offense (Scarlet)? Our postgame podcast, What We Learned Live, has the answers you are looking for. Host Dave Biddle begins the show by detailing the biggest things he learned about the Buckeyes today and what it might mean for the the 2026 season.
Early in the program, Biddle is joined by Garrick Hodge who provides the latest on what is a big recruiting weekend for OSU, and also his thoughts on the spring game itself.
Then Patrick Murphy and Steve Helwagen join the show to give their main takeaways on the spring game, the highlights from postgame interviews and more.
That is coming your way on the spring game edition of What We Learned Live!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The |
| 0:07.0 | The Good afternoon Bucknutter's welcome to the spring game version of what we learned live. |
| 0:30.7 | I am Dave Biddle. |
| 0:32.1 | Got a great show for you guys. |
| 0:33.7 | We're going to talk to Garrett Hodge in about 10 minutes. |
| 0:36.6 | He's going to give you the latest on what is a huge recruiting weekend for the Buckeyes. |
| 0:40.2 | Following postgame interviews, we'll talk to Steve Hellwagon and Patrick Murphy, maybe not in that order to get their thoughts on the game and much more. |
| 0:49.4 | We're going to start off with my main takeaways from the game. |
| 0:53.2 | Welcome into this show, my friends. |
| 0:55.6 | Obviously, the defense is ahead of the offense. |
| 0:57.6 | I don't think massively, but the defense won the scrimmage. |
| 1:00.9 | There were various scores that I saw. |
| 1:02.8 | I think the final one they played up was 3526, |
| 1:05.3 | but I don't think they accounted for the defense getting a stop there |
| 1:07.7 | and fourth down. |
| 1:08.4 | They're going with 3526. |
| 1:09.9 | So the gray outlasts the Scarlet. |
| 1:12.8 | Defense outlasts the offense. |
| 1:15.9 | A couple of things about that. |
| 1:17.0 | Yes, the defense is ahead of the offense, |
| 1:18.7 | but the offense is without three of their top offensive linemen. |
| 1:22.8 | Two starters and arguably their top backup in Josh Padilla. |
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