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The Good morning Bucknotters. Welcome to the Bucknuts Morning 5 here on Monday, April 6th, 2026. I am Dave Biddle. Very happy joined by Dan Rubin. We're going to have some fun on today's show. And I think it's

going to be informative, too, at least we like to say that. Dan and I are going to go through all 17 of Ohio State's transfers. Now, Sean Washington's not here yet. Maybe we won't go through him. But they had 17 transfers, 16 of which are already here. We're going to go top to bottom based on their 24-7 sports rankings.

So I start with James Smith,

who had a ranking of 96.

And what I did here, here. We're going to go top to bottom based on their 24-7 sports rankings. So we start with

James Smith, who had a ranking of 96. And what I did here, my trustee reporter's notebook here,

what I did was I jotted down all 17 guys in order by their ranking. And each, next to each

name, I have a checkmark or a question mark. Check mark means I'm convinced these guys are definitely going to play a lot

this year for the Buckeyes based on what I've seen, based on what I've been told, based on what

they're from sources and based on what their coaches and teammates have said. So based on everything

we've gathered, we're now more than halfway through spring ball. And Dan's going to try and guess

if I have a check mark or if I have a

question mark. And then we're going to discuss each guy, some more than others. All right, this is not

going to be hard. James Smith, number one, with a rating of 96, so I have a check mark or a question

mark? Fat check. Yes, correct. He's been impressive. He's going to be a starter. And I also love, love, love he's playing one tech. Because that, in theory, enables them to get James Smith and not just in theory, I think this is what will happen. And Edward Houston out there is the starters. Will Smith Jr. is going to play a lot. But yeah, James Smith has been impressive. No surprise there. That's what I love about that, Dave. Can I comment quickly?

Of course.

I'll take a little big picture vibe to this. Your one technique was a first-round draft pick, Ty Leake Williams. Your one technique. You think? Technically, they had Ty Hamilton as though. I know if you look at their body, you're like, wait a minute, the 335 pound guy was the 3 tech and the 295 pound guy was, but they, that's actually how they did it.

Ty is pretty doomed stout, but you're right. Yeah. Let's do it this way. Let's do it this way then.

It's irrelevant. The NFL viewed Ty Leake Williams as a one tech. The, they drafted him in the first round. The NFL viewed Caden McDonald as a one tech. They drafted him in the first round.

The NFL viewed Caden McDonald as a one tech accurately.

No haggle there.

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