Who will be Buckeyes' center? Matt Jones? | Harbaugh in hot water? Or nothing 'burger'?
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🗓️ 20 January 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
It is a lively edition of the Friday show as JBook joins Dave Biddle. Who will be Ohio State's starting center in 2023? Could it be sixth-year senior Matthew Jones who was a first-time starter at right guard last year, but was ranked as one of the top centers in the country coming out of high school? What about Jakob James or Carson Hinzman? Also, the Buckeyes' recent addition from the transfer portal, Victor Cutler from Louisiana-Monroe, has experience playing center. He started at left tackle in 2022, but at 6-foot-3, 302 pounds, he will likely be an interior lineman for OSU.
Are the Buckeyes now done adding O-line transfers, or might they add another?
Is Jim Harbaugh in hot water at Michigan for allegedly lying to the NCAA? Or is this a nothing "burger"? We'll be here all week. (It's a good thing the week is almost over.)
All of that and much more is coming your way on the Friday 5ish.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning, Bucknotters. Welcome to the Buckknuts Morning 5. Here on |
| 0:29.9 | Friday, January 20th, 2023. I am Dave Biddle, very happy to join by Jonah |
| 0:34.9 | Booker for his usual Friday visit. Jaybook, we're going to give the O-Lime and a lot |
| 0:39.1 | of love on today's show. We'll also get into the Jim Harboth stuff and some |
| 0:44.4 | other stuff. But I want to start off with the offensive line for the Buck guys in |
| 0:47.1 | 2023. Let's start with the man in the middle with them losing Luke Wippler. Do |
| 0:51.3 | you think they're going to move Matt Jones over to Center? Do you think they might |
| 0:54.5 | go with Jacob James? Carson Hinsman's going to be in the mix there. They just got |
| 0:59.1 | to transfer from Louisiana Monroe, who we'll talk about in a little bit, who's |
| 1:02.0 | played center. Who do you think's going to be the center? That's a great question, |
| 1:06.3 | Dave. I think it's going to be a battle. I think they're going to try to figure |
| 1:09.0 | out who are their five best offense aliaman as they head into spring ball from |
| 1:13.8 | the sounds of it. Justin Frye really likes to transfer. That's coming over. The |
| 1:19.5 | words that really stood out to me that he's going to develop him to get him |
| 1:23.6 | into the NFL and he is going to have flawless technique. That's something you |
| 1:28.8 | definitely want to hear. So it bodes well for the interior of the offensive |
| 1:33.4 | line. Dave, I think they definitely have the bodies to be able to move guys |
| 1:37.3 | around. I do I do think Matt Jones coming back gives you the luxury of being |
| 1:43.3 | able to use him as a swing interior lineman. He can go from the center position |
| 1:48.7 | because that's what his natural position was in high school. He was a high school |
| 1:54.0 | all American at the center position. And then obviously we've seen what he can do |
| 1:57.7 | at the guard position. Thought he played really well in the in the bowl game |
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