Men of the Scarlet and Gray

Ohio State travels to the friendly confines of Beaver Stadium. Shannon and Chip welcome Ben Jones from statecollege.com to discuss the game the prime time game this Saturday. The guys discuss some of the Penn State players on offense and defense that will be the key for the Nittany Lions. The advantage of having a White Out at Beaver Stadium after a bye week for the home team. Naturally, someone (Shannon) has to ask about the Joe Pa. stuff with the program not letting go along with a ton of...

Shannon and Chip are back!! After too many technical difficulties from last week which trashed the show, the guys come back this week to discuss the Wisconsin game. They discussed J.T. Barrett and his performance along with the defense. It was nice to see the Buckeye escape with an overtime win in such a hostile environment. The #askMotSaG Segment along with the Pick'em segments are back. Some really great questions again this week which they are thrilled to receive. Shannon is still...

Shannon and Chip give a brief account along with a recap of the demolishing that the Buckeyes did to Rutgers this past week. They discussed how great it was for JT Barrett to put his name in the record books by completing the most touchdowns in Ohio State history. How amazing it was to watch the Silver Bullets only allow 33 yards through the air. Zach Osterman from the Indianapolis Star joins the guys to talk about the Indiana Hoosiers for the Buckeyes next game. They discuss how Indiana...

The bye week is over which means Shannon and Chip talk about some key Buckeye stats so far from this season. The surprise that is the Buckeye defense especially the secondary. Tara Sullivan a columnist from the Bergen Report discusses Chris Ash and the Rutgers football team with Shannon. They talk about the Rutgers fan base, some miss-steps Rutgers had when joining the Big Ten conference. They also talked about the former Buckeyes that are in New York playing for the Jets and the...

What do you get when BTN analyst Stanley Jackson, theozone.net Tony Gerdeman along with Script Ohio's Clair Crawford when they join Shannon and Chip to talk Buckeyes football? A Basic Buckeye Roundtable of course. This All-Star packed show has everything from Michigan humor to actual Maize and Blue discussion. There is a recap of the Ohio State/Oklahoma match-up from last Saturday. Everyone discusses some of the things that Ohio State needs to fix going forward along with how the Buckeyes...

Shannon and Chip bring some great content again this week. Bleacher Report Mag had an amazing article about the Meyer family opening up in regards to Urban's mental health. I'm not the Lone Wolf is an excellent read packed full of insight that Shannon and Chip took a lot of things from. Shannon talked about his first day working at The Shoe, he sounds like he is still amazed and thrilled by being there. The guys discuss the Tulsa game that happened. The slow start that ended with a storm...

Shannon Sommers and Chip Minnich are back to recap the Ohio State win over Bowling Green last Saturday. The discussion of the highly prolific offense, players missing assignments along with some concerns like defensive line pressure. Sadly they had to discuss the injury to Tracy Sprinkle too. Kell Hines from Tulsa World joined to discuss the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes. She was able to fill everyone in on possible offense Buckeye fans will see on Saturday, some concerns she had from the Tulsa...

It is game week which means Shannon Sommers and Chip Minnich break down some of the Buckeyes depth chart. They discuss some of what was said during Urban Meyers press conference like the Torrance Gibson suspension. Thomas Schmeltz from the Sentinel-Tribune joins in to discuss Bowling Green coming to Columbus looking to try and upset Ohio State. They discuss the Falcons new head coach Mike Jinks and the possible style of offense they will run. Thomas answers some questions about what the...

It's time to talk about the teams in the Big Ten East Division. Shannon and Chip are joined again this week with Brett Ciancia of PickSixPreviews.com They start off with Rutgers who they all feel will finish last in the division followed by Maryland. All three agree the hires of Chris Ash for Rutgers and DJ Durkin for Maryland are excellent hires. They then discuss Indiana and their ever changing defensive coordinators. The problems they have defensively and the loss of some key...

Shannon Sommers and Chip Minnich are joined by Brett Ciancia of Pick Six Previews to discuss the Big Ten West. They start off talking about Purdue Boilermakers and Darrell Hazell's future in West Lafayette. Move onto the Illinois Fighting Illinois. They talk about if new head coach Lovie Smith can get them back into a bowl game. Next up is the Minnesota Gophers and what is going on with former interim now current head coach Tracy Claey. Next was the Northwestern Wildcats and Pat Fitzgerald...

Shannon and Chip discuss the start of training camp. They talk about what's been going on including the BTN staff showing up for their camp preview show. Orlando Pace getting inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame. They discuss how good he was when he was wearing the scarlet and gray. Cleveland Browns had their Orange and Brown scrimmage in the Shoe and Terrelle Pryor balls out. Alex Boone throws shade at Pryor in an interview. Bri'onte Dunn has been charged. Chip informs every one of the...

Chip Minnich and Shannon Sommers finally get back together after a busy summer to discuss the future of the MotSaG Podcast. They also discuss the relatively drama free Big Ten media days except for the James Franklin allegations about Ohio State recruiting. Bri'onte Dunn and his status on being able to return to the scarlet and gray or not. Talk about the running back position, offensive line and wide receivers. Former Buckeye players will be starting their rookie seasons in the NFL with...

This week Ryan Rosko an editor for factoryofsadness.co joins us to discuss the Ohio State Buckeyes in the draft along with the Cleveland Browns. We discuss that Ryan doesn't feel Joey Bosa is a Top 8 draft pick. The reasons why the Cleveland Browns need to stay away from Cardale Jones. Can the Buckeyes get 6 players drafted in the first round of the NFL Draft to tie Miami who set the record in 2004. There was also talk about Eli Apple to the Steelers. Chip gave us his wish list of the...

Clair Crawford joins us to help dissect the Ohio State Spring Game. We discuss the players that stood out to us along with if there should be any worry about J.T. Barrett. What all did we learn if anything from the Scarlet and Gray game. We also dove into the record size crowd of 100,189 and some of the festivities. I included the Urban Meyer Spring Game press conference for our fans to enjoy. We want to thank Clair for joining us and please give her a follow on twitter at @buckeyeclair...

Chip Minnich and I had the privilege of getting with Big Ten Network analyst and former Buckeye quarterback Stanley Jackson to talk some Buckeye football. We discussed the upcoming Spring Game, NCAA ban on satellite camps, Cardale Jones ripping the NCAA. We played a tribute for former Buckeye and New Orleans Saint great Will Smith. Tyler Bishop (@tyler123B1) put together a great youtube video honoring the former defensive lineman that was tragically taken away recently. Stanley gave us his...

Spring is in the air and Ohio State football is back, well sort of. Being cooped up for months in a mild winter we finally get to start talking about our favorite football team. I get with my co-host Chip Minnich and our special guest Chuck Strawn of thebuckeyebattlecry.com fame to discuss Buckeye football. We discuss the Harbaugh khaki pants in a bunch issue that recently happened along with the who and the what we are looking forward to for the upcoming Spring Game. Six practices in and...

The Ohio State Buckeyes came away from National Signing Day with another top recruiting class in the nation. Myself along with Chip discuss it along with our special guest from Script Ohio Joe Dexter. The three of us sit down to talk about our initial thoughts on the new class of Buckeyes that will be playing in Columbus. We picked a specific group that stood out to us. We tried to talk about what specific players we will be keeping our eyes on along with our sleeper picks for impact...

I reminisce with Chip Minnich about the Desert showdown that was the Fiesta Bowl on New Years day. We give a little recap about the game versus Notre Dame, offensive and defensive players of the game, we even touched on the targeting call made against Joey Bosa. Chip and I discuss some of the juniors leaving early for the NFL (at the time of the recording Vonn Bell had not declared but has since). Nine underclassmen are putting the Scarlet and Gray down to join the big boys in the NFL. We...

Ohio State and Notre Dame are about to face off on New Years in the Fiesta Bowl. Who else better to discuss this match up than with Tony Gerdeman from theozone.net. We discuss the suspensions, Buckeyes offense, play calling, defense and match ups we are going to be keeping an eye on. We also discussed with Tony his book Thrillogy which recaps the last three games of the amazing run to the National Championship last season. It is a must have for Buckeye fans and as we discuss the book you...

Chip and I are back!! This week we discuss Ohio State getting a New Year Six Bowl. Buckeyes will be heading to the desert to face Notre Dame a rematch of 2006. We don't break down the game this week (that will be coming up shortly), but we do discuss how the Buckeyes got into the Fiesta Bowl. We also discuss the Adolphus Washington suspension and what it could mean for the Buckeyes against the Fighting Irish. We did our MotSaG Pick'Em segment and this week it's all about the Big Ten teams...