Doug, Bill and Tim are back together talking about the College Football Playoff semifinals, if Ohio State should have been in and what to make of the Big Ten's bowl results.

Doug and Bill recap Ohio State's Cotton Bowl in over USC, look ahead to the 2018 season and answer your questions.

After visits to the hometowns of Matthew Baldwin and J.K. Dobbins, Bill Landis calls in from the road, while Doug Lesmerises sits in his hotel room after a day talking about Sam Darnold. It's another daily Buckeye Talk from the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, and in this Wednesday episode we talk a lot about Baldwin and Dobbins; how much Ohio State should be worried about Darnold; whether Ohio State or USC could lay an egg on Friday; which current Buckeyes project as future NFL stars; and how much service matters in a restaurant.

Doug and Bill are on the scene in Dallas for Cotton Bowl prep vs. USC, recap Ohio State's signing day last week and talk about the Buckeyes' coaching staff.

It's a Cotton Bowl preview for No. 5 Ohio State vs. No. 8 USC, as Tim Bielik, Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises dig into the Buckeyes and Trojans, who will meet on Dec. 29 in Arlington, Texas. OSU fans should have real questions about whether Ohio State can handle a USC offense featuring future first-round NFL Draft pick Sam Darnold at quarterback and fellow All-Pac-12 first-team selection Ronald Jones at running back. One of us has real doubts about that. Also, we get into more early signing day issues involving Emory Jones, Alex Williams and Micah Parsons and answer your questions on food and football. Also, there's a Tim Beck alert.

Bill Landis breaks down the early portion of the Ohio State basketball season, and answers you questions on the Buckeyes.

The 2018 recruiting class, ranked No. 1 in the nation, gets the focus of this week's Buckeye Talk with Bill Landis, Tim Bielik and Doug Lesmerises. The Buckeyes will sign almost half their class in the new early signing period that starts on Dec. 20. Bill breaks down who will sign early, and then we start fitting all the new recruits, and 21 are currently verbally committed, onto the Ohio State roster. What are the strongest and weakest positions on the team? Where could freshmen next year play early? Then, we each rank our top three chain restaurants, and we get to some food and football questions from listeners.

Bill Landis updates where Ohio State is with its 2018 recruiting class, and answers your recruiting questions.

Doug, Bill and Tim take a break from playoff talk to give an early preview of Ohio State's 2018 quarterback battle, and answer your Buckeye questions.

Alabama made the playoff ahead of Ohio State. It wasn't a shock - the choice between the Crimson Tide and Buckeyes was a 50-50 proposition for weeks. But as Doug Lesmerises, Bill Landis and Tim Bielik break it down, did the College Football Playoff committee go about their decision-making process the right way? We look at the decision, then we compare Ohio State's 2015, 2016 and 2017 teams and then look ahead to the projected 2018 starters and whether Ohio State could be better next year.