This is a giant Buckeye Talk episode, basically three podcasts in one - on the Ohio State team, on the College Football Playoff and on Dwayne Haskins as a Buckeye and an NFL prospect.

First, Doug Lesmerises and Stephen Means talked about the latest story that angered Ohio State, then answered a bunch of your questions on Tate Martell, Michigan, press conferences and more.

Then, Ryan Aber, the Oklahoma writer from The Oklahoman, joined to talk about how fans of the Sooners are viewing their team. If you're an OSU fan concerned about your 9-1 team and its playoff chances, guess what - Oklahoma fans are just like you.

Then we welcomed Ian Wharton, who provided the best Dwayne Haskins breakdown you'll get anywhere. Wharton analyzed Haskins this year, compared him to recent quarterbacks drafted in the first round and discussed where he could go in the 2019 NFL Draft. In Wharton's opinion, it's very high.

We had some editing issues, so if the audio quality is a little lacking at times, we apologize. But the quality of the content makes it worth it.

Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com.

Ohio State beat a top 20 team on the road by 20. What else do you want from the Buckeyes? How much better could they get?

On this postgame Buckeye Talk Podcast, Stephen Means and I closed down the pressbox in Spartan Stadium by answering your questions for 45 minutes on Ohio State's 266- victory

We started with the way the Buckeyes used Tate Martell, then got into the defense, punter Drue Chrisman and just how much more the Buckeyes could show us this season.

Ohio State travels to Maryland next week before hosting Michigan to end the season. They still have a path to the College Football Playoff, but did they pass the eye test on Saturday?

Take this ear test by listening to the latest Buckeye Talk.

No. 10 Ohio State isn't much of a favorite (just 3.5 points) at No. 18 Michigan State on Saturday, and the Buckeyes are looking like they'll be underdogs when they host No. 4 Michigan to end the regular season.

Kind of a weird spot for Ohio State at the moment.

At 8-1 and 5-1 in the Big Ten, are the Buckeyes about to play their best game of the year, or will they continue to be stuck and searching, at least in a few areas?

On this episode of Buckeye Talk, new cleveland.com OSU writer Stephen Means joins Doug Lesmerises for his first full midweek podcast, after debuting in the postgame podcast following the Buckeyes 36-31 win over Nebraska.

You had a lot of questions for Stephen about his food preferences, and we got to those. But first, we looked at the Buckeyes from a positive angle, as requested and suggested by one listener who found the postgame pod a little too negative.

This isn't a perfect team, but for at least the first part of this episode, we looked at what is working for the Buckeyes and how it might continue.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- There have been plenty of questions with Ohio State this season - the run game, the red zone offense, the defense in general.

But after the Buckeyes' 36-31 win Saturday over 2-7 Nebraska, some fans questioned something else - Ohio State's leadership, energy and will.

On this postgame Buckeye Talk podcast from the hours after the Buckeyes moved to 8-1, Doug Lesmerises is joined by new cleveland.com Ohio State writer Stephen Means, who covered his first game in his new assignment on Saturday.

As usual, your questions drove the discussion. And despite the fact that Ohio State did get a win after losing to Purdue two weeks ago and then getting a week to fix things, there weren't a lot of positives in the discussion.

So what do the Buckeyes still need to fix? And will they find their way?

It's another episode with a search for answers.

On this latest episode of Buckeye Talk, there's a lot of Buckeye talking.

Doug Lesmerises delved into Tuesday's interview with Urban Meyer in which the Ohio State head coach revealed the seriousness of his health issue, as he deals with a cyst in his brain. Doug has written about that, but here he went into more depth about how Meyer was talking about it and what exactly the coach is dealing with.

But we didn't stick only to Meyer's health. There's too much going on with the No. 10, 7-1 Buckeyes to do that.

So in answering your questions, Doug dug into what's going to happen with the run game, the recruiting misses on the offensive line, what has and hasn't changed with the defense and even an alternate history of J.T. Barrett's career.

No co-host this week, just Doug, but there were enough different things to talk about that you won't get bored. And the big news is that our new Ohio State writer, Stephen Means, started Wednesday and he should be joining Buckeye Talk shortly.

Thanks for listening.

Once Urban Meyer figures out what's needed to fix the Ohio State Buckeyes, will the three-time national championship coach be willing to make the necessary changes?

On this mid-week episode of the Buckeye Talk Podcast from cleveland.com, the fallout from the 49-20 loss ot Purdue is still in the air as Doug Lesmerises is joined by guest co-host Seth Shaner from a quaint library conference room.

Doug and Seth took a bunch of your questions, including one on what things would look like if Joe Burrow was the Ohio State quarterback.

And what would Jim Tressel have done if he had Dwayne Haskins as his quarterback?

There are a lot of changes that fans would like to see made with the Buckeyes suffering their first loss, and Doug and Shane took on most of them. The Buckeyes don't play this weekend, so they have some time to adjust.

Thanks again for listening to Buckeye Talk.

Ohio State was upset by Purdue 49-20 on Saturday night, and a lot went wrong. Urban Meyer knows that, and so do you.

Ohio State now embarks on a two-week plan to fix these issues, and we embarked on a postgame Buckeye Talk Podcast after our loyal listeners sent in 149 questions on Twitter after Doug Lesmerises put the call out after the loss.

Doug didn't get to all of them, sadly, because our podcast hosting platform can't handle an 11-hour show.

But Doug hit a lot of the main topics, from Urban Meyer to Bill Davis to more Bill Davis to the run game to more Bill Davis.

As always, we appreciate you guys engaging with the podcast. We'll be back Wednesday with the usual mid-week pod to get into everything we didn't touch on here. But for now, here's almost an hour of postgame podcasting about the 7-1 Ohio State Buckeyes.

Nick Bosa's college career ended this week, as Bosa's family told Urban Meyer that he's focusing on rehabbing his injury, and then preparing for the NFL Draft, rather than attempting to return to Ohio State late in the season, or maybe for bowl season.

So what now?

On the latest episode of Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com, Doug Lesmerises is joined by guest co-host Chad Peltier to answer that question. Peltier digs in on OSU numbers when he writes about the Buckeyes for Land-Grant Holy Land and Football Outsiders, and he brought that analytical perspective to a full discussion about the Buckeyes.

The focus early was on the Ohio State defense creating, and giving up, explosive plays, and whether that can be a winning formula. Then Doug and Chad took your questions and got into red zone offense, reasonable expectations for the Buckeyes, cornerback play and what's up with the run game.

It's the Buckeye Talk you know and love with a little twist. Thanks, as always, for listening.

Doug and Bill break down Ohio State's win over Minnesota, and answer your questions

Doug and Bill break down the Ohio State vs. Alabama conversation, and answer your questions on the Buckeyes.