TPD: Urban Meyer, Jim Tressel add to soaring expectations with lofty praise for Ohio State roster

Just when it felt like the noise around the Buckeyes as national-title contenders couldn't get any louder, a pair of former championship-winning coaches added their voices to the chorus. After former Ohio State coaches Jim Tressel and Urban Meyer weighed in on the Ohio State roster, THE Podcast Daily wonders whether that has ramped up the pressure even more for Ryan Day this offseason. Bill Landis and Austin Ward take a closer look at those comments as a new week starts on TPD.
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[@WOLF167h]

And... it's a Great Day to be a Buckeye!!

[@BrotherLove3]

Yes indeed. . . Our honor they defend !!!

[@whobdis77]

I wish this kind of thing would just stop. I agree with Saban that it's 'rat poison'. We should be expected to keep a top roster every season. Maybe not THE best but top 5.

[@janwilliams4282]

This is an unbelievable roster and we are all happy about it. But, any team can be beat on any given Saturday. We just hope it's not during the playoffs.

[@UrbanKnightMedia]

This is the most returning starters in the last decade that’s the reason they are talented and deep!

[@BrotherLove3]

Not to mention the Top 5 recruiting classes. . .

[@marycooley4943]

And they are on a mission

[@jona.scholt4362]

It's pretty amazing just how much the perception of this core of players has changed when you think about the dialogue surrounding them after their loss to Michigan and the loss in the Cotton Bowl.

[@alphapapa5383]

I don't think it is. There are a lot of emotionally responsive people in this fan base who weren't thinking about the facts when reacting to those things. Biggest things in the Cotton bowl was: losing starting center, losing starting quarterback, and losing arguably the best player in college football due to draft. Every one of those has been addressed, and people are evening out now and allowing the pendulum to swing.

[@jamescooper3324]

The perception amongst sucknuts fans yes. Most people with a brain know you guys aren’t getting over the hump this year. The mentality is still the same. Only team soft enough to lose the COTTON bowl to the 5th best sec team. Only team that complains about injuries after every loss not realizing that you have to field more than 22 players for a game. Only team that claims the bowl game didn’t matter despite the fact that if you’d have won, you’d all be bragging about beating an sec team which you’re 2-13 against all time in bowl games and 5-16 all time in general. Key losses like Eichenberg and Stiles will hurt. Nobody is gonna just come in and be Marvin Harrison for you. Will Howard hasn’t passed for more than 2300 yards in a season in his career. There’s plenty of red flags about this team. Nobody points them out.

[@user-dv3do1od2r]

We went from a Code Red Situation after the Missouri game...To the Most Talented Ohio State Team Ever! Only the Buckeyes!

[@devingross]

Hey, wasn't this an important weekend?

[@mecahhannah]

Awesome as always thanks guys go bucks!❤

[@OfficiallyOrca]

All ann arbor fans listening and following a real program with legitimate support and development Welcome! Enjoy being 3rds 4th behind us or Oregon. We'll continue to recruit and develop the Best In America. #NoStallions or any nonsense just working hard and getting better. #GoBucks

[@UrbanKnightMedia]

Not the greatest just talented and deep!

[@jerrico001]

I absolutely LOVE the Buckeyes, but the accumulated talent on this roster won't matter if - like last season - the QB regularly makes incorrect reads, blocking assignments continue to be missed, and the offensive coaching is tighter than a snare drum.🌰🌰

[@13kimosabi13]

Yeah and he was one pass block away from being the No 1 seed in the CFP’s……and the team that beat him won it all and got to play our Buckeyes at home. So, IMO, you and all the other haters => poisoned that kid’s chances more (with your never ending criticism and negativity) than this team has with everyone’s never ending praise and accolades.

[@jerrico001]

@@13kimosabi13 Honest evaluation ≠ Hate. No person is above constructive criticism - especially when you're playing, coaching, or working for a top-flight university.

[@13kimosabi13]

@@jerrico001 you may or may not be => being honest here about your own personal conduct (I don’t know you but ok giving everyone the benefit of the doubt) but I can’t do that collectively….I can’t….as there were plenty of KZbin and social media and journalistic media platforms that went beyond criticism => and the kid went 12-1, losing only to the National Champions at their place. I can’t say your supposed honest criticism was needed => because all it really accomplished was piling on. IMO, a more fair criticism would have been and still is => that his Offensive Line was at the bottom or near the bottom of O-lines Ohio State has had since I was a Freshman at OSU in 1978. Question for ya and please be honest => how much honest criticism did you give CJ Stroud his first year starting ? CJ led our offense to 7 whole points in the first half versus Oregon….. and his INT at the end of the game lost the game for us. And he was playing at home, in the Shoe against a team playing without their best defensive player. CJ sucked vs Minnesota CJ sucked vs Nebraska CJ sucked versus Tulsa CJ sucked versus TTUN Please let us know which podcasts you left him honest criticism for those games, so I can check it out. Thanks.

[@jerrico001]

@@13kimosabi13 I have no control over what others say or do, I speak on my own behalf. It seems as though - for whatever reason - you've dumped all of your frustrations on my head and turned a regular comment into something much more than it was intended. Good luck to you, my guy.✌🏾

[@13kimosabi13]

@@jerrico001 I just gave you an opportunity to show your truthfulness and impartiality => and you proved your real character is lacking. Your a wuss after I give you one honest criticism => I’m sure you completely understood what Kyle was experiencing. ROTFLMAO at you !!!!!!

[@nealharris2381]

I felt the same way in 69 97 2015

[@BrotherLove3]

7 Bill. . . Woody, Earl, Coop, Tress, Fick, Urb's, And the 7th is Ryan Day! 7 is a good number and I can not wait to see this TEAM play. I think Howard is a vast improvement over McCord, simply because of his willingness and ability to actually run the ball. The rushing game hasn't been what it was since we had a willing runner (Hello Justin) and with Judkins added to Trey and the line more experienced. . . Will doesn't have to be a great thrower of the ball just a good point guard (Hey Jay Burson or JT Barret) and that 14 offense hummed under JT before he got hurt at Meatchicken!!! And if this D lives up to half it's potential. . . Good luck scoring against them! Come on August 31st!!! O H. . .

[@mr.reliable8123]

I feel like this show is about a week too late.....why are we talking about this and not the big weekend with Official visits??? Oh!!! Birm isn't on today. Got it!

[@brutussmithers6341]

There’s always pressure. Look at 1969. Look at the 1998. The way Day is recruiting now though, I don’t think you can get rid of him.

[@tracywinters917]

There were more than 5 you had Woody then Earl Bruce then Cooper then Tress then Fick for year but that was as interim then Meyer and now Day. So even without Fick its 6 ibcluding Day

[@kentacohut3011]

All this Natty in the bag talk is going to make things extremely complicated for this team

[@gladiatorforfreedom4259]

Yeah....especially when we 〽️ ain't done with you boys yet!!! 💛💙

[@phillamoore157]

Yup… Saban criticized this kind of talk as the #1 source of self-destruction. He absolutely hated it. And, the fact of the matter is that every team Ryan Day has had has been top 3 teams, and he’s underperformed with every one of them. I hope we’re as advertised, but I’ll believe it when I see it.

[@phillamoore157]

@@gladiatorforfreedom4259…I bet you typed that with one hand down your pants.

[@pJ-us2vl]

​​@@phillamoore157 Nah they were never preseason #1 or favorites to win the title in the Day era or had the #1 recruiting class so finishing in the top 5 almost every year is actually over performing especially when 4 of the 5 years had to endure a full defensive rebuild with last year finally finishing the rebuild that started in 2020.Top 3 Offense in most yea sure but not top 3 talent in any of Ryan Day's 5 years the Defense was atrocious and had to be completely rebuilt from the ground up with a new DC, scheme and time to acquire competent players.

[@RKA91]

GO BUCKS😤💯

[@gladiatorforfreedom4259]

Being born on THIRD base ain't no joke....huh Ryan Day? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@buckeye4ever419]

Only thing that will beat the Buckeyes is themselves. They come prepared to play every week they will dominate. Don't play down to inferior competition and play above the great competition. O-H

[@seeknayog7262]

Many days later on this story......

[@toddb5537]

Hope there not listening to All this Rat Poison!! Keep grinding an keep y'alls head down!!!

[@gladiatorforfreedom4259]

Rat poison.... naw, more like the tea that Jim Jones gave those poor foolish people that believed the lies they were told. These guys are doing this for a living not because they believe in what they are saying or speaking about themselves.

[@ricks7990]

Enough with the national championship talk. It's rat poison.

[@OpenMikein7]

"Caleb Downs is gonna help us win it all"- Denzel Burke. I agree with your point but the players aren't necessarily helping.

[@gladiatorforfreedom4259]

For the record Bucknuts.....we're 〽️ not done with y'all yet! Last yrs debacle over the sign-stealing garbage Day started will COST OSU this season....WATCH & 👀 #goblue