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Host Claudette Montana is joined by writer Richard Johnson to discuss the Ohio State Buckeyes' success in Week 1 and what the team needs to work on going forward this season.

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00:00 Week one, college football officially in the books, and we are breaking down some top storylines

00:04 heading into week two. RJ, I want to start off with the Ohio State Buckeyes. They took down

00:10 Indiana 23-3, took care of business, but to me, hardly looks like a team that is ready to compete

00:16 for a national title. They play Youngstown State this week, which should be a win for them,

00:22 but I think a lot of people would be reassured to see some improvements on offense. Thoughts?

00:27 Yeah, they absolutely have to throw down against an FCS opponent, there's no doubt about it. And

00:32 look, I think they will. I think a lot of what happened on Saturday, honestly,

00:35 Claudette, was about Indiana on defense. They revamped that defensive front through the transfer

00:40 portal, and it's pretty clear that they made some pretty good bets on some players that they brought

00:44 in. I mean, I spoke to somebody with the Indiana program who said, and I quote, "We finally look

00:49 like a power five front," and they're right. I think, but charitably for Ohio State, Ohio State's

00:55 defense looks pretty good this week. Indiana only scored three points, but never really a threat to

00:59 really win that game. They were just kind of hanging around because of their own defense.

01:02 So look, I think Ohio State's got a few weeks here to figure it out before the big one against

01:07 Notre Dame, and I think they can. I would expect to probably see more of a backup quarterback

01:12 in this game. They only played four snaps against Indiana. It was close. I understand why they kind

01:18 of stuck with Kyle McCoy as a starter, but I expect kind of a more QB rotation in this game.

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