Ohio State football midseason awards, from C.J. Stroud to Cade Stover to Mike Hall Jr.

On this Thursday Buckeye Talk Podcast, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means are joined by Richie Kyburz, a Buckeye Talk listener who won the Buckeye Talk NCAA Tournament bracket contest six months ago. A spot on the pod was one of the prizes and it took this long for Buckeye Talk to get itself together and get Richie on the show. With Ohio State halfway through the regular season and off this week, this episode is handing out midseason awards and making a few predictions for the rest of the season. The rundown: Offensive Player of the Year so far (6:53) Defensive Player of the Year (15:28) Offensive surprise (29:12) Defensive surprise (38:12) Best position coach (43:38) Player you now think is a future star (54:45) Biggest worry rest of the way (1:07:00) Predicting first-team All-Big Ten players (1:19:25) Outrageous Predictions for the second half of the season (1:28:02) Richie's view on the 12-team playoff (1:37:55) Thanks to Richie for joining the show, and thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk.