Episode Details

Ohio State's first road game of the 2022 football season won't come until Week 6 when the Buckeyes visit the Michigan State Spartans in East Lansing. On this Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises is joined by Matt Wenzel of MLive.com to discuss what could be a top-10 matchup, just like it was last season when the Spartans came to Ohio Stadium in late November.

• Is Mel Tucker, making nearly $10 million a year, in for the long haul at Michigan State?
• Can he make the Spartans a regular 10-win team and a thorn in the side of the Buckeyes like the Spartans were during the best days of the Mark Dantonio era?
• Is Payton Thorne potentially the second-best quarterback in the Big Ten behind C.J. Stroud?
• Is Jayden Reed potentially the second-best receiver in the Big Ten behind Jaxon Smith-Njigba?
• Could Michigan State's last-in-the-nation pass defense be vastly improved?

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