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.\nWith 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:\n\nOffensive Player of the Year so far (6:53)\n\nDefensive Player of the Year (15:28)\n\nOffensive surprise (29:12)\n\nDefensive surprise (38:12)\n\nBest position coach (43:38)\n\nPlayer you now think is a future star (54:45)\n\nBiggest worry rest of the way (1:07:00)\n\nPredicting first-team All-Big Ten players (1:19:25)\n\nOutrageous Predictions for the second half of the season (1:28:02)\n\nRichie's view on the 12-team playoff (1:37:55)\n\n\nThanks to Richie for joining the show, and thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices