Doug Lesmerises leaving the Plain Dealer

[osuvictory1]

Big loss for Buckeye fans. Solid presence with the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and looked forward to hearing his takes on the Buckeye Talk podcast. Not sure what he is doing next, but best of luck to him.

 

[BuckBackHome]

Hopefully on to bigger and better things.

I will miss him as he did the best OSU coverage in NE Ohio. He, Pluto and Hoynes are the only ones who brought actual analysis and insight with their coverage.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

He's joining something called THE Podcast with Landis. Eventually working with Rivals.

 

[Bucklion]

He had some of the weirdest (and sometimes indefensible) takes I’ve ever heard…but he wasn’t afraid to put it out there and “say boo to a goose” as Jim Cornette is fond of saying. In a media filled with people flocking to the popular opinion, that was always refreshing.

 

[pnuts34]

He's joining something called THE Podcast with Landis. Eventually working with Rivals.

THE Podcast is the baby of Birm, Austin Ward and Landis. It is its own entity separate from Rivals.
Word on the street is that Doug is eventually going to be doing his own thing, not sure yet if that's a website, podcast, blog, etc, but he will be a guest of THE Podcast

 

[Buckeye86]

THE Podcast is the baby of Birm, Austin Ward and Landis. It is its own entity separate from Rivals.
Word on the street is that Doug is eventually going to be doing his own thing, not sure yet if that's a website, podcast, blog, etc, but he will be a guest of THE Podcast

They described the goal as becoming the Paul Finebaum of northern football, with Ohio State being the focal point from which everything else revolves.

 

[SEREbuckeye]

He's joining something called THE Podcast with Landis. Eventually working with Rivals.

It’s a solid and entertaining podcast on YT. Birm generally gets recently committed recruits on a show usually within a day or two after the announcement. They have player interviews and multiple videos daily because of their access. Every Monday in the fall they do a full hour with Bobby Carpenter, Justin Zwick, Cardale Jones, and Travis Powell breaking down the game and players.

 

[sparcboxbuck]

It’s a solid and entertaining podcast on YT. Birm generally gets recently committed recruits on a show usually within a day or two after the announcement. They have player interviews and multiple videos daily because of their access. Every Monday in the fall they do a full hour with Bobby Carpenter, Justin Zwick, Cardale Jones, and Travis Powell breaking down the game and players.

Agreed. He’s an interesting character. Not unenjoyable at all. Candidly, I kind of like him and Landis better than Landis with the other TPD crew.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

I like him with Landis, bc Landis somehow keeps his ego in check. On BuckeyeTalk with the two goobers he just left, he just went overboard with smugness.

 

[Jake]

I live in NE Ohio and I've never heard of him. I guess I won't miss him.

 

[BB73]

I live in NE Ohio and I've never heard of him. I guess I won't miss him.

His poll votes early in the season were often noteworthy. He’d vote teams that had a couple of solid performances very high, above teams that were expected to be very good but didn’t blow anybody out early. His votes seemed to be based solely on season-to-date performances, which is certainly a defendable position, but a lot of folks objected to his rankings.