Doug Lesmerises
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Westerville, OH, United States
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From Aidan Hutchinson to Sauce Gardner, drafting the 22 best defenders of the College Football Playoff Era: College Football Survivor Show
Doug Lesmerises and Shehan Jeyarajah draft two 11-man defenses from the 36 playoff teams of the last nine years. → Read More
College football’s best coordinator combos, and more Ferentz failures: College Football Survivor Show
Doug Lesmerises and Shehan Jeyarajah each rank their top five combos of offensive and defensive coordinators in major college football, plus discuss the new coordinator hires at Alabama and the ridiculous plan at Iowa for offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz. → Read More
From Michigan to Oregon State to Florida State, your best bets for bowl season: College Football Survivor Show
Get advice for your college football bowl pool on the latest episode with Doug Lesmerises and Tyler Shoemaker. → Read More
College football’s changes, from Michigan to Ohio State to Auburn to USC; plus Zombie Shehan and the playoff committee: College Football Survivor Show
Doug Lesmerises and Shehan Jeyarajah dive into playoff discussions on two episodes this week. → Read More
Ohio State and Michigan, pushed by mini versions of themselves, survive to create an 11-0 matchup in The Game: Doug Lesmerises
Doug Lesmerises on Ohio State's 43-30 win over Maryland, as the Buckeyes escaped, just like Michigan did against Illinois. → Read More
Does Penn State belong in the discussion of playoff contenders? Plus, Georgia is king: College Football Survivor Show
Doug Lesmerises and Shehan Jeyarajah vote on whether the 3-0 Nittany Lions should join the mix, and discuss the Dawgs, clearly the best team in college football. → Read More
Picking the perfect College Football Playoff committee, from Kirk Herbstreit to Bo Jackson: College Football Survivor Show
Doug Lesmerises and Shehan Jeyarajah together pick the ideal 13-member selection committee. → Read More
Two Texas Heisman candidates, and Oklahoma and Baylor as playoff contenders: Big 12 preview on The College Football Survivor Show
COLLEGE FOOTBALL, USA -- Sam Khan Jr., a senior college football writer for The Athletic, joins Shehan Jeyarajah and Doug Lesmerises to dive into a summer playoff preview for the Big 12 on this episode of The College Football Survivor Show. Who is the playoff favorite in the conference -- Oklahoma, Baylor or Oklahoma State? Which team is the best dark horse -- Kansas State? Or can Texas be a… → Read More
Ohio State believes it needs $13 million in NIL money to keep its football roster together: Doug Lesmerises
Ryan Day and Gene Smith spoke to about 100 members of the Columbus business community on Thursday about a new NIL program. → Read More
Tom Cruise follows through on ‘Top Gun’ promise to Ohio State marching band
The actor was impressed by a "Top Gun halftime" performance and is rewarding the band with a movie screening. → Read More
The 4 best quarterbacks in College Football Playoff history: College Football Survivor Show
Doug Lesmerises and Shehan Jeyarajah move their Mount Rushmore discussion of playoff stars to the quarterback position. → Read More
If Nick Saban took over mediocre teams, how many would make playoffs in 5 years?
Sports writers draft 20 schools where they'd like to see the best college football coach ever try to build a winner in 5 years. → Read More
Ohio State’s marching band gets special gift from Tom Cruise after ‘Top Gun’ halftime show
The actor enjoyed a recent performance so much he extended an invitation. → Read More
Cleveland Browns get a major do-your-job play in a needed do-your-job win: Doug Lesmerises
John Johnson III did just what he said the Browns needed to do this week and his interception was critical in a 17-14 victory over Denver. → Read More
Could Ohio State be the No. 1 seed in the college football playoff? The College Football Playoff Show
Doug Lesmerises and Shehan Jeyarajah make their playoff picks, and debate whether Cincinnati deserves to be considered a playoff contender. → Read More
Would an alliance of the Big Ten, Pac-12 and ACC be a real SEC challenger? College Football Playoff Show Q&A
Doug Lesmerises and Shehan Jeyarajah take questions from text subscribers on college football. → Read More
Does Alabama or Clemson have the better defense among playoff contenders? The College Football Playoff Show
Doug Lesmerises and Shehan Jeyarajah rank the best defenses among playoff contenders and debate Georgia as a playoff contender. → Read More
How does No. 1 recruit Quinn Ewers affect the 2021 college football playoff race? The College Football Playoff Show
Doug Lesmerises and Shehan Jeyarajah takes questions from show text subscribers. Become a subscriber by texting 817-442-6789. → Read More
Oklahoma and Texas realign college football -- Which college football playoff contenders are helped and hurt?
On this press conference episode of The College Football Playoff Show, Doug Lesmerises and Shehan Jeyarajah take questions from text subscribers about the pending move of Texas and Oklahoma. → Read More
Is this as vulnerable as Alabama football will ever be? The College Football Playoff Show
Doug Lesmerises and Shehan Jeyarajah take questions from subscribers on college football playoff contenders. → Read More