Ohio State, Bengals, Browns: The Perfect 3-0 Weekend Nobody Expected

SCARLET ORANGE BROWN · Sep 23, 2026 · 42m · transcript

A weekend like this is why we keep showing up every week. Ohio State, the Bengals, and the Browns all put up wins, and somehow each one raises a bigger question for what comes next. We start with the Buckeyes blasting Kent State 59-3 and Jeremiah Smith rewriting the record book, then get real about the stuff that doesn’t show up in a highlight clip: third down conversions, red zone execution, and whether the passing game can move past a star-first mindset when Big Ten defenses load the box and bracket your best target.

From there, we jump to Cincinnati, where the Bengals defense does what…