Ohio State offensive lineman Carson Hinzman started 12 regular season games for the Buckeyes, but his most noteworthy performance might have come during a recent podcast.
In December, Hinzman appeared on “The B&B Podcast” and offered up an inside look at the OSU team from his perspective. Awful Announcing has chronicled Hinzman’s comments, some of which weren’t exactly flattering for Ryan Day’s program.
“In the podcast, Hinzman claimed that the Buckeyes had far fewer practices ahead of the Cotton Bowl than they did for their bowl prep last season, replacing them with ‘light workouts’ instead,” wrote AA’s Kevin Harrish. “He also alleged that the Miami Hurricanes offered former Ohio State commits Justin Scott and Jordan Lyle massive amounts of money to flip their commitments, and claimed that ‘Ohio State doesn’t really like to pay guys a whole lot’ in the form of NIL payments, claiming that offensive linemen in particular ‘don’t get paid’ at Ohio State.”
Hinzman also made comments comparing the physicality and practice/workout culture within the program under Day and Urban Meyer.
The episode was released on Dec. 20 and has since been deleted from YouTube and Amazon, making it seem like someone didn’t appreciate the content. You can still find it on Listen Notes.
I really enjoyed the Carson Henzman interview.
* Matt Jones may get some reps at Center for the bowl for NFL film.
* Miami threw a ton of money at Justin Scott and Jordan Lyle to flip.
* They had an OL recruit come in and ask for a $1M per year that went to Miami.
* Unproven…
— jbook™ (@jbook37) December 22, 2023
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While Hinzman did not play in the Cotton Bowl after starting every regular season game, Day had indicated the decision was football-related after the Buckeyes’ 14-3 loss to Missouri.
“Carson was having a tough time the last couple weeks of practice and we felt this was the right thing to do at the time,” Day said. “It was not that Carson will never play here again but based on the last couple of weeks of play, the decision was made that Matt gave us the best chance at center.”
Guard Matt Jones moved to center for the Cotton Bowl, a switch that Hinzman had hinted at in his interview.
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