No matter what happens, life moves on quickly for a college football team in the midst of a season. Ohio State has lost its former Heisman Trophy finalist quarterback Julian Sayin "indefinitely" after the elbow injury suffered during the win at Indiana last week. It's on to freshman Luke Fahey, or will it be sophomore Tavien St. Clair. Ryan Day left the quandary hanging out there this week, though Fahey won the backup job during preseason camp. Will St. Clair assert himself during this off week and prove he deserves consideration for the job when the season resumes at Southern California on Oct.31? Stay tuned. Day and OC Arthur Smith with thoughts on rolling with the punch, plus Day on the frustration of seeing Jeremiah Smith often interfered with but with no calls coming his way for two seasons now. And Tim talks with former Dispatch cohort now Sub Stack fixture Bill Rabinowitz on when they witnessed OSU ride a QB quick change to the 2014 national championship, and Tim has his weekly conversation with Dillon Davis of DelGazette.com on all things OSU football. Adjust those ear buds accordingly.

Julian Sayin is out for at least "several weeks," Ohio State coach Ryan Day confirmed right after his Buckeyes' stirring 19-15 win at Indiana - the victory boosting OSU up to No. 3 in the Associated Press poll and snapping reigning national champion Indiana's 22-game win streak.

But the OSU win came with the loss of 2025 Heisman finalist Sayin for the near future with what insiders say is a right elbow injury.

That means it's going to be the Luke Fahey show for the time being, and though he struggled somewhat in his relief role at Indiana, the freshman now has some time to settle in before the Buckeyes play at USC on Oct 31.

"The bye week being now is such a gift," says Tim's regular early week co-host Matt Wilhelm.

They talk about the big win for OSU, some of the adjustments they expect with Fahey at the helm, plus the craziest weekend in the history of ranked teams, what with a record five of the top seven going down, including No. 1 Georgia to unranked Auburn.

There's a lot to talk about.

Bye-Bye Indiana, Hello Bye Week

Ohio State is gonna win at Indiana, maybe big.

That's what Jeff Snook and Bill Bender of The Sporting News say here. Show host Tim agrees.

Reigning national champion Indiana is hosting arguably its greatest home game in school history, and this time, maybe for the first time, the vast majority of the red-clad crowd is expected to be Hoosier backers.

The Buckeyes are challenged with some injuries and illnesses, so that adds intrigues, while Indiana coming off a come-from-behind win at Nebraska, looks vulnerable.

We know, talk is cheap.

But that's what we do here.

Enjoy.