Leadership. Discipline. Culture. Winning.

On this episode of The Tim May Show, Tim May and Clay Hall are joined by Brian Kight, author of the Daily Discipline newsletter, for a deep, fascinating conversation on what truly drives elite programs.

Kight shares firsthand insight from helping build Urban Meyer’s championship leadership model—developed alongside his late father—and explains why discipline, clarity, and standards still separate the best from the rest.

The discussion also breaks down why leaders like Lane Kiffin and Curt Cignetti are thriving in today’s chaotic college football landscape—and what other programs get wrong when trying to copy success.

This is a masterclass in leadership that goes far beyond football.

📌 Topics Include:
• Building championship culture
• Discipline vs. motivation
• Why standards matter more than slogans
• Leadership lessons from title teams
• Applying elite coaching principles to life & business

🎧 Don’t miss one of the most compelling leadership conversations we’ve had on the show.

We've got the details on next year's Buckeye-Hoosier showdown in Bloomington.

Plus, is Indiana's National Championship the greatest sports story of all time?

Former OSU & NFL linebacker Matt Wilhelm & one of the top sportswriters & authors, Jeff Snook, discuss the Hoosiers place in history & the impact on the Big Ten.

It’s a Wilhelm Weekend on The Tim May Show feat. Clay Hall.

Ohio State All-American, National Champion, and Super Bowl winner Matt Wilhelm joins Clay Hall and Tim May for a must-listen breakdown of the College Football Playoff national championship matchup between Indiana Hoosiers and Miami Hurricanes. What makes this matchup so compelling, and how did college football get here?

Then the conversation turns to the transfer portal — and the talent gusher flowing straight into Ohio State Buckeyes. From proven contributors to battle-tested players arriving from powerhouse programs like Alabama Crimson Tide, the Buckeyes are once again adapting faster than the rest of the sport.

Wilhelm brings the player’s perspective on why adaptation is no longer optional in college football — it’s survival. NIL, portal strategy, roster churn, and culture all collide as Ohio State reloads with championship expectations still firmly in place.

If you want real insight from someone who’s been in the locker room, on the field, and at the highest levels of the game, this episode delivers.

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A wild College Football Playoff matchup and a legendary Buckeye moment headline this episode of The Tim May Show feat. Clay Hall.

National college football writer Bill Bender joins the show to break down the chaos, intrigue, and national implications of the College Football Playoff National Championship showdown between Indiana Hoosiers and Miami Hurricanes. How did we get here, what does it mean for the sport, and how strange does this title game feel compared to the sport’s traditional power structure?

But the biggest news of the day hits closer to home.

Former Ohio State Buckeyes linebacker and current linebackers coach James Laurinaitis has been announced as a member of the College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2026. Tim May and Clay Hall react to what this honor means for Laurinaitis’ legacy, Ohio State history, and the evolution of Buckeye greatness across generations.

Insight, perspective, laughs, and big-picture college football talk—this episode has it all.

College football recruiting pioneer Bill Kurelic joins Tim May and Clay Hall for an in-depth conversation on how the recruiting world has transformed — and why today’s landscape feels like “daily chaos.”

Kurelic, one of the original trailblazers of recruiting coverage and a longtime authority on Ohio State football, reflects on turning a curiosity in the 1980s into a groundbreaking career that helped define an entire industry. Though he retired in November 2025, his perspective on the transfer portal, NIL, revenue sharing, and modern roster management is more relevant than ever.

From the old days of handwritten letters and personal relationships to today’s nonstop portal movement and NIL negotiations, this episode offers rare historical context and insight from someone who saw it all up close.

If you want to understand how college football recruiting got here — and where it’s headed next — this is a must-watch conversation.

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Ohio State is reloading, shuffling, trying to retain, and more in this transfer portal window period, and not just when it comes to players.

Keeping DC Matt Patricia for at least another year also seems to be part of the mission.

Haley Nelson - Director of Communications for The Ohio Casa/Gal Association joins the show.

Plus, Indiana fans, long-starved for a football team that matters, have come out of the woodwork in these latest two seasons, so we talk to two of them on what the Curt Cignetti phenomenon has meant to them and their "basketball school ."

Bill Bender of The Sporting News joins Tim again, and this time to talk College Football Playoff semifinals, the Big Ten is better than the Southeastern Conference debate, and more.

He also gives his p8cks to advance to the CFP title game. Then it's Wilhelm Wednesday again as he and Tim talk Ohio State football and all that entails.

Ohio State athletic director Ross Bjork sits down with Clay and Tim to talk football finish, basketball showdown with unbeaten Nebraska and more. And that includes his take on how the College Football Playoff format could be better - 16 teams, high seeds hosting with no long layoffs - and the need for structure to the current chaotic transfer portal/NIL whirlpool that it seems only Federal legislation can corral.