** 2020 Opponent Previews : Ohio State (Game 1) **

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CollegeFootballNews: Ohio State Schedule Breakdown & Predictions

Best Case Scenario

12-0: It’s Ohio State, so it simply steamrolls its was through the regular season just like it did last year. With no Wisconsin or Minnesota to deal with from the West, the schedule turns out to be a wee bit easier considering all of the dangerous road games. The Buckeyes get by Oregon on the road early on, and use the week off to have no issues with Iowa at home. There are fights at Michigan State and Penn State, but they get out alive, and there aren’t any problems the rest of the way, including the regular season finale with the annual win over Michigan.

Worst Case Scenario

9-3: The Buckeyes lose at Oregon, and there’s no margin for error the rest of the way. They’re still okay over the first part of the season, but they split the two road games at MSU and Penn State, and that’s it for the national championship dreams. Realistically, the idea of the wheels falling off for this team would be 9-3. There’s a misfire at home against Nebraska, or perish the thought, this is the year Jim Harbaugh gets over that mountain.

https://collegefootballnews.com/2020/01/ohio-state-football-schedule-2020-prediction-breakdown-analysis
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The Athletic: It’s Year 2 for Ohio State’s Ryan Day and a national title is the expectation

Give Ryan Day some credit: He at least tried to give the impression that his overall disposition after losing to Clemson in a College Football Playoff semifinal had, over the course of a few weeks, lowered from full-on boiling anger to more of a simmer. “I’ve moved on from the anger part of it,” he said just a few weeks after that loss.

Then he kept talking … and you started to believe him less and less. “When you’re a competitor like that, it’s hard to lose a game of that magnitude when you feel like you played really, really well,” he said. “I don’t know if I’ve ‘moved on’ totally yet; that’s probably not the word. It’s still kind of sitting there. We’re thinking about it a lot, and it’s going to keep motivating us moving forward.” And so we have the prism through which to view Day’s second season in Columbus.

https://theathletic.com/1847770/2020/06/02/ohio-state-2020-schedule-roster-depth-chart-state-of-the-program/
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Athlon: #3 Ohio State Preview & Prediction

Losing a commanding lead and falling to Clemson in a dramatic national CFP semifinal is going to sting for a while, but a 13–1 season — and an undefeated blitz through the Big Ten — served notice that Ryan Day was more than ready to take the reins from the retired Urban Meyer last year. In Day’s first full season at the helm, the Buckeyes racked up 46.9 points and 529.9 yards per game while fielding one of the nation’s stingiest defenses. Special teams were solid as well. With Heisman Trophy candidate Justin Fields back at quarterback, optimism remains high, but he’ll no longer be able to turn around and hand the ball off to J.K. Dobbins or watch Chase Young singlehandedly destroy opposing game plans. These Buckeyes may have to win a shootout or two — at least until consistency develops on defense — and will look to get career-best seasons out of a lot of upperclassmen who have waited their turn. We should have a good idea about Ohio State by midseason, especially after trips to Michigan State and Penn State in consecutive weeks.
https://athlonsports.com/college-football/ohio-state-football-buckeyes-prediction-preview-2020
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Ok...why did he leave in the first place. 
 

if the Big doesn’t play, well, you didn’t have to declare. 
 

if the big confirmed it was playing in the spring, you could decide then. 
 

if they do this and you still want to play, you save the drama.  

 
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I mean that is a lot of talent walking out the door, but they will still be starting multiple early round picks in the secondary this year. By all accounts Coombs is a great coach and developer, but he is working with the absolute best clay. And hearing them talking about replacing elite players knowing full well they have more elite players to do that with is painful. 

The way I see it their weakest area is LB, and if we had their LBs that would be probably our strongest position group. Just unreal talent and depth across the board. 

 
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