Despite being one of the most successful teams in the last decade, the Ohio State football program is still stuck in the 90s. They have extreme talent that wins most of the games that don’t matter and can beat up on inferior teams. That’s what’s happened in each of the last three years.
But when things matter the most, the Buckeyes can’t seem to get it done. They end up losing to Michigan, something that is unacceptable. In fact, they have the longest losing streak against Michigan since the 1990s when John Cooper was coaching the program.
The Buckeyes are determined to break that streak this season. Their team is much more talented than Michigan’s. They also have changed the coaching staff around so that they can get the maximum amount of talent out of the guys that they have on the roster.
Michigan lost most of the coaching staff that has developed these players over the last few years. The great staff was always what they used to compensate for poor recruiting cycles. That staff is now gone and have mostly followed Jim Harbaugh to the NFL.
Most of the great players from the Ohio State football team decided to come back for one more chance at beating TTUN. None of the 2021 recruiting class has been able to get it done yet and that’s not something they want to leave college with. They want a pair of gold pants.
In order to get that pair of gold pants, they have to be the tougher team, something they haven’t been in each of the last three matchups. Both offensively and defensively, the lines of scrimmage need to be under control. I fully expect Ryan Day to continue to preach that.
We won’t know if what he’s doing this year will be successful until the end of November. That’s when he will ultimately be judged not just for this season, but his tenure so far at Ohio State.
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Publish date : 2024-07-14 10:55:31
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