The silence was deafening. As the commissioner of the NFL was buried by emphatic boos with each and every podium visit—offering up the first 32 players chosen in the 2015 NFL draft—something was absent.
More notably, someone was absent: Ohio State, the defending national champion and bona fide favorite heading into the fall, was nowhere to be found. In total, the Buckeyes had five players drafted. None were selected in the first round, and only two Ohio State players were picked in the first three rounds.
If you’re a Big Ten coach or College Football Playoff hopeful, this should be alarming.