Ultimately, spring games don’t matter a whole lot. Some guys who look like potential studs in mid-April don’t do anything in the fall and vice versa. People have gotten burned in the past expecting big things out of some of the stars of spring games.
But they’re undeniably fun.
In Columbus, the annual Scarlet vs. Gray showdown gives the Buckeye faithful an idea of what the team will look like in the upcoming fall. Throughout a long summer of painstakingly waiting for the next first game to arrive, those plays in Ohio Stadium this weekend are the only images of next season’s Ohio State team fluttering through most peoples’ minds.