It's back! Not that I'm particularly upset about it; quarterback controversies are generally pretty good content for a sports website, but some part of me misses the salad days of 2022 when the offseason was about wondering how many yards C.J. Stroud was going to throw for instead of who was going to be the next C.J. Stroud.
Obviously it worked out pretty well in the end in 2024. Will Howard, the human equivalent of three Golden Retrievers stuffed into a football jersey, surpassed all expectations to lead Ohio State to a national championship. But Howard was known entity upon his arrival in Columbus.