Ohio State was never going to replace Eddie George.
That wasn't really the mindset, either. Buckeye fans just wanted to savor all of the parts of the 1995 season that were worth holding onto, especially Eddie running over, around and through defenses.
His Heisman campaign was the jewel of Ohio State's third-ever 11-win season. Bobby Hoying also threw bombs to the Biletnikoff winner and darts to Rickey Dudley, who pulled double-duty with the basketball team. In any other season, that would have been plenty.
The OL was big and mean and the Buckeyes hadn't been this exciting in ages.