Sometimes, when you win a national championship, little things simply have to go your way. In that glorious 2014-15 football season, luck was with the Buckeyes. But it sure didn’t appear that way as the season began.
Ohio State was ranked No. 5 in the AP preseason poll and widely expected to compete for the national championship in the first four-team playoff that was set to conclude the season. Sure, the Buckeyes lost some key players from the 12-2, 2013 team, most notably star running back Carlos Hyde. But the main offensive weapon was back: two-time Big Ten offensive player of the year Braxton Miller.