Remember a year ago? We were sitting in the early part of the college football offseason, probably still smarting from that beating that the Tide laid on the Buckeyes in the championship game. I was. Of course, I was looking forward to the 2021 season; I’m a fan. But, when it came to Ohio State and their 2021 prospects, I had more question marks than exclamation points punctuating my observations.
First of all, Justin Fields was gone, taking his 70% completion rate and his dominant play with him. He would be replaced by...? Trey Sermon, who came to life at the end of the 2020 season and averaged 7.