A year ago Ohio State was riding high coming off their National Championship. Almost everyone outside of Tuscaloosa penciled Ohio State in the playoffs and as a lock to win back-to-back titles.
The script did not go as planned. It is time to find out if the lessons from 2014 and 2015 payoff in 2016. Hope is high that complacency and entitlement are replaced with are hunger, motivation and desire.
The Buckeyes are officially back in chase mode. The distance to the top is much shorter than it was in 2014, but the path is filled with significant obstacles.