Justin Fields will have been on Ohio State’s campus for less than eight months, while Gunnar Hoak will have been on campus for less than three months, when the Buckeyes open their season against Florida Atlantic at Ohio Stadium on Aug. 31.
That’s far from an ideal amount of time for the top two quarterbacks on Ohio State’s depth chart to be able to learn the Buckeyes’ offense and work with their new coaches and teammates before they need to be ready to play this fall.
The limitations that college football coaches face on how much they are allowed to actually coach their players during the offseason makes that challenge even greater.