Ohio State’s 2017 season opener is quite an oddity for the program. The last time Buckeyes started a season in conference play? 1976. The last regular season game they played on a Thursday? 2010. They’ll do both tomorrow, as they head to Bloomington, Ind., to face Indiana in a game with storylines aplenty.
The most obvious is the return of former IU Head Coach Kevin Wilson (now Ohio State Offensive Coordinator) and how that will play against current Hoosiers bossman Tom Allen. While that should be delightfully awkward and make for some repetitive sideline camera shots (drink every time ESPN shows Wilson up in the coaches box), the Buckeyes have a ton of questions to answer after what happened the last time they took the field.