It’s as if Ohio State players and coaches go into every spring camp in a battle to say the phrase “best five” most often when talking about the offensive line in interview settings. This past week, the faux competition heated up.
Nicholas Petit-Frere said “at the end of the day we just want to play the best five linemen we’ve got.” Paris Johnson chimed in to say, “Coach (Ryan) Day said he wanted to have the best five people play.” Greg Studrawa made sure to mention that “we’re working on the best five.”
The point is pretty straightforward: Ohio State, this year like any other year, wants to make sure it puts the team’s five best offensive linemen on the field at once.