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Something to consider for 2021 is the programs historical performance in "1" years.
Modern era
1951- sucked (Woody arrives)
1961-Undefeated NC (fucked out of Rose Bowl by faculty vote)
1971-sucked (Archie arrives)
1981-standard 9-3 year under Earl (Won The Game)
1991-Fuck John Cooper (there were no positives in the Cooper era)
2001-sucked (Tress arrives)
2011- ugh (Urban arrives)
2021-???
so it's bittersweet to fucking awful in these years. Let's hope 2021 breaks the mold.
Modern era
1951- sucked (Woody arrives)
1961-Undefeated NC (fucked out of Rose Bowl by faculty vote)
1971-sucked (Archie arrives)
1981-standard 9-3 year under Earl (Won The Game)
1991-Fuck John Cooper (there were no positives in the Cooper era)
2001-sucked (Tress arrives)
2011- ugh (Urban arrives)
2021-???
so it's bittersweet to fucking awful in these years. Let's hope 2021 breaks the mold.
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JFC! Why would you even post that?
Next thing you know, you're going to try to tell us the Buckeye Leaves are black not green!
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Nice review on where the 2020 class stand in regard to actual playing time as they begin the 2021 season:
The recruiting class of 2020 certainly had an unconventional first year of college football.
Although Ohio State’s 14 early enrollees in that class didn’t know it when they arrived in Columbus 13 months ago, their freshman year would be unlike any other in college football history. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Buckeyes had just three spring practices in 2020, didn’t play their first game until late October and played only eight total games, including just five in the regular season.
As a result, Ohio State’s true freshmen had far fewer opportunities to play than they would in a normal season, and some had none at all. The abnormal offseason surely impacted their development as first-year Buckeyes, and with less than half of the usual number of regular-season games – including zero non-conference games – there simply weren’t many chances for the Buckeyes to take their starters out early and get their young players reps.
That means the vast majority of Ohio State’s class of 2020 – which included 25 freshmen last year, now down to 24 second-year Buckeyes following Mookie Cooper’s departure – remains almost entirely unproven entering its second year in Columbus.
Expect that to change in 2021, as several members of the 2020 class have a chance to play substantial roles while Ohio State is certainly looking to play a full 12-game regular season slate, ideally opening up opportunities for all of the second-year Buckeyes – who, whether you call them freshmen or sophomores, all still have four years of eligibility since the NCAA gave everyone a free year of eligibility in 2020 – to get some playing time this fall.
The recruiting class of 2020 certainly had an unconventional first year of college football.
Although Ohio State’s 14 early enrollees in that class didn’t know it when they arrived in Columbus 13 months ago, their freshman year would be unlike any other in college football history. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Buckeyes had just three spring practices in 2020, didn’t play their first game until late October and played only eight total games, including just five in the regular season.
As a result, Ohio State’s true freshmen had far fewer opportunities to play than they would in a normal season, and some had none at all. The abnormal offseason surely impacted their development as first-year Buckeyes, and with less than half of the usual number of regular-season games – including zero non-conference games – there simply weren’t many chances for the Buckeyes to take their starters out early and get their young players reps.
That means the vast majority of Ohio State’s class of 2020 – which included 25 freshmen last year, now down to 24 second-year Buckeyes following Mookie Cooper’s departure – remains almost entirely unproven entering its second year in Columbus.
Expect that to change in 2021, as several members of the 2020 class have a chance to play substantial roles while Ohio State is certainly looking to play a full 12-game regular season slate, ideally opening up opportunities for all of the second-year Buckeyes – who, whether you call them freshmen or sophomores, all still have four years of eligibility since the NCAA gave everyone a free year of eligibility in 2020 – to get some playing time this fall.
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