2025 Season: Are You Ready For Some Football?

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Julian Sayin will set records, and 3 other bold 2025 Ohio State football predictions

With the Ohio State football season just three weeks away, we give you some bold predictions for the 2025 season.

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Julian Sayin will set records, and 3 other bold 2025 Ohio State football predictions​

With the Ohio State football season just three weeks away, we give you some bold predictions for the 2025 season.

The Ohio State football team will start its season in just three weeks. Coming off a national championship, they are expecting to compete for a national title again his year. The coaches think so, and they have them ranked as the second-best team in the country.

As we get closer to the season opener against Texas, we will give you some bold predictions. We'll start with Julian Sayin, who is the projected starting quarterback for the Buckeyes this season.

1. Julian Sayin will set the Ohio State single-season touchdown passing record

No one in Ohio State football history was more prolific at throwing touchdowns than Dwayne Haskins back in 2018. He threw for 50 touchdowns in his only season as the starting quarterback for the Ohio State Buckeyes. Sayin is going to throw for more touchdowns than that.

2. Jeremiah Smith will win the Heisman Trophy​

Only two other wide receivers have won the Heisman Trophy. Ryan Day coached against one of them in the 2020 national championship, as he watched Devonta Smith torch his defense. Smith is arguably more talented than Smith, and he's just a sophomore.

3. The Ohio State football team finally ends the losing streak to TTUN​

After unlocking a more aggressive play style on offense in the College Football Playoff, Day knows what needs to be done. He will no longer be stubborn and try to win the rushing battle in The Game. He will make sure that Sayin spreads the ball out to the incredible playmakers he has on the outside.

4. Ohio State will win back-to-back national championships​

This team might not have a lot of momentum on the recruiting trail, but the current roster is still one of the most talented rosters in all of college football. Defensively, there might be some issues early on in the season as Matt Patricia tries to adjust to the college game.

Once that early trial period is over, Caleb Downs and the rest of the Buckeyes are going to figure out how to slow down opposing offenses. Smith won't be stopped, and Ohio State will hoist the championship trophy for the second straight year.

 

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The Columbus Dispatch sends strong message on Ohio State's Brian Hartline, Matt Patricia after Texas win

The Columbus Dispatch's Brian Hedger revealed that Brian Hartline and Matt Patricia got what they wanted against Texas.

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The Columbus Dispatch sends strong message on Ohio State's Brian Hartline, Matt Patricia after Texas win​

The Ohio State Buckeyes accomplished every mission they aimed to against the Texas Longhorns during their 14-7 Week 1 victory at the "Shoe" on Saturday.

As The Columbus Dispatch's Brian Hedger noted, OSU's play-callers on both ends of the ball, offensive coordinator Brian Hartline and defensive coordinator Matt Patricia, were able to slow the game down exactly as they envisioned.

The great Woody Hayes' name was evoked, with Hedger believing the 205–61–10 Buckeyes head coach would've loved OSU's performance against Texas.

"It wasn't pretty by the modern standards of college football, but No. 3 Ohio State's gritty 14-7 toppling of the No. 1 ranked Texas Longhorns in a pageantry-filled opener Aug. 30 at Ohio Stadium was something for purists to savor," Hedger wrote.

"Woody Hayes would've loved this one.

"Anyway, there wasn't a lot of offense, and that was A-OK by Ohio State. That's largely how the Buckeyes' coaching staff drew up its game plan against the Longhorns. Gritty and tough, like overcooked steak, was the point."

Hartline and Patricia earned their keep on Ryan Day's staff with the win against the Longhorns. ESPN's Bill Connelly sent a warning before the season that the two needed to justify their salaries and seats.

"In terms of raw recruiting rankings, Ohio State is going to have more talent than every team on its regular-season schedule except maybe Texas in Week 1. (The Buckeyes will have more than almost anyone they might play in the CFP, too.) In Jeremiah Smith and Caleb Downs, the Buckeyes might have the best offensive and defensive players in the country. Talent wins, and Ohio State will win a lot this season. But at some point, two new coordinators will be asked to earn their salaries," Connelly wrote.

"On offense, Ryan Day is handing the reins to Brian Hartline, who served as coordinator -- with Day still calling plays -- in 2023 when the Buckeyes crashed to 34th in offensive SP+. When Day decided to give up playcalling, he brought in Chip Kelly to take the job and won a national title with him. With Kelly off to the Las Vegas Raiders, it is Hartline's turn again. We'll have no idea if he's ready to be a master playcaller until we see him calling plays. And when Jim Knowles left for Penn State, Day replaced him with Matt Patricia. As I wrote in my Big Ten preview, 'he has loads of NFL experience and was mentored by Bill Belichick, but the last time he performed well in any capacity (from a statistical standpoint) was 2016.' Is he ready?"

So far, so good.