Jim Knowles is already earning his money, Xavier Johnson got a well-deserved moment in the spotlight and Ohio State’s offense got an early reality check against Notre Dame.
Although Ohio State’s season opener against Notre Dame didn’t go quite the way we expected, we came away with plenty of positive impressions from the Buckeyes’ performance.
Ohio State’s defense exceeded our expectations while we expected more from the Buckeyes’ offense against Notre Dame, but overall, we think there was more to like than dislike from Ohio State’s season-openingIn nearly a full hour of discussion on the Buckeyes’ first victory of the year, we talked about just about everything that resonated with us from Saturday night’s season opener in the Shoe, including:What stood out most to each us: The dominant debut of Jim Knowles’ defense and Xavier...
In the final 20 minutes of the show, we spend just a few minutes talking about this week’s game against Arkansas State before making our predictions on whether the Buckeyes will cover the 44-point spread. We also talk about how this weekend reaffirmed our belief that there‘s a gap between the top three teams in college football this year and everyone else, and share our initial thoughts on the College Football Playoff expanding to 12 teams, which Dan believes will be a net positive for the sport but Griffin is not so sure on.
Finally , we talk about this week’s developments in Ohio State basketball: the unfortunate but not shocking
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