COLUMBUS, Ohio — Earlier this week, we at Land of 10 kicked off our celebration of the Big Ten’s 100th anniversary with a countdown of the greatest 100 players in Ohio State football history. Given the rich history of Ohio State football, compiling such a list was a daunting task. Take one look around Ohio Stadium, and you’ll see the many names that have helped turn the Buckeyes into the perennial power they are today. Those names — Smith, Horvath, George, Janowicz, Cassady, Griffin, Harley and Willis — along with their accompanying retired numbers, however, only tell a part of the story of Buckeyes football. The reality is, Ohio State would need to retire double — perhaps triple — the number of jersey numbers it already has to properly honor all deserving players. Because of that very reason, Ohio State athletics stopped retiring numbers in 2016, although that’s not to say the Buckeyes won’t add more names to The Horseshoe’s shrine one day.…
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