November 20, 2024

Five Questions Entering Ohio State's 2017 Football Season


It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the 2017 Ohio State football program is once again expected to contend for a national title.  That said, since the Buckeyes walked off the field following a 31-0 drubbing at the hands of eventual national champion Clemson, there have been plenty of changes.  With change comes questions and what follows are the top-five question marks entering the 2017 campaign.  5. Will the kicking game improve after a disappointing 2016 season? The 2016 season for the Ohio State special teams unit was going smoothly until Tyler Durbin’s 45-yard field goal attempt was blocked and returned for a score by Grant Haley, handing the Buckeyes their first loss of the season.  Things only got worse as Durbin, who won the kicking job after Sean Nuernberger suffered a minor injury in the offseason, missed four of his final five field goal attempts of the season against Michigan and…

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