Three years ago, Ohio State had the second most brutally disappointing season in school history. The 2015 team will go down in Buckeye lore as being the football equivalent of a Ferrari that can’t get out of second gear. So much talent (Ezekiel Elliott, J.T. Barrett, Cardale Jones, Michael Thomas, Jalin Marshall, Braxton Miller!), so much experience, and so much potential, wasted in a system that was doomed to fail. Missing the playoff with that team will forever be a black mark on the resumes of every coach on that staff, especially those of Tim Beck, Ed Warinner, and of course, Urban Meyer. Expectations can do wild things to a football team, especially when the elite athletes leading the charge are just two or three years removed from high school. Poor coaching, fluke weather, indecision in crucial position battles, and a lack of creativity on offense can seal any team’s…
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