September 30, 2024

Justin Fields isn't simply a plug-and-play fix for Ohio State

1:00 AM ET Justin Fields chatted casually with Dwayne Haskins as he lofted an effortless spiral down the field Saturday morning prior to his first public appearance in a Buckeyes uniform. The two quarterbacks — a record-setting, Heisman-contending, soon-to-be NFL millionaire and the 19-year-old newcomer expected to replace him — were just shooting the breeze. Above them, on the giant video board at Ohio Stadium, a montage tribute to the 2018 football season was reaching its conclusion. The closing scene showed the inside of a victorious Rose Bowl locker room, where Urban Meyer dropped a red lanyard holding his coaching whistle around Ryan Day’s neck and pronounced Day the new head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes. Three days after that torch-passing in January, Fields called his buddy Haskins to tell him he was about to announce his plans to transfer to Columbus. Michigan DE Aidan Hutchinson took it personally…

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