November 23, 2024

Could an NFL team of Ohio State players win the Super Bowl? Probably yes: Doug Lesmerises


COLUMBUS, OHIO — A Michigan quarterback won the Super Bowl a week ago, in a game in which no Ohio State Buckeyes participated. It was just the second time in the last 24 years that no Ohio State player was on the roster of a Super Bowl team, and it was the seventh time, as you know, that Tom Brady led a Super Bowl victory. Michigan has an edge on the Buckeyes there. No Ohio State quarterback has started for a Super Bowl champ, though Mike Tomczak and Joe Germaine both won rings as backups. Purdue has three starting QBs who have won a Super Bowl in Len Dawson, Bob Griese and Drew Brees. Wisconsin has Russell Wilson. Among colleges outside the Big Ten, Alabama has three (Bart Starr, Joe Namath, Ken Stabler), Notre Dame has two (Joe Theismann, Joe Montana) and Miami Ohio has Ben Roethlisberger. So if Ohio…

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