October 4, 2024

A Final Four in basketball vs. national title in football, which comes first for Ohio State? Hey, Stephen!

COLUMBUS, Ohio — In today’s Hey, Stephen! I compare Ohio State’s football and basketball national title odds. © MLive and/cleveland.com/TNS Ohio State men’s basketball coach Chris Holtmann and football coach Ryan Day are chasing the combined success Buckeyes athletes experienced under Urban Meyer and Thad Matta. Hey, Stephen: Which comes first, a basketball Final Four or a football national championship — 937 area code Hey, 937: So, we’re four years into the Ryan Day era and he’s made the playoffs all but once. He made the national title game in 2020 then this past year was a missed field goal away from probably winning it, given what we saw Georgia eventually do to TCU. There’s no reason to think OSU is about to fall off that level, especially with a 12-team playoff on its way. Meanwhile, Chris Holtnann’s trying to just bounce back from a disappointing season, and even then…

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