Don’t worry about Ohio State. If and when college sports Armageddon hits, Ohio’s 145-year-old land grant giant will be fine. Only Stanford is in Ohio State’s league in terms of athletic commitment. Both offer 36 sports. (The NCAA officially says Stanford is ahead 36-35 so the parties may want to get together on this soon.) Nevertheless, Ohio State’s athletic budget is fifth nationally, according to the USA Today database. That $135 million in revenue could be the GNP of a small island country. There’s the not-so-small matter of another championship in football. Athletically, things have seldom been better in Columbus. But out on the horizon a storm is gathering — for everyone. It potentially could suck some of the life out of college sports. Football everywhere will be fine at the highest level. …
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