When it comes to To-Do Lists, Larry Johnson’s is probably the envy of most coaches around the nation. As Ohio State’s defensive line coach, Johnson’s fortunes are pert near overflowing. After all, this is a guy who returns every starter from last season and every backup, and will now add in more of the nation’s top defensive linemen from the class of 2017. It’s a rough life, but somebody has to live it. So what might Johnson’s envy-of-the-nation to-do list look like? We’ve got some ideas. 1. Find the math that allows even more defensive ends into the rotation. Ohio State successfully rotated defensive ends Sam Hubbard, Tyquan Lewis, Jalyn Holmes, and Nick Bosa a season ago, and did it well enough that nobody departed out of frustration with their snaps in 2016 or fear that they would decline in 2017. That’s the good news. The bad news is that…
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