COLUMBUS — The phrase “better late than never” doesn’t always exist in sports, as sometimes things are too far gone for any late actions to even make a difference. For that reason alone, you would think “better early than never” would eventually find its place in the tattered pages of the encyclopedia of sports cliches. If the Buckeyes have their say, that very phrase will soon exist in the college football lexicon, as Ohio State is once again in the College Football Playoff while being touted as being “a year away.” Replacing as many departed starters as this team had to do was enough reason for some to discount their potential, even while they were a preseason top five or six team according to the voters. Despite those expectations, most believed that the collective inexperience would eventually catch up with the Buckeyes. Three months later and those people are still…
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