Sports fans often like to look back and ask “What if?” “What if this player hadn’t gotten injured?” or “What if this player had just made this play?” It’s something that makes taking about past sporting events fun, even the ones that hurt. Ohio State fans are no different. One recent example that gets brought up frequently has to do with Dwayne Haskins, the Buckeye quarterback who started just one year in college football before he was selected 15th overall in the 2019 NFL Draft. Scarlet and Gray fans often wonder how different the 2018 season might have been if Haskins, then a redshirt freshman, had replaced starter J.T. Barrett, especially after seeing Haskins lead Ohio State to a come-from-behind victory at rivals Michigan after Barrett suffered an injury. What fans saw with Haskins was a big arm, accurate quarterback who, without question, would have changed the offense and its…
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