With the NFL Draft only days away, and with Heisman winner Joe Burrow almost certain to go No. 1 overall, it’s an opportune time to settle a lingering territorial dispute. Do Ohio State fans have any rightful claim on Joe Burrow as a Buckeye? Well, sure, a legion of scarlet-and-gray loyalists will say, because Burrow started his college football career at OSU and has an Ohio State degree. Case closed. Ahhh, not so fast, my friend. The matter to whom Joe Burrow belongs is much more complex than that. Burrow, of course, is the property of LSU because he led the Tigers to a 15-0 record and national championship in 2019. The Tigers’ claim is indisputable. But is it total and exclusive? Ohio State fans, former head coach Urban Meyer, and even current coach Ryan Day, have not renounced their claim and don’t seem inclined to do so. After all,…
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