June 3, 2026

College football expert worried about Ohio State's defense in 2021-22

During the 2020-21 college football season, despite making it all the way to the College Football Playoff Championship, the Ohio State Buckeyes had the No. 59 ranked defense in the country. Ohio State gave up 401.6 yards per game across their eight games. In the title game vs. Alabama, the Crimson Tide gashed the Buckeyes for 621 yards of total offense on their way to a lopsided 52-24 victory. On Monday’s edition of ESPN’s College Football Live, analyst Greg McElroy said that Ohio State’s defense will be problematic once again during the 2021-22 season. “The thing I’m not concerned about is the QB position at Ohio State,” McElroy said. “They’ve had great quarterback play for as long as I can remember. The thing I’m worried about is that I don’t feel like anything has been addressed on the defensive side. And while I feel like their secondary can’t be much…

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