COLUMBUS, Ohio — Every Ohio State football success in the transfer portal resulted from a failure elsewhere. When offensive line recruiting momentarily dipped, Jonah Jackson moved over from Rutgers. When Dwayne Haskins left after one breakout season and left the Buckeyes with no proven quarterback, Justin Fields swooped in from Georgia to save a playoff season. When an already thin running back room bottomed out with Master Teague’s injury, Trey Sermon slid over from Oklahoma. Ohio State so frequently filled its biggest needs via the transfer portal that fans came to expect it. Many of our Buckeye Talk subscribers have reached out to ask whether a similar acquisition could held the secondary. As it turned out, no obvious upgrades entered the portal during the winter or spring. Which brought us to another subscriber question for Wednesday’s rapid-fire edition of Buckeye Talk. Would Ohio State be better off holding a spot…
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