The 2020 college football season was strange for a number of reasons, but one of those was the Ohio State defense. Consistently over the years one of the best in the country, the Buckeyes were barely in the top 60 in total defense, allowing 401.6 yards per game. Against the best opposition — Indiana, Clemson and Alabama — that average jumped to over 518 yards conceded, including 621 to the Crimson Tide in the national title loss. Heading into the 2021 season, the Scarlet and Gray have made it a priority to fix the defense, something that ultimately let the team down on the biggest stage last year. The first part of that job will be sorting out the secondary, a group that has been so good in many seasons but ranked as the six-worst unit in the country in 2020, allowing 304 yards per game. In 2021, Ohio State…
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