After schooling Ohio State wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba in a few friendly games of H-O-R-S-E, C.J. Stroud was feeling good about himself. He dubbed himself the “best shooter” on the Buckeyes’ football team, and then went on to claim that a group of his gridiron gang could best his neighboring basketball buddies in a pickup game. “I honestly think that if we played football versus our basketball team, I think it would be close,” Stroud told reporters this week during a Big 10 Football Media Day conference. “I think we would win.” Stroud was unwavering with his projections and has even gone as far as drafting up a theoretical five in his mind that he’d take to battle against the school’s hoopers. According to the Heisman Trophy finalist, he’d pair Smith-Njiigba and himself alongside redshirt junior Cade Stover, safety Josh Proctor and offensive tackle Dawand Jones. He labeled the latter…
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