Quarterback C.J. Stroud, running back TreVeyon Henderson and receivers Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Chris Olave all broke records as the Buckeyes went 11-2 last season and won the Rose Bowl. Olave graduated, but the other three are back along with many notable players from a team that was good — but not good enough by recent Scarlet and Gray standards. “Talking with C.J., I mean, it feels like I haven’t really won anything, honestly, and we’re looking to change that,” Smith-Njigba said Wednesday at Big Ten Media Days in Indianapolis. “That’s not the standard that was put there before us.” After avoiding a potential landmine game at Minnesota to open last season, the Buckeyes lost 35-28 at home to an Oregon team ranked No. 12 but missing a pair of key defensive players. Ohio State won its next nine, including a nine-point win over No. 20 Penn State and blowouts of…
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