June 9, 2026

Ohio State spring football storylines: How close are Buckeyes to a title?

Michael Cohen College Football and College Basketball Writer If last year’s offseason was framed around the shock and horror of being bludgeoned by Michigan for the first time in a decade, players and coaches at Ohio State might spend the next few months drawing inspiration from how close they came to winning a national title in 2022. Their double-digit lead over eventual champion Georgia melted away in the College Football Playoff semifinals — a matchup some believed was a de facto championship game — and with it their chance to face a TCU team over which the Buckeyes would have been strong favorites. “Every year you look back on situations and a play here, play there, and you could be national champs,” head coach Ryan Day said in early February. “Certainly that does — it’s not going to go away. But at the same time, you can’t let it dominate…

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