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Question 1: Which Ohio State returning starter are you most excited to watch this season?
Yeah, this is a no-brainer, right? Like, I love Caleb Downs, but no one gives anywhere close to the entertainment value of Jeremiah Smith. Every time I think that we have seen the most incredible thing that he will ever do, he not only one-ups it, he 12-ups. The dude is a beast, he is an animal, he is an alien, and thank Woody, he is a Buckeye!
Question 2: Which Ohio State non-returning starter are you most excited to watch this season (other than Julian Sayin)?
This one was interesting to me. On a lot of levels, it makes sense because James Peoples is a running back and Max Klare is a tight end, so they will have the potential to have a flashier impact on the team by virtue of being offensive skill players. And don’t get me wrong, they are perfectly acceptable answers, I just kind of thought it would go a slightly (but probably not entirely) different direction.
I had kind of thought that someone like Kenyatta Jackson, Jr., Arvell Reese, or even C.J. Hicks would contend for the top spot here, since they have been with the program for a while and have long been players who generated excitement and anticipation. While Jackson and Reese are slotted in to be starters, Hicks has moved from linebacker to defensive end, which will hopefully allow him to display his superhuman athleticsm.
