COLUMBUS, Ohio — Between the loss of nearly a starting lineup's worth of NFL talent, but the return of arguably the Big Ten's best player and one of college football's winningest coaches, this much seems to be certain when it comes to Ohio State's outlook on the 2016 season: nothing's for certain.
Despite very little having changed for the Buckeyes between the mass exodus of talent that occurred at the end of the 2015 season and the dead period that is this point of the offseason, prognostications on Ohio State's upcoming campaign have seemingly varied by the day.