As we eagerly await the start of another Ohio State football season, sometimes it’s good to look back at where the program has been in the past. Well, 25 years ago, the Buckeyes entered a season filled with high hopes and promise.
The Buckeyes had gone just 4-7-1 in Head Coach John Cooper’s first year in 1988—the transition from Earle Bruce being a rough one—and finished a humiliating seventh in the Big Ten that year. But the team made progress in Cooper’s second go-round in Columbus, climbing into a third-place tie in the conference and losing only on road games against nationally ranked opponents.