The 2021 football season was a strange one for the Ohio State Buckeyes. An immensely talented, but painfully flawed team lost twice during the regular season; in Week 2 to Oregon and in the regular season finale to their rivals. Along the road, there was tumult on the coaching staff, players entering the transfer portal, and endless amounts of angst from an already incredibly angsty fanbase.
However, in two weeks’ time, that will all be in the past (perhaps except for the angst), because on Sunday, Jan. 2, the Rose Bowl will have been won or lost and the offseason will have officially begun, signaling a the first major inflection point in Ryan Day’s tenure as Ohio State’s head coach.