The Ohio State Buckeyes were linked to recently fired Clemson Tigers offensive coordinator Garrett Riley, who lost his job along with safeties coach Mickey Conn, as a potential Brian Hartline replacement in Columbus.
Riley, who made a name for himself with the SMU Mustangs and, especially, the TCU Horned Frogs during their run to the 2022/2023 College Football Playoff National Championship Game, never got things going in Upstate South Carolina.
While Cade Clubnik looked like a future NFL star following the team's spirited loss to the Texas Longhorns and a strong 2024 season, the Tigers' offense unfathomably dropped the ball, in a literal and figurative sense, this past fall.