Stop me if you've heard this before: the Ohio State football team lost out on a five-star recruit in the 2026 recruiting class. That is a phrase that I have typed over and over this year, because it keeps happening. On Thursday night, they lost a safety they'd been the favorite for for months.
The Ohio State Buckeyes have just the ninth-best recruiting class in the country. That would be by far the worst class that Ryan Day has had in his head coaching career, minus the one transition year between him and Urban Meyer.