Thirty-seven days within a season typically allow you to learn something about every facet of a football team.
For Ohio State, the past 37 days have offered a lens into the importance of Chris Olave to this offense as a downfield threat and the in-season improvement of Trey Sermon from an exceedingly average tailback to someone who broke the program’s single-game rushing record that Eddie George held for two and a half decades. They shined a light on the talent of Justin Hilliard who played the game of his life in the Big Ten championship and showed why Justin Fields isn’t a finished product as a decision-maker.