What could have been?
That’s the question Ohio State football players, coaches and fans will be asking themselves for weeks, months and probably years to come after the Buckeyes lost the opportunity to play this fall.
On paper, Ohio State appeared to clearly have one of the three best teams in college football going into the 2020 season, along with Alabama and Clemson. Before the Big Ten canceled its fall sports and sportsbooks took college football odds off the board altogether, most oddsmakers gave Ohio State the second-best odds behind Clemson to win the national championship.