The "slobs" up front for the Buckeyes project as one of the country's best units.
"Is there a [Chase] Farris, one guy who comes in regardless of who goes down? Or does Ohio State finally have the bodies for a true two-deep?"
- Bill Landis, Northeast Ohio Media Group
Last September, Ohio State fans watched in horror as an inexperienced offensive line failed to contain Virginia Tech's "Bear" front, putting new quarterback J.T. Barrett into the turf over and over again. It was Barrett's only loss as Ohio State's starter, and a wake-up call for a unit that had lost several key starters to the NFL in the draft several months earlier.