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Jul. 19—In honor of the Big Ten expanding to 18 teams, here are 18 questions for the league and Ohio State heading into the annual Big Ten Football Media Days on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in Indianapolis.
Question: Will the Big Ten continue expanding beyond its current 18 schools?
Answer: Not right now. Notre Dame is the only addition to the league that would be a game-changer and it does not appear interested in joining a league.
Question: Who is going to be Ohio State’s starting quarterback in the Buckeyes’ opener against Akron on Aug. 31?
Answer: The safe bet is Will Howard, who started 27 games at Kansas State before entering the transfer portal.
Question: Who will be Ohio State’s starting quarterback by Game 12 of the season when Michigan comes to Ohio Stadium?
Answer: Probably Howard unless he’s injured. But if Ryan Day decides he doesn’t like what he’s getting from the starter, he has better options this season, with highly regarded freshman Julian Sayin and a slightly more experienced Devin Brown than he had in 2023.
Question: Which of the five scholarship quarterbacks on OSU’s roster (Howard, Sayin, Brown, Lincoln Kienholz or Prentiss “Air” Noland) will be the first to enter the transfer portal?
Answer: Kienholz is the most obvious choice. If Brown drops to third team on the depth chart he might start looking around. If Sayin’s role is anything less than second-team quarterback with benefits, he might go into the portal again.
Question: Will Iowa have an offense this season?
Iowa averaged 1.5 offensive touchdowns a game and ranked last in the nation in offense last season and still won 10 games.
The Hawkeyes probably will be improved on the offensive side of the ball simply because it would be difficult to be worse.
Question: What’s a good guess for Michigan’s record this season after losing players like J.J….
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Author : The Lima News, Ohio
Publish date : 2024-07-19 23:33:00
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