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History has told us that taking too much from the annual Ohio State football Spring Game would be a buyer beware type of scenario. Still, there’s no substitute from getting players in a game-type setting inside Ohio Stadium in front of a decent crowd. It’s one thing to do things behind closed doors in a scrimmage setting, but doing it in the public eye just means more.
So, yeah — we’ll pump the brakes a little on what we saw on the banks of the Olentangy Saturday, — but still take some things away from what we saw with our very own eyes. After all, it’s what we get paid to do, right?
In fact, during the season, after every Buckeye game, we try to take a few things away from the action. It’s almost become a tradition around here, so we’re doing the same thing when it comes to the Spring Game. How did the quarterbacks look? What about the new coaches on staff? Did receiver Jeremiah Smith leap tall buildings?
Here are five things we took from the Ohio State football Spring Game as the Buckeyes look to put the puzzle pieces together to defend their College Football Playoff national championship.
Ohio State QB1 appears to be Julian Sayin … for now
Coming into the season, it was almost a foregone conclusion that former five-star quarterback prospect Julian Sayin would be the next guy to be the answer under center. However, according to head coach Ryan Day, he and Lincoln Kienholz were basically neck-and-neck through spring thus far.
On Saturday, Sayin appeared to separate himself. He was poised, decisive, showed zip on the ball, and had a quick release. He looked like the most polished of the three quarterbacks in a game environment, and that has to count for something. Now, there’s still plenty of time to go until OSU runs out of the tunnel to take on Texas for the season-opener, but you have to feel better about Sayin’s…
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Publish date : 2025-04-13 17:25:00
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