Ohio State Football: You can’t make everyone happy

The Ohio State football program is an elite college football program. That means they can grab recruits from anywhere in the country and are in play for every single recruit they want. They can get five-stars from Florida and California just like they can in Ohio.

When a program is that elite, competition is going to be fierce on the roster. Recruits are going to have to come in and work their butt off if they want to see the field. In the end, not everyone is going to be happy with the amount of playing time they see.

Such is life in an elite program. Ryan Day knows that he can’t make everyone on the roster happy at all times. With the transfer portal an option for kids these days, there’s a good chance that if someone doesn’t see the playing time they think they deserve, they can leave immediately.

I don’t think that’s a bad thing. The competition for playing time among elite recruits is actually a very good thing in my mind. If a player can’t quite win a job outright, I have no issue with him leaving to find playing time at another school. Of course, that brings risk to the Buckeyes.

You risk that player coming back to haunt you. Quinn Ewers could possibly be the quarterback against the Buckeyes in three years when Texas plays Ohio State. If Ewers is as good as everyone says he is though, he’d be in the NFL by then. But the five-star QB still has a chance to haunt Ohio State.

That’s a chance you take every single time by recruiting such elite talent. Day has no issues with that, and Ohio State football fans shouldn’t either. You’re not going to make everyone happy. You do what’s best for the program at large.