Ohio State Football: Do fans have too high of expectations?

The Ohio State football program is one of the winningest in all of college football. They have produced more first-round picks than any other program too. Just recently, they have made three of the last four College Football Playoffs. And yet, that’s still not good enough for fans.

Ohio State football fans expect to be competing for national championships every single year. If the Buckeyes don’t win the national title, the season is seen as a failure. It’s been that way for the last three decades really, although the expectations were always high with this program.

My question is simple; are fans’ expectations too high? Is it realistic to expect the Buckeyes to be in the national championship conversation every single year? Despite Ryan Day having made the CFP three of the last four years, he’s on the hot seat heading into next season.

I don’t think fans are being too unfair. All they expect is to beat TTUN and make the CFP. Obviously, winning a national title is the ultimate goal. But there’s no reason that the program shouldn’t at least make the CFP every year with the level of resources that they have available to them.

Ohio State has some of the best facilities in the country. They play in one of the most famous stadiums in the country. They have some of the best alumni in the NFL. There’s no reason why this team shouldn’t be competing for titles year in and year out.

Despite needing three replacements on the offensive line and having a new starting quarterback, the expectations will be the same for next season as well. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. Any coach on staff also knows the deal going into it.