Ohio State Football: Is this the year the QB play dips?

Under Ryan Day, the Ohio State football team has had a fantastic run of quarterbacks. Going all the way back to Dwayne Haskins, this program has churned out great quarterback after great quarterback. There really haven’t been any misses under his tutelage.

Is this the year that finally comes to an end? The Buckeyes will have a new quarterback under center this season. It will either be Kyle McCord or Devin Brown who gets the starting nod. Neither of them has a lot of starting experience. McCord has just one start under his belt and that was back in 2021.

Neither of them looked great in Spring practices. McCord didn’t exactly light the world on fire during the Spring Game either. Everyone has faith in Day to fix the quarterback situation no matter who the starter is because he’s done it every year he’s been in Columbus.

Is that expectation realistic? Can he keep doing it year after year? If there was going to be any year where the play at the quarterback position dips, it’s going to be this year. It would be understandable if the next quarterback doesn’t end up being a Heisman Finalist like the last three have been.

With all of that being said, I don’t think the play will fall off dramatically. I think whichever quarterback gets the starting nod will be good enough to get this team to the College Football Playoff. It will be up to the defense to carry the team the rest of the way.

If Day does make another quarterback great, then no one should doubt him ever again when it comes to that position. Yes, both of these guys were highly-rated recruits. That doesn’t mean they’re automatically going to be great. Day is the guy who can make all the difference in that regard.