College GameDay's perennial anti-Ohio State propagandist Desmond Howard shared another Buckeye troll in Week 5 from Iowa City.
Appeasing the Hawkeye crowd outside Kinnick Stadium ahead of Iowa's battle against Ohio State, Howard claimed he would be selling his Buckeye stock. Howard doesn't believe OSU will rank any higher than No. 5, their current ranking.
That's a prediction that the Hawkeyes will win in Week 5. You weren't going to get anything else from Howard. If that doesn't pan out, it's a confident statement that Texas, Georgia, Notre Dame, and Miami will keep their spots in the top four.
Truthfully, it's just Howard showing his bitterness on ESPN airwaves. His Wolverines did just lose to this very Iowa team last weekend on a last-second touchdown pass from Iowa quarterback Hank Brown to Reece Vander Zee, after all.
When did Howard own Ohio State stock anyway?
Ohio State has the kind of month that can keep it out of the top four
Truthfully, the Buckeyes' October slate is the kind of run that would keep most teams out of the top four in the polls.
Of Ohio State's meatgrinder of a 2026 schedule, there's no tougher stretch than Iowa, Indiana, and USC this month. Oregon also looms during the first week of November. Maryland is a nice reprieve next week before facing the defending champions in Bloomington.
Thus far, you haven't seen the kind of dominance from the Buckeyes that you'd hope for.
While Jeremiah Smith is proving to be the best receiver, offensive player, and really, the top overall player in the sport, he's hardly had help from his fellow offensive skill-position threats. He and Julian Sayin have been a two-man show on that side of the ball.
Meanwhile, the pass rush was a vanishing act in the fourth quarter of the Longhorns loss, while the run defense gave up 199 rushing yards to Illinois last week.
With the way Ohio State's been playing, you do worry about October a bit.
Don't sell your Ohio State stock just yet
The Buckeyes have been so good for so long that a first month that most fanbases would be happy about seems gloomy.
Ohio State's 45 points per game ranks sixth in the country under first-year play-caller Arthur Smith. Its 12.3 points per game is No. 13 in the country.
Yes, there is the Ball State/Kent State caveat. Sure.
Every Power 4 program has had a few warmups as well, though.
Against Power 4 competition, the Buckeyes have had dominant stretches. They are 17 bad minutes in Austin away from being No. 1 still.
There have been growing pains, and you would've hoped that the veteran offensive line would've held up better in the run game. So far, Bo Jackson and Isaiah West have underwhelmed a good bit, though the sophomore running back tandem obviously bears some of that blame.
Now's not the time to sell that Ohio State stock, however, unless you're Maize and Blue-brained and never had any in the first place.
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