We take a look at the pros and cons for Ohio State of a 12-team College Football Playoff, which will make it easier to make the CFP but provide less reward for dominant seasons.
Ohio State extended an offer on Thursday to Daylen Baldwin, a graduate transfer wide receiver from Jackson State who has two remaining years of eligibility.
With the departures of Ohio State's top-five tacklers in Pete Werner, Tuf Borland, Shaun Wade, Justin Hilliard and Baron Browning, the time is now for Teradja Mitchell.
Ohio State hires Jocelyn Gates, who spent the past four years at Boston College, as its new senior associate athletic director who will oversee the football program.
Donovan Jackson and Mike Hall can be impact players in the trenches. Jakailin Johnson, Jordan Hancock, Andre Turrentine and Jaylen Johnson add four new pieces to the secondary.
Zach Harrison is just one player Kerry Coombs is counting on to repair an Ohio State defense that was mediocre-to-bad in a numerous key metrics a season ago.
