Ohio State's defense will be 'ELITE' in 2024! - Greg McElroy | Always College Football

On Always College Football, Greg McElroy explains why the Ohio State Buckeyes may be the No. 1 ranked team ahead of the 2024 college football regular season.
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[@gsmith7147]

I can't wait for this season to start.

[@davidschneider6306]

You won’t be happy how it ends.

[@ohiostatebuckeyes4951]

@@davidschneider6306hater

[@davidsmith5766]

@@davidschneider6306 scUM is done can't cheat and Day is going to drop that 100

[@GoatedAtNFS]

I can college sports won’t and aren’t the same starting August. Group of 5 should be relegated to its own FBS division of teams. that extra team bid for the CFP is useless and a waste of time

[@coldflame2029]

​@@davidschneider6306 Ohio State Buckeyes win the championship this season Go Bucks 🙆🌰

[@BB13131313]

Jordan Hancock is the most underrated player on Ohio State's defense.. he's a dude..

[@southeastdaygo6193]

I would actually argue CmJ hicks or Sonny styles! Most bucks fans know Jordan is that guy!

[@BB13131313]

@@southeastdaygo6193 I know Buckeye fans know Hancock, but I'm talking on a national level.. we haven't seen CJ Hicks do anything yet, but the potential is through the roof, hopefully he breaks out this season!

[@southeastdaygo6193]

@@BB13131313 I feel you but Josh pate, RJ young and Joel klatt have mentioned him numerous times but you're right I think he will ball out this year. The Defense should be Top Tier

[@BB13131313]

@@southeastdaygo6193 yeah.. I'm more worried about QB and OL and what the offense is going to look like, lots of talent though..

[@matthewmiller5194]

Hicks will explode this year Hancock is great to

[@johnroger8563]

Perfect analysis and i always thought you disliked the buckeyes. This was honest and spot on.

[@thefireshow1]

👀😳😜

[@CptGreenJeans]

They get so many players back on defense and have depth in the front 7

[@priestap]

They'll go as far as the OL can take them.

[@TheBlocker73]

Absolutely true

[@matthewmiller5194]

This is the Best team Day has had most important his best staff

[@ericguerra7319]

If OSU doesn't win a natty in the next 1-3 years it will go down as an all time failure by a coach. You have an elite staff, a loaded roster courtesy of millions and millions of donations, and top rival programs in the middle of a rebuild/reload. The clock is ticking and if you can't get it done with everything in your favor then maybe you shouldn't be a head coach.

[@marklindsey9297]

All good points. And against inferior opponents yes they should be fine. Question again is, can they beat the good teams. Can they make plays when they’re down on the scoreboard. 4/5 star recruits don’t equal wins. They have to be developed into winners. We will wait and see. Go Bucks!!

[@Lothbrook66]

Buckeyes are loaded.

[@lifeislikeaboxofchocolates5383]

Hard to say #1 bc they're elite everywhere except oline and QB which are the 2 most important positions/position groups.

[@1234MarioDuane]

Every year, we hear about this Monster ohio team that's coming! 😂 Just go out and do it!

[@INFINITnutritionUS]

Hope they let them play this Saturday for the spring "game".

[@johnnymaccool9828]

They need a real head coach to do that .

[@Erik_The_Viking]

Great analysis as alwasy1 They had better win the CPF - full stop. They're loaded and Ryan Day will be looking for a new job if he fails.

[@greenie43]

Only when you start placing them where they don't belong!! We all know who should be ranked 1!!

[@Nite2012Mare]

They better try beating Michigan first. 👍

[@ROUGHNECK75]

The question is will they win another championship?

[@aldrob108]

The Kansas State quarterback OSU got is very average. If OSU fans weren’t happy with the quarterback they had last season, they are going to be less happy with this guy.

[@nicholasallande9371]

Here’s the problem they always say Ohio state will be an elite defense it’s every year but they said that in 2021 and it was false, here’s the problem they lost a lot of starters they don’t rotate non starters and that actually led to Ohio states poor run defense in 2021

[@osulights4812]

What are you even trying to say?

[@robschaller9061]

Making sh*t up again? No one ABSOLUTELY NOT ONE PERSON who is of any merit said that the 2021 defense was going to be elite. Why do TURDS like you say things that PROVE that you didn't watch the video or you are just that brain dead?

[@nicholasallande9371]

It’s an explanation why I’m skeptical of their defense sorry my context is absolute garbage

[@Devinsmith-iu3wy]

No he’s right our defense is going to be insane this year we were good last year and plus adding Caleb downs we are 100% going to be if not the best

[@nicholasallande9371]

@@Devinsmith-iu3wy didn’t you lose steel chambers though

[@keithkillingsworth5674]

9-3

[@jerrico001]

The Southern spin masters of college football are all but ignoring the Buckeyes, and we like it that way. Meanwhile, the Ohio State program is fed-up with trying to play a game in which they are one of the few schools trying to follow NIL rules that don't even exist. It's a New Day. Be afraid, be VERY afraid. A sleeping Giant has fully awakened.😈😈😈

[@williammurphy9703]

I wouldn’t call Ohio State a sleeping giant

[@DarkSentencer]

Real hot take there dude 🙄

[@jamesniday9236]

They are at the VERY TOP of the list HOMER in Pay to Play.....

[@douglaswelch1113]

Sleeping giant my a**! Boy they couldn't even get up for Mizzou in bowl game. Mizzou made them look like chumps. They play the weakest schedule in the country year after year even year! As long as Ryan Day stays as coach they won't never win a Natty. Good luck Buc ee's!

[@southeastdaygo6193]

​@@jamesniday9236Cool bs narrative especially seeing how the sec has been doing pay to play for decades illegally!

[@LoCoVANole]

The damage this filth of a network has done to college football is immeasurable.

[@chrishuston1992]

How?

[@DarkSentencer]

Yet here you are watching and supporting them

[@LoCoVANole]

@@DarkSentencerYep…speaking the truth, triggering you, and loving every minute of it!😎

[@LoCoVANole]

@@chrishuston1992By becoming a stakeholder in the game and ruthlessly monetizing every aspect of the sport (e.g., relentless SEC cheerleading, relentless lobbying of CFP committee, and more recently collusion with Fox/B1G to block out competition). Everything ESPN does - everything - is calculated to line its pockets and maintain its suffocating grip on the sport’s direction and narrative. It’s only a matter of time before the fraud gets exposed.

[@GoatedAtNFS]

the (new) B1G as it currently stands 1. Ohio State 2. Oregon 3. Michigan 4. Penn State 5. Wisconsin 6. Washington 7. Northwestern 8. Illinois 9. USC 10. Maryland 11. Iowa 12. Rutgers 13. UCLA 14. Minnesota 15-18 Michigan State/Purdue/Indiana/Nebraska

[@foxbodyblues6709]

My guess is Penn St will be much better and will beat UM. And maybe Oregon.

[@GoatedAtNFS]

@@foxbodyblues6709 idk Drew Allar and James Franklin needs to find a record that’s not 10-2. lost manny diaz though

[@foxbodyblues6709]

@@GoatedAtNFS that’s true. Losing Diaz could be a negative. However, I trust Franklin and PSU to hire an effective DC. It’s the offense that has me more interested. Adding Julian will help. He can be Allar’s security blanket.

[@yung1smitty]

​@@foxbodyblues6709psu doesn't play Michigan or Oregon but ok😂lol know your teams schedule

[@kevinchavis2755]

USC is way too low. They’ll be a top 5 Big 18 team

[@Hellraiser55]

24-52

[@Al-Rudigor]

*

[@stilesfly18]

Natty is coming let’s go buckeyes

[@cameroncole8588]

Ohio state gonna make it to the playoffs and be at home by the second round 😂

[@blocksmithmagazine9970]

Facts

[@Devinsmith-iu3wy]

@@blocksmithmagazine9970you guys don’t know football stfu no one is beating them this year

[@Devinsmith-iu3wy]

@@blocksmithmagazine9970you too

[@coldflame2029]

Only Ohio State Buckeyes haters going be mad Go Bucks 🙆🌰

[@rockstardolla4541]

Weakest schedule ever they should win but 🤔

[@Devinsmith-iu3wy]

You’re a clown if you think that

[@rockstardolla4541]

@Devinsmith-iu3wy your schedule rank 100

[@rockstardolla4541]

And you still lost to Michigan 🤡

[@Devinsmith-iu3wy]

@@rockstardolla4541 I’m glad they finally are starting to win after owning them for the past 2 decades you absolute wastemen and we play Oregon at Oregon? At penn state and Michigan acting like other teams don’t have the same schedule at least we play teams unlike the sec who plays fbs teams🤡

[@buckifan5455]

​@rockstardolla4541 .......Michigan had one of the worst schedules I've ever seen last year. No all of a sudden you finally get a schedule and you come down on others? It's ok, you are an 8 and 4 teams and no one is making theses videos about Michigan. 😂

[@paulevans3105]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@yung1smitty]

Don't they play Michigan 😂

[@woodshed_moments]

Crackheads.... puleeeze, the only way that dystopian projection could ever happen is if Michigan took the season off. M Go Blue 🏈

[@thefireshow1]

Yo, Bobble head brain! Connor Stalions Is not walking back on the sideline. 😎

[@woodshed_moments]

@@thefireshow1 and that helps you crackheads how precisely? You're still buckeyes whoever is at QB 😆

[@johnmarsh3475]

Ohio State is SOFT

[@gaminglime240]

you are SLOW

[@johnmarsh3475]

@@gaminglime240 Just calling it like I see it Ryan Day AKA John Cooper All that talent but none of the results, definitely not Urban or Tressel The only reason for Michigan's recent success was our toughness

[@thefireshow1]

Michigan can no longer cheat! The scum coaches left the out-house! 😎

[@dozinallday]

I mean according to the media OSU is 1 or 2 preseason every year. Only to end up NOT 1 or 2. Most overrated team in college football history

[@slippery646]

Nothing new. When isn't ohio loaded?? They'll find a way to lose a couple games or a big game like usual. Ryan day gonna be henry winkler in waterboy talking to "grandma" on a phone that dont work in high heels.

[@cal4207]

Ohio State f****** sucks

[@mekhibrown2407]

Boiii what’s yo team Ohio state a smack y’all by 70 points

[@Jrm-xs9qi]

@@mekhibrown2407I’m still waiting for Ohio to back up their words on hanging that 100 points on us little bro because I’m falling asleep bc your mouth is writing checks that your 🍑 can’t cash

[@robschaller9061]

@@Jrm-xs9qi Enjoy having to accept the fact that your POS Harbaugh left you hanging with the bag of fresh shitty diapers. He couldn't win without breaking rules and cheating. Im going to enjoy every second of the next 1-2 watching clowns like you lose your minds when the NCAA comes down on your atheletice department and really bends the FB program over and thunderslams you into the stone age.

[@davidschneider6306]

Guys who came to Columbus for the big $$$ will cave in again to a team that plays with unity and pride.

[@yung1smitty]

​@@mekhibrown2407still waiting on that 100 Ryan day 😝😝😝🤭🤭🤭🤭