COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Saturday’s showdown between Ohio State and Texas isn’t just a battle between two national title contenders—it’s the launch point for college football’s most significant “reset” in years. According to the latest Buckeye Talk podcast, the matchup between Julian Sayin and Arch Manning represents the start of a new era that the sport desperately needs.
“And it just seems like every few years you get these shifts and these resets in college football about who the stars are,” explained Stephen Means. “And for the first time coming into a season, there aren’t a lot of returning stars who are quarterbacks.”
This quarterback vacuum creates an extraordinary opportunity, not just for Sayin and Manning, but for an entire wave of new signal-callers across the country. As Stefan Kraj