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Question 1: What do you want to learn most in preseason training?

This is interesting to me because I don’t think there’s much drama in the quarterback “battle.” You should never discount someone who might snap and take a job, but to me, I never felt like anyone other than Will Howard could start at quarterback for the Buckeyes when they open their season against Akron in three weeks. With all due respect to Devin Brown, I don’t think he’ll ever be a quality starting quarterback on par with Dwayne Haskins, Justin Fields, or CJ Stroud.

Don’t get me wrong, that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have the tools to be a great quarterback for Ohio State. But to me, it means that without the undoubted physicality of some of the Buckeyes’ younger playmakers, it just makes sense to go with the guy who has tons of starting experience and has already led his team to a conference title. And after the first week of fall practice, Howard’s experience and game command clearly put him ahead of the pack for the quarterback job.

I think the most important thing I have to learn in camp is the only other open starting spot, and that’s right guard. Speaking of which…

Question 2: Who do you think will end up being OSU’s starting right guard?

I think that’s true, but I wonder if it would have been closer if Carson Hinzman hadn’t missed two practices in Week 1 due to illness. We’ve heard recently that the “Funky Bug” is affecting the offensive line, so Hinzman isn’t the only one who’s been out a lot lately.

Tegra Tshabola is an incredibly athletic and strong offensive lineman and I always had him as the favorite for the job, but the way Ryan Day talked about Carson Hinzman at Big Ten Media Days and in press conferences made it sound like there was a real chance the displaced former center could move to the right.

However, in sports – especially football – the saying goes: the best skill is availability, and Tegra is now far more convinced of this.

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