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Quinn Ewers had just wrapped up his eighth grade year when he stepped into the Woody Hayes Athletic Center for a recruiting camp on June 8, 2018, and dazzled Ryan Day, then Ohio State’s offensive coordinator.

“He … had a tremendous release,” the Buckeyes head coach said recently. “I remember grabbing him and grabbing his dad and said, ‘Man, you got a bright future ahead of you. I don’t know if this is good or bad, but we’re going to offer you a scholarship to Ohio State, even in eighth grade.’ Again, I don’t know if that’s legal or not, but we did.”

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Song H.: These are the two most talented teams left but with that said, OSU is healthier and seems to have fully realized their talent the last two games. I’m rooting for Texas but the undisciplined, non complementary offense/defense will not beat OSU when they’re hitting on all cylinders. I hope it’s an exciting game but unless Texas ends up playing a complete game (they haven’t done it all year), I just don’t see them beating this version of OSU.

Joshua M.: As an OSU fan, it’s hard to imagine this game playing out the way the first two did. Texas defense is better than Tennessee’s and much better than Oregon’s. Their DL will cause OSU more difficulty and our OL is due to make some mistakes – they have been playing out of their minds considering their injuries. But of course we’ll have our moments. I expect our offense to look something like the way it did against Penn State – respectable but flawed. On the other side, Texas will break a few big plays with that skill talent and I expect Quinn to be at his best – finally healthy and he looks fully confident. OSU will shut down a consistent running game, so it will come down to whether Texas can break through often enough to keep up.

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