Their D-line is still elite

Their recruiting class is stacked with five stars ready to plug those holes immediately

Their defense actually improved in the portal, adding Caleb Downs who had a 90.0 PFF grade last season.

secondary is reloaded

Secondary is stacked

Ohio State reloads, NOT rebuilds. Their defensive depth is elite and they'll have new stars by week two. This take reeks of wishful thinking from a scraed rival.

That's a lazy take from someone who clearly hasn't watched their offseason. Ohio State reloads, they don't rebild. They've been stacking five-star talent for three years straight. Those "replacements" were all top-50 recruits waiting their turn. Saying they'll get exposed is pure wishful thinking from a rival. Their defensive line will be even more athletic. You'll see it week one.

Secondary is loaded

Typical Penn State fan focusing on the wrong team. Your own offense couldn't score on a high school team last year. Ohio State reloads with five-stars, they don't rebuild. Worry about your own quarterback situation before projectig other teams' collapses. The Buckeyes' problem is Ryan Day in big games, not their defensive depth chart. You'll see when they still beat you by three scores.

Our offense will feast

That defense will be fine. Their bigger problem is a quarterback who can't win a big game.

They lost some guys but they reload better than anyone. Their defense will still be elite, and our offense is ready for whatever they bring.

We'll see about that

Our defense reloads with five-stars every year, they'll be just fine

This reeks of someone who didn't watch the Buckeyes in the 90s. You think replacing starters is some new crisis? John Cooper used to reload entire defensive backfields and still compete for titles. Great programs don't rebuild, they restock. This isn't some MAC school where you panic over graduation. Ohio State has been recruiting at a level we could only dream of back when we were battling Case Western for the Presidents' Athletic Conference crown. Remember the '02 team? They lost key guys from the '01 squad and that defense turned out just fine, winning it all. You get exposed when you don't have the talent waiting in the wings, and Columbus has five-star depth we haven't seen since the Herschel Walker days at Georgia. Early tests reveal character, and I've seen enough Ohio State teams under Tressel and Meyer to know they'll be coached up by September. Maybe your program would fold, but this is Ohio State. They'll be just fine.

Our defense reloads with more talent than most teams even dream of having

We replaced our entire secondary in '98 and still won the KCAC, so I'm not buying that panic

Our offense will torch anyone

Their D ranked 4th in SP+. Next man up.

Our offense will drop 50 on them

We reload with five-stars every year, not rebuild

They lost some guys but they reload with five stars every year tbh. Their defense will be fine and we still have to beat them in November.

they reload every year with five stars, and their schedule is soft until november

This is the same lazy take we hear EVERY year about Ohio State, and it's already getting old. They recruit at a level where reloading isn't just a hope, it's the expectation imo. Saying they'll get "exposed" ignores the fact they have five-star talnt waiting in the wings and a defensive coordinator in. Their early schedule sets them up perfectly to gel before the real tests. People said the same thing about their secondary last offseason and look how that turned out. The idea that a program with their resources just falls apart because of graduation is pure fantasy. They'll be just fine, and probably better than fine by November. Acting like this is some catastrophic issue is just wishful thinking from fanbases that would kill to have Ohio State's "problems."

They’re worried about Ohio State’s defense while their own offense can’t score on us lmao. Penn State’s whole season depends on finding a quarterback who can complete a forward pass.

Their defense ranked 4th in SP+ last year and they've recruited at an elite level imo. The talent waiting to step up is better than most teams' returning starters.

Ohio State reloads, not rebuilds. Their backups are better than most teams' starters.