World News – United States – David Pollack in Ohio State College Football Playoff

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This weekend, Big Ten football will return to the field in triumph Starting Friday night between Illinois and No 14 Wisconsin, the 14 Big Ten teams will have played their first game of the season when Saturday will be said and over

Of the 14 teams in the conference, five are ranked in this week’s Top 25 APs The highest ranked team is Ohio State, which registers at No 5

The hype surrounding the Buckeyes is real as they come out of an unbeaten 2019 regular season and college football playoff loss at the hands of Clemson at Friday’s edition of College Football Live , analyst David Pollack has identified the state of Ohio as a championship contender and one of four teams that will be selected for the 2020 college football playoffs

“This is the state of Ohio,” Pollack said. “What do you need to win a championship? It’s pretty clear You have to have this guy at the quarterback, and Ohio State has Justin Fields They also recruit like Clemson They recruit like Bama They are the only Big Ten team to recruit like this consistently , and they have the trigger that can do it all and batch score points It’s a good warm-up for Ohio State this season. They can rally the troops and have a few scrums and then they go to the playoffs «

Buckeyes quarterback Justin Fields is undoubtedly one of the biggest names in college football When the Big Ten initially made the decision to postpone his fall football season, the Ohio star State Buckeyes was one of the most vocal voices and even created a petition for the conference to reverse its decision, which garnered nearly 300,000 signatures

The Fields are sure to injure multiple teams in the league, but College GameDay analyst Kirk Herbstreit believes he’s the rallying point for the entire conference, as it’s been through a lot just to get him to play. this season

“You rally (people like him),” Herbstreit said in a Thursday afternoon hit on SportsCenter “He’s your guy, your outlet and your boss Instead of worrying about the status of draft – Where should I line up? Should I unsubscribe? – Justin Fields is about as real as they come I spent time with him yesterday for a feature film on GameDay, and I was impressed with his move from Georgia last year and the way he led his squad When it comes to maturity, he’s selfless and is all about growing and developing the players around him He’s lost a ton of weight He’s doing all the right things When your guy is there not just for your team, but for a whole conference, it is easy to rally around him «

Fields once put his name next to a pair of former Ohio State quarterbacks to Braxton Miller (2012-15) and Dwayne Haskins (2016-18) with the 2019 season He was a finalist for the Heisman Trophy after completing 238 of 354 passes (672 percent) with 3,273 yards and 41 touchdowns for three interceptions in 14 games Fields also attempted 137 carries for 484 yards (35 average) and 10 touchdowns

« He was nagging believe or not that he came in as a double threat quarterback – he was a runner who threw really well – now it’s a quarterback who sits to be Braxton Miller fast, is as electric of a runner like Braxton, « former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer told Big Ten Network on Monday of what he hears talk about Fields « This is what I hear This is what I saw He’s a little thicker than Braxton What you got – (wondering how) it’s even possible

« You’ve got a Braxton Miller athlete pitching like a Dwayne Haskins And if it’s possible you’re probably talking – you know, I know (Clemson’s junior quarterback) Trevor Lawrence is there and (the junior tight end) Kyle Pitts of Florida who I personally think is the best non-quarterback player in America – you talk about America’s best player If he can actually do what I hear he can do, there’s no way to stop this guy «

What Fields accomplishes this year remains to be seen But based on his comments on Tuesday in a media conference call, he appears to be hungry for more

“I want to be the best quarterback in the country,” Fields said “The best quarterback in college football and just the best quarterback I can be So that’s why I worked so tough in every aspect You wonder what you want to be and what do you want to accomplish You want to be the best quarterback, you want to win the national championship and you want to do all of these things with your teammates So you sit down and say how do I accomplish all of this? How can I get better? You kind of have to write a plan «