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Ohio State defensive end C.J. Hicks discusses what's different about Buckeyes this year
Ohio State LB CJ Hicks on the difference between last year's team and this year's:"Last year's team, there were guys who've been there, done that. This year, you can tell that everybody is just hungry."
Every Ohio State football team is different. Especially when you can only keep guys for four or five years (sometimes three), and even that's becoming harder and harder to do. Last year's Ohio State team was a veteran one and had a lot to do with the success on the field, one that led all the way to a College Football Playoff national championship.
Now that the team has been there, done that, though, how do you keep things fresh, and how will all of that veteran talent (14 NFL draftees) impact the 2025 Ohio State Buckeyes?
According to defensive end C.J. Hicks, while appearing on the Bobby Carpenter show, there's reason to believe that this year's team can still be a very, very good one. In fact, he believes that while OSU has gotten younger and less experienced, it might just be hungrier this year.
"Last year's team, there were guys who had been there, done that with more experience for sure," Hicks said. "With this year, we can just tell that everybody's hungry. And you guys can attest to that with being in spring practices with all the chippiness and all that stuff. Like we're all hungry, we all want to be great. We all want to win, we hate losing."
It remains to be seen if the loss in talent will carry over with more of a fight and desire to make an impact, but it won't be long. Ohio State is set to open up the season when it hosts Texas on Saturday, Aug. 30.
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