Ohio State fans didn’t want to believe it. They were sure that they pulled off a coup by landing Alabama transfers James Smith and Qua Russaw in the portal. To be fair, some Alabama fans were distraught at the losses.
But as former Tide safety-turned-Director of Player Development HaHa Clinton-Dix said in the aftermath of some seemingly key departures, “turn on the tape.”
Smith and Russaw spent three years at Alabama with considerable hype and limited production. Things don’t appear to have changed in Columbus…