Well, this season falls into the “long and strange” category, and if things keep up, it’ll be an interesting one Saturday night when Bronco’s Boys come to town.
Quarterbacks and Scheme
If you’re driving north through the heart of Ohio you won’t find anything close to a city between the border of Mansfield and the shore of Lake Erie. Historically, this is farm-and-factory country, and if you look back to the days of the revolution, you’ll see that much of this territory is part of the Firelands, which was land given to Connecticut families whose homes were burned by the British. Football rules in an old-fashioned way—there isn’t a ton of money or preening, but the stadiums are full, it’s considered an honor to dress out, and all the teams play tough. They aren’t backwards though; before COVID, every spring there’d be an exodus of coaches bouncing around the state going from clinic to clinic. I’m betting they’ve all been lighting up Zoom clinics in today’s unusual times.