The Ohio State football team will get to host a College Football Playoff game in Columbus, Ohio, for the first round. The Tennessee Volunteers will have to come up north to take on the Buckeyes on December 21 and it will be a homecoming of sorts for one player.
Andre Turrentine is a former four-star recruit in the class of 2021, who opted to return home via the transfer portal to the state of Tennessee after his freshman season. The Nashville native didn’t see much time as he only saw the field in four games, which meant he was able to keep his redshirt and in all honesty his chances of ever developing a significant role for OSU were pretty slim.
The decision to leave ended up being the right one as Turrentine is currently a starter for the Vols and as stated above, that was unlikely to ever become the case at Ohio State. He was able to speak to the media in regard to the stadium atmosphere of Columbus and what to expect and noted that “The Shoe isn’t as loud as the SEC. It’s a different animal here.”
It wasn’t all negative, as he ended the statement with “The SEC is a little bit louder, but the Shoe brings it as well.”
This isn’t completely shocking as the home field atmosphere leaves something to be desired in Columbus, but Turrentine said both Arkansas and South Carolina were louder. He better be ready, because this contest is going to be a night game for the first ever College Football Playoff and I expect the crowd to be at its peak.
“It’s a different animal here.”#Vols DB Andre Turrentine played his freshman year at Ohio State.
He’ll get to go back to Columbus, this time on the other side, and he says the environment at Ohio Stadium is not quite the same level of intensity as an SEC school. pic.twitter.com/rVtR5yc1cs
— Frank DeLuca (@FrankDeLucaTV) December 10, 2024