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After opening the season with a top-five win, the heavily favored Buckeyes look to put up points against their Sun Belt foe.

With the fourth-youngest roster in all of college football, Arkansas State will have plenty of players on the field Saturday at No. 3 Ohio State who have yet to experience the spectacle that comes with playing in a venue like Ohio Stadium.

JONESBORO -- Nobody had to say the quiet part out loud last week when Kivon Bennett was listed as a defensive end on Arkansas States initial depth chart.

JONESBORO -- Within seconds of his backside landing on the Centennial Bank Stadium turf, Arkansas State University safety Eddie Smith was swarmed by his teammates.

The bitter aftertaste of the programs worst season in more than two decades lingered in the mouths of Arkansas State for 280 days.

Coming off its worst season in two decades, Arkansas State comes into 2022 with optimism.

Deondre Francois immediately grabbed his left kneecap. There was no writhing, no shouts of pain, just a grimace on the quarterbacks face as Florida States trainers rolled him onto his back on the turf of Atlantas Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

JONESBORO -- The 40-21 final score from Arkansas State Universitys 2021 season-opening win against the University of Central Arkansas cant alone reflect all that transpired in Game No. 1 of the Coach Butch Jones era.

JONESBORO — So much of Arkansas State’s 2021 season was bad. In some cases, it was downright awful.

JONESBORO -- Kivon Bennett has never been all that removed from the NFL.