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Dylan Raiola is the latest elite quarterback to see Ryan Day’s Buckeyes as the place to be. [View in browser]( [FOX SPORTS INSIDER WITH MARTIN ROGERS] In today’s FOX Sports Insider with guest columnist RJ Young: Ohio State is proving to be the ideal destination for elite young quarterbacks ... we look at the 10 most exciting games on the newly-released 2022 NFL schedule ... and more! Dylan Raiola is the No. 3 quarterback recruit, the No. 8 overall recruit and the first commitment for the Ohio State Buckeyes in the 2024 recruiting class. He's also the latest to signal a shift in where the moniker of QBU belongs: Columbus, Ohio. Raiola is a 6-foot-3, 220-pound rising junior who is set to play his first season at Chandler High School in Chandler, Arizona, after putting together an outstanding 2021 for the Burleson (Texas) High School Elks, with whom his head coach was none other than Jon Kitna. [STORY IMAGE 1] Kitna watched Raiola throw for 3,243 yards, 42 touchdowns and just five interceptions with a 65.1% completion rate. "There’s not a throw he can’t make," Kitna told 247 Sports’ Steve Wiltfong. That is the kind of talent that has routinely picked Ohio State in the College Football Playoff era. Since being tapped by Urban Meyer to run the offense at OSU, Ryan Day has surrounded himself with a handful of the best quarterbacks in the sport over the past four years, from Dwayne Haskins to Justin Fields to C.J. Stroud to Kyle McCord and Devin Brown. [STORY IMAGE 2] And that's without acknowledging that before they were a Tiger, a Gator and a Longhorn, respectively, Joe Burrow, Jack Miller and Quinn Ewers were Buckeyes. What's more, when Day tapped Haskins for the starting job in 2018, Haskins was so good that Buckeyes fans were not upset about Burrow later putting together one of the best seasons ever by a college quarterback. For decades, the Buckeyes' offense prided itself on the ability to run the ball. Now the Buckeyes toss the ball all over the yard, and offensive skill players have taken note. While the Ohio State aerial assault has been appreciated at the collegiate level and acknowledged by the NFL, which just selected a pair of Buckeyes receivers in the first round for the first time since 2007, it's worth noting that every QB who has started multiple games for Day has been named a Heisman finalist and selected in the first round of the NFL Draft. [STORY IMAGE 3] And now, with the top QB in the 2024 class brushing off his father’s alma mater — where his father is a legend and his uncle coaches the offensive line — heads are turning once again toward Columbus. Raiola’s father is former Detroit Lions center and Nebraska offensive lineman Dominic Raiola. Dominic was an All-American in Lincoln, and his No. 54 jersey is on display at Memorial Stadium. He is not just Nebraska’s first Rimington Award winner but also the first recipient of the crown for the nation’s best center. [STORY IMAGE 4] Donovan Raiola, Dylan’s uncle, was on hand when the Raiolas visited Lincoln, and even with all those family ties and the mystique of Nebraska football, Dylan chose Big Ten rival Ohio State. The Buckeyes recruit like an SEC team, and it's only a matter of time before they're back in the CFP playing against one. The only thing left to do in the Day era is win the whole damn thing. RJ Young is a national college football writer and analyst for FOX Sports and the host of the podcast “The No. 1 Ranked Show with RJ Young." Follow him on Twitter at @RJ_Young, and subscribe to "The RJ Young Show" on YouTube. He is not on a StepMill. [STORY IMAGE 5] [IN OTHER WORDS] - The NFL has released its schedule for the 2022 season, and there are a host of enticing matchups on the slate. But there are 10 that stand out above the rest, [Eric D. Williams writes](. - Becky Hammond seemed primed to be the first woman head coach in the NBA. Instead, she’s back in the WNBA leadings the Las Vegas Aces, and she couldn’t be happier, [Yaron Weitzman writes](. - Alec Bohm, a young rising star with the Philadelphia Phillies, completely rebuilt his swing after a rough 2021 season. His confidence came right along with it, [Jake Mintz writes](. [VIEWER'S GUIDE] Boston Celtics at Milwaukee Bucks (ESPN, 7:30 p.m. ET) The defending champion Bucks can advance to the NBA’s Eastern Conference finals with a win over Boston in Game 6. Michigan Panthers vs. Tampa Bay Bandits (USA, 8 p.m. ET) Both teams are trying to rebound from difficult losses as they meet up in this USFL tilt in Birmingham, Alabama. Memphis Grizzlies at Golden State Warriors (ESPN, 10 p.m. ET) The Warriors will try once again to eliminate Memphis with a win in Game 6, which would send them to the NBA’s Western Conference finals. [BET OF THE DAY] [BET OF THE DAY] Odds provided by [FOX Bet]( Chicago White Sox to win AL Central: -120 From FOX Sports Betting Analyst Sam Panayotovich: Chicago was as high as -285 ($285 wins $100) to win the AL Central in Las Vegas before Opening Day. Most shops were in the -225 to -250 range, which implied around a 70% chance of probability. Then, Chicago started the season without the services of Lance Lynn, Yoan Moncada and Joe Kelly. Lucas Giolito, Luis Robert, Andrew Vaughn and AJ Pollock have already spent time on the disabled list, and Eloy Jimenez tore his right hamstring after 11 games. None of those injuries are season-ending. It's also worth considering that the White Sox front office believes their team is good enough to win a World Series, and they’ll be more than willing to mortgage assets to bring in another starter or bat at the trade deadline. 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