It has been the most talked about Big Ten game of the year. Penn State vs. Ohio State is finally here. The Buckeyes have had some lopsided wins so far this season, but those are to be expected. Despite these big wins and record-setting games, however, it has appeared that no score was ever good enough (to Buckeye Nation) because it…
The topic isn’t going to go away until the Ohio State offense makes it go away. Even though we are now speeding toward November, the only two games in the recent past that have mattered to most were last year’s loss to Clemson and this year’s loss to Oklahoma. No other games can get a word in edgewise — and certainly not any of the games this year.
Episode 7 of Accost the Field is titled Offensive Content because much of the talk centered around the Ohio State offense. There was also some discussion on the Buckeye defense, as well as how much control Kevin Wilson actually has in Urban Meyer’s system. There are plenty of other things as well, but I’ll leave that for the rundown.
Oklahoma entered this season with a revamped offensive attack as they sorted out their running back situation following the loss of Joe Mixon and Samaje Perine to the NFL. Without those two bell cows, the Sooners instead relied heavily on quick throws to predetermined reads on first and second downs versus week 1 opponent UTEP.
The Buckeyes were 16 points better against Oklahoma than they were two games ago against Clemson, but do you feel 16 points better about it? You shouldn’t, because losing 31-16 to Oklahoma is worse than losing 31-0 to Clemson. When the Buckeyes lost to Clemson, Urban Meyer knew what the problem was and he took…
