Defense wins championships, that much is known. That’s why it’ll be important for linebacker Jerome Baker and the rest of the Buckeye defense to come out swinging at full speed against Indiana.
Also important for Baker: lining up correctly at the LB position.
In an article written by Tim May of The Columbus Dispatch, Baker says that last season, a year where he collected 83 tackles, he lined up incorrectly “most of the time.” Was Baker like one of those guys you controlled in NCAA Football and had him sprinting circles in the secondary before the snap?