COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Baker Mayfield is changing the math for the Ohio State defense, at least for one week.
The Oklahoma quarterback certainly provides a test schematically, and the Buckeyes rattled off all the ways they have to stay disciplined in their coverage, their rush lanes and their assignments to slow him down.
But more important than that for Ohio State is what stopping the Sooners star might take physically, which has the Buckeyes ready to double the program’s familiar mantra of “four to six seconds” of all-out effort thanks to Mayfield’s multipurpose skills and ability to extend plays far beyond the normal standard.