Throughout the offseason, we here at Film Study spent a great deal of time previewing some of the bigger schematic challenges on Ohio State's 2021 schedule. Throughout the first half of the season, many of those predictions looked prophetic.
Minnesota proved capable of running the ball on the Buckeyes in week one, Joe Moorhead lit up the OSU defense in week two, and Tulsa hung around far longer than anyone liked in week three. The next opponent we previewed was the Indiana Hoosiers, and their modern, multiple defense, which had catapulted the program to prominence in 2020 and expected to give Ohio State fits this fall.