It’s not conservative. It’s not bend-but-don’t-break. Jim Knowles has pushed back on both of those terms, as getting Ohio State’s offense back on the field remains a “right-now proposition” for him.
Whatever the terminology Knowles or pundits want to use for it is, though, the Buckeyes’ strategy pivot to less aggression and more big-play prevention on defense is paying dividends through four weeks of action.
“You want to keep the offense off-balance,” Knowles said on The Ryan Day Radio Show Thursday. “(But I’m) probably blitzing less than I ever have in my career. But I also think it’s what is working.