Breaking Down Luke Fahey's Second-Straight Loss As Ohio State’s Starting Quarterback

Based on the box score, Luke Fahey had a solid game on Saturday.

But on closer inspection, the freshman struggled through the middle of the game, just like Ohio State as a whole, in his first home start (and second start overall) in the Buckeyes' stunning collapse to Oregon.

Fahey completed five of his first seven passes — to five different receivers — for 58 yards. After two straight incompletions, he then completed seven straight throws. But his final pass of the first half was an interception into triple coverage intended for Devin McCuin, and after that, Fahey checked it frequently as the game slipped away.

Before the first drive of the fourth quarter ended with a dropped pass by Mason…