Last season, Ohio State’s offensive was elite in every single statistical category and was efficient in all areas on the field. The defense was arguably the worst in school history and led to significant staff turnover this offseason. For the Buckeyes, a major part of their issues happened on third down on both sides of the ball.
Ryan Day brought in a new offensive line coach, and fans expect improvement in short yardage with an increase level of physicality. Day also struggled at times as play caller with certain tendencies that were easy to identify, and this led to giving up quite a few third down stops against the offense.