For Ohio State, defense wins championships...

Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports...but it can't do it without an offense to back it up. Such was the difference between the 2014 and 2015 Ohio State Buckeyes.

To say 2014 was a special year for Ohio State is probably the understatement of the most recent history of Buckeye football. That squad had the distinction of listlessly beating a Navy team in Baltimore, before losing a heartbreaker at home to a Virginia Tech team that had not only the distinction of beating Ohio State in Columbus, but also this gem here. Then the Buckeyes ran off 13 consecutive wins, truly threatened only in a double overtime win in State College against a better-than-advertised Penn State team, en route to winning the…