Ohio State has participated in the forward pass for the vast majority of its 131 years of football.
The importance of chucking the ball to the offensive strategy has varied by the era. Consider Les Horvath, whose name and number are permanently displayed in C-Deck above the north end zone. Les passed for 344 yards in 1944. Like, in all of 1944.
That's 41 fewer yards than Justin Fields threw for on New Year's night. Fields turned in a throwback performance at Clemson's expense that clocks in at No.8 among the all-time Ohio State marks for passing yards in a single game.