Separating the fact from the fiction with Ohio State's offensive struggles

Joe Maiorana-USA TODAY SportsOhio State was bad on offense against NIU. They were bad on offense against Hawaii. They had spurts of being bad against Virginia Tech. What's true, what's false, and what can be fixed?

This is not the way this season was supposed to start.

I mean, Ohio State is 3-0, so sure, that part has played out according to script, but almost nothing else has. Some big of struggles on offense against Virginia Tech, a team that still projects to have an elite unit, were expected. But Ohio State's offense has also sputtered against Hawaii, who may not even be a Top 100 team this season, and Northern Illinois, who gave up 30 points to UNLV and 26 to Murray State the week…