Steele Chambers' Indiana Performance Showcases Years of Progress at Ohio State

Of all the reactions from Ohio State’s defensive players to Indiana’s surprise triple option scheme on Saturday, Steele Chambers might have had the most visceral one.

He almost viewed it as amateurish, stating Tuesday that he didn’t think he’d seen it since high school.

“I didn’t say anything to Tommy (Eichenberg), but I looked at him and I was pretty pissed,” Chambers said. “A whole bunch of work (in practice), we saw two triple option plays.”

Two seasons ago, when Chambers was a fresh convert to the linebacker position after spending 2019 (a redshirt year) and 2020 in the running back room, the thought of adjusting on the fly to such an unexpected attack would have been overwhelming. That…