Daily Bullets (August 1): Jim Knowles’ Immediate Fix

August is here and OSU, among others, will play in a college football game this month. Gosh, that’s fun to think about.

Bullets Rundown

• Jim Knowles’ immediate fix

• Tyron Johnson making an impression

• Will Gleeson lean on Jelani?

OSU Bullets

• The defense is the question mark it’s reasonable to keep coming back to – and Jim Knowles has a strong feeling there’s something he can change to improve its performance.

One of the major causes for concern last season was all the penalties the defense accrued. I know that this is a team stat, but the Pokes ranked 96 in the country as they averaged 6.8 penalties per game last season and 97 in the country with 97 total penalties.

“We need to do a better job…