Back to the Ohio State Buckeyes Newsfeed

A Quick Primer on All the Different Terms and Phrases That Make Up Ohio State's Playbook

It's 2nd & 8 as Ohio State prepares for just its third offensive snap of the 2020 season. After an inside handoff to Master Teague III gained little, Ryan Day went back to the air.

As he looked down at his play sheet on that sunny afternoon, he rattled off those nine syllables and watched a handful of graduate assistants and interns gyrate a barrage of signals as 11 players watched from their own 40-yard line. Roughly 15 seconds later, Garrett Wilson would streak across the field, snatching a Justin Fields pass out of the air for a 23-yard gain.