Ohio State added a ton of new wrinkles to their defense last week, and while the returns were not immediate on paper, there were a lot of positives. This week Ohio State takes on — I’m not sure how to put this nicely — a very bad football team in the Akron Zips. For a little context Teamrankings.com has them as the 126th rated team in the country out of 130.
As the Buckeyes look to add more to their new scheme, find their pass rush, and continue to find this team’s identity, the game against Akron could not have come at a more perfect time.