The supreme advantage of having multiple elite athletes at offensive skill positions is that defenses can’t hone in on one weapon or another, less they get exposed by the playmaker they choose to leave isolated.
Ohio State’s experienced that advantage just about every season since Brian Hartline started coaching its wide receivers, and it’s continued this year with one of the best wideout trios in the country of Emeka Egbuka, Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate.
The Buckeyes’ defensive backfield squares off with that bunch daily in practice, and that experience will be vital this week. No. 3 Oregon not only has threats at each of its three wide receiver positions but also one of the nation’s best tight ends and a ruthlessly efficient quarterback, providing No.