Heading into the College Football Playoff semifinal against the Clemson Tigers, I wrote a column about how I thought that the Ohio State offense could pull the upset in the Sugar Bowl. I said that Ryan Day would need to call a balanced game, both in regards to run vs. pass, but also in Trey Sermon runs vs. Justin Fields runs, and short passes vs. deep passes.
And while that wasn’t exactly a revolutionary thought, for the most part it played out almost exactly that way; at least until Fields had his rib cage dislodged from the rest of his body.