One of the great things about sports over the last 20 years or so – beyond the anticipation and actual playing of the games – is the explosion of statistics and availability to them as a means to further feed our insatiable appetite for all things college football, or more specifically, Ohio State football.
One must absorb statistics with caution however as it's often possible to use the same set of stats to bolster varied arguments or even put too much emphasis on one particular statistic without understanding the cause/effect relationship of other stats thus causing a misguided view or an overreaction to data.
Still, it's the offseason and what are we here for if not to make mountains out of molehills for the purpose of fostering discussion?