Ohio State scored 26 points on Saturday, against an S&P+ top ten defense, on the road, in pretty crappy weather conditions. That sounds a lot better than the truth of the game for Ohio State, because of those 26 points, 12 came either directly from the defense/punting, or right off of a turnover. That means that Ohio State’s offense scored 14 points on Saturday, against an S&P+ top ten defense, on the road, in pretty crappy weather conditions.
Obviously, that’s not as encouraging. Especially not when you remember that seven of those 14 points came in the final minutes of the game on a Mike Weber touchdown run, after the game was already more or less decided.