With 55 penalty yards per game, the Buckeyes ranked 73rd in the country last season. That number will have to change for the Buckeyes to take the next step in the 2020 season.
Whether the penalties called in the 2019 Fiesta Bowl were the right calls is a debate for another time. However, both the targeting against Shaun Wade on a sack of Trevor Lawrence on third down in the second quarter and a roughing the kicker call in a third quarter punt led to touchdowns. Those plays would have given the Buckeyes the ball and taken 14 points off the board for the Tigers who won 29-23.