There was a marked difference in Ohio State's running game between last week against Maryland and this Saturday against Purdue, and that change was entirely due to a willingness to get positively capital-F Fancy (for them, at least) with both playcalling and personnel choice.
Having spent four quarters almost literally pounding their heads into a wall of turtle-shaped bricks, this week Ryan Day and company adopted a different approach: not doing that. Instead of relying on Chip Trayanum to rush up the gut 20 times for about three yards a carry, they only had him do that six times (for about 4.