After Ohio State’s loss to Michigan State, head coach Urban Meyer made a decision that, in all reality, probably should have been made much sooner. Meyer opted to move the Buckeyes’ offensive coordinator, Ed Warinner, from the sideline up to the press box.
It was a choice made in an attempt to simplify Ohio State’s playcalling. The thought process was Warinner would be able to process things much faster with a bird’s eye view rather than a field-level one, and he would be sitting alongside the Buckeyes’ co-coordinator, Tim Beck, making communication between the two much easier.
In the two games that followed, Ohio State’s offense looked much more like it was supposed to entering that 2015 season.