OSU vs. FAU: Advanced stats show reasons for optimism

This was kind of a weird game. Through four drives, which saw touchdowns on a 51-yard Fields run, a 25-yard pass to a tight end (!), a 32-yard pass to Ben Victor, and a 29-yard pass to Chris Olave, it looked like the Buckeyes could and would score at will.

And then everything just... stopped.

Ohio State’s next six drives were either punts or fumbles, and the Buckeyes looked disjointed, or maybe just disinterested, for roughly half the game.

This chart shows the average success rate by drive:

(By the way, that spike to 56 percent success rate in the middle of the game was the drive that had Chris Olave’s catch called back due to pass interference, followed by the backwards pass lost fumble.