It took only one game for Ohio State to bear witness to the effects of the NCAA’s offseason rule change that keeps the game clock running after first downs.
When the Buckeyes played Indiana in 2022, they got the football for 15 possessions and both teams combined to run 137 plays in a 56-14 Buckeye win.
Against Indiana this year, Ohio State had only 10 possessions and the two teams ran 125 plays combined – five and 12 less, respectively, than the year before.
Sure, it’s a sample size of a single contest, but that didn’t stop Ryan Day and the OSU coaching staff from taking notice.