After skating by Penn State, Indiana and Minnesota the past three weeks, it was pretty obvious that not all was right with Ohio State. Their offense was extremely unbalanced, and relied more and more on the passing attack with each game. Even worse, the defense struggled greatly against two relatively bad Minnesota and Indiana offenses, and showed little to no capability of slowing down an elite offense.
While their talent, the receivers and Dwayne Haskins, Ohio State cover up weaknesses enough to get to 7-0, it was obvious that the luck would eventually run out. Some team would have the depth, and offensive firepower to exploit Ohio State’s defense for 60 minutes.