Coming off of a physical battle against Army’s triple-option offense, the Ohio State defense can get back to their base defense this week versus UNLV.
UNLV deploys a run-first spread offense -- with the ability to stretch the defense vertically — which allowed the Buckeyes to finally breakdown the Oklahoma film. The coaching staff wanted the defense to focus on stopping the triple-option last week, rather than breaking down their defensive performance against Oklahoma’s spread.
“[The defense] spent all day yesterday on Oklahoma,” Urban Meyer said. “Graded the effort and rewarded the effort in here with me and the team, and they went to work.