Ohio State Football: Buckeyes’ Success Rests on QB Braxton Miller’s Shoulders

Though a Big Ten title game or a bowl appearance won’t be in the cards for the Ohio State Buckeyes this season, it will be an important year in improving the team and setting the stage for a championship run in 2013.
The success of the team this year and in the future is on sophomore quarterback Braxton Miller. 
Miller struggled in 2011, but didn’t get many chances to throw, running 159 times while attempting just 157 passes. When he did throw the ball, Miller completed passes at just a 54.1 percent clip. Despite this, he was still very efficient with his 13 touchdowns to only four interceptions on the year. 
To improve upon the 6-7 record last season, Miller and the passing game will have to be much better. New head coach Urban Meyer has already made it one of his top priorities heading into the 2012 campaign:
The area where we’re much improved is throwing and catching. Much improved. We couldn’t have gone much the other way.
As Meyer alluded to, the passing game couldn’t…

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