Outside of a disastrous first quarter in Saturday’s season opener, the Ohio State Buckeyes offense did something it almost never does—it actually looked like an offense.
The Buckeyes put up 56 points in the final three quarters of their 56-10 win over Miami, and even more stunning, did not even attempt a field goal, something that would have been impossible in the Jim Tressel era.
Urban Meyer’s offense set the tone early on with the biggest feature fans will notice: the tempo.
Every time the offense was on the field, they were hurrying up to the line and moving at a great tempo, snapping the ball with 20-25 seconds left on the play clock.
That tempo shows in some of Ohio State’s scoring drives (four plays, 1:03; seven plays, 2:22; eight plays, 2:46).
Not only was there no delay of game, there was also only one false-start penalty which was even more surprising considering the problems with the offensive line last season.
We also got a glimpse of what the Ohio State running game…
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