The bottom line is Ohio State’s still winning On College Football Live, ESPN’s Paul Finebaum and Danny Kanell debate whether Ohio State deserves to still be ranked No. 1. 0 Shares Print COLUMBUS, Ohio — Piling up yardage obviously doesn’t guarantee anything on the scoreboard, particularly when red-zone issues pop up or the turnover bug won’t go away. But if those two problems are as correctable as Urban Meyer appears to believe they are, there’s a good reason the Ohio State coach isn’t panicking about the state of his offense. Through five weeks this season according to ESPN Stats & Information, the Buckeyes are virtually identical in two critical, telling areas on offense compared with their first five games a year ago on the way to the national championship. And while there is a slight one-percent difference in the amount of 10-yard “explosive” plays, when it comes to an average snap, the 6.73 yards per play the Buckeyes are posting is a carbon copy of what they had produced through five games last season. “I think we’re on the border of being very good,” Meyer said. “I didn’t say we played perfect. I didn’t say we played efficiently or actually smart when you have stupid penalties and you’re minus-3 in the turnover ratio. “But those things are fixable. …
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