Ohio State football preview for 2016, including keys to success for the Buckeyes, best players and season prediction. What You Need To Know About Ohio State’s Offense For an offense that couldn’t seem to get going on a consistent basis, Ohio State did an awfully strong job with the ground game and putting points on the board – 35.7 points per game isn’t that bad. But it wasn’t quite able to find its stride, and now the offensive coaching minds are going to try quickening up the pace. This won’t be a hurry-up/spread thing like Oregon, but it should be a bit faster.It all starts with J.T. Barrett as the conductor. The veteran quarterback has the job all to himself now, but will he get any help? All the top receivers are gone, and Ezekiel Elliott is now a Dallas Cowboy. Barrett will have to make everyone around him better.Fortunately for the Buckeyes, the line should be fantastic with Pat Elflein and Billy Price, two of the nation’s top interior blockers. With a good rotation of young backs – along with the mobility of Barrett – the offense will work.Biggest Key To The Ohio State OffenseThe receiving corps has to rise up in a hurry. Michael Thomas, Jalin Marshall, Braxton Miller are all gone – they accounted for 17 of the 19 touchdown catches. It’s Ohio State, so there are more than enough talented young prospects waiting to show what they can do. Still, it’s all going to be a work in progress.Curtis Samuel appears to be the one given, but the chances will be there throughout the fall for others like Parris Campbell, Austin Mack and Torrance Gibson to become stars. …
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