The Ohio State passing game this year is set to look night and day from the anemic product it was on the field last year.
Last year, Ohio State ranked No. 115 in the country in passing offense, and rushed for just under 64 more yards per game than they threw. Clearly, the days of Tresselball and Jim Bollman had come to a screeching halt.
There really is nowhere else to go but up in the rankings, and that’s where the receivers and tight ends around starting QB Braxton Miller will have to prove themselves capable of being threats.
Ohio State’s top receivers in terms of catches—Devin Smith, Jake Stoneburner and Corey Brown—each had 14 in 2011.
In comparison, redshirt freshman WR Michael Thomas had 12 by himself in the Spring Game a few weeks ago.
Any more questions as to why the passing game struggled last year?
The route tree that Ohio State receivers use doesn’t help either, as there were very few short crossing or slant patterns. Instead most of the passing game was based…
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