Cutting Down On Penalties in 2018 Would Be a Welcome Change of Pace for Ohio State

Knowing what a detail-oriented head coach Urban Meyer is, it’s pretty remarkable that his Ohio State Buckeyes are on a four-year run of increasing penalties per game.  Meyer is probably willing to live with a certain amount of flags because he wants his guys playing aggressive, unafraid to make a mistake but at the same time, tightening up the self-discipline and accountability for dumb penalties could be an opportunity after the Buckeyes led the Big Ten in both penalties per game and penalty yards per game in 2017, ranking 100th and 114th, respectively, in both categories nationally.  Behold the horror:  OHIO STATE PENALTY STATS DURING URBAN MEYER ERA YEAR PENALTIES PER GAME NATL RANK PENALTY YARDS PER GAME NATL RANK 2017 6.9 100 67.1 114 2016 6.3 69 50.6 50 2015 5.8 51 50.1 46 2014 5.6 52 47.4 45 2013 5.2 45 45.6 55 2012 7.0 99 64.5 107…

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