No sacks, no takeaways, one tackle for loss. That about sums up the effectiveness of the Buckeye defense against a physical, gritty Oregon rushing attack on Saturday afternoon. Give them credit for coming up big when they had absolutely no choice. I’m not criticizing effort here, it’s execution malfeasance. Down a touchdown half way through the fourth quarter, the Silver Bullets finally held Oregon to a 3-and-out for the first time all game to give the offense a chance. In fact, they forced the Ducks 3-and-out on back-to-back possessions late in the fourth quarter. But the offense couldn’t dig out of the hole the defense put them in. Ohio State had 636 yards of total offense. You should never, ever lose a game when you have numbers like that. The lack of energy and creativity in the defense today was extremely frustrating. The Ducks did to Ohio State what most…
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