Alex Mirabal should teach his own MasterClass on how to get an offensive line prepared for big games. What he and his unit did against Ohio State on Saturday was nothing short of spectacular in both pass protection and run blocking. Let’s start with what shows up in the stat sheet. Anthony Brown was not sacked. The Buckeyes had gone 23 straight home games with recording at least one sack – the last time they didn’t have one in a home game was Sept. 16, 2017, against Army. Brown didn’t face much pressure, and neither did running backs CJ Verdell and Travis Dye. The Buckeyes only logged one tackle for loss while the Ducks picked up 269 rushing yards and 7.1 yards per carry. No one had rushed for that many yards against Ohio State since Maryland torched the Buckeyes for 339 yards (also 7.1 yards per carry) on Nov.…
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