COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football’s offense does not lack for quality ingredients, and the 612 yards it put up against Oregon testified to that. Coming out of that 35-28 loss, however, the Buckeyes felt compelled to tweak the recipe. More accurately, they needed to recapture the combination that has worked so well in Ryan Day’s tenure as offensive coordinator and head coach. C.J. Stroud’s 54 pass attempts accounted for 63.5% of OSU’s plays. That play share is usually flipped in favor of the run game. Part of the essence of the offense — exerting control of the line of scrimmage and chunking out big pays on the ground — never got on track against Oregon’s talented front. “We have to be able to do that and have the balance,” Day said. “When we have the balance, we’re dangerous — and we weren’t balanced enough on Saturday.” Those horizontal throws…
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