Ohio State football dominated Iowa last Saturday. With an average starting field position of the 44.9-yard line, the Buckeyes averaged 5.8 yards per play against the Hawkeyes defense, scoring 54 points with only 360 yards of offense: Ohio State’s lowest of the season and the lowest since its national championship loss to Alabama in 2020. But could it have been better for Iowa if punter Tory Taylor would have punted on first down every drive for the Hawkeyes offense instead of of actually running the worst-ranked offense in college football? Ohio State football news:Join the Ohio State football insider text group with Bill Rabinowitz and Joey Kaufman According to ESPN’s Bill Connelly, the answer is yes. “With a 40-yard net avg on each first-down punt, doing so would’ve created an extra 14.3 yards of field position for the Iowa D per drive,” Connelly said on Twitter. “It would’ve taken a…
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