Written by Ryan Palencer at Bloguin
It is time to pump the brakes on all the Ohio State doubt that’s flowing from all corners of the country.
While the Buckeyes have not shown the precision many people expected from their offense, it must be noted that Ohio State is in a better spot through six games than it was last year. In addition, there are a lot of similarities to be found in a comparison with the 2014 team.
The main thing to date is that the Buckeyes have not lost, which is a key to defending their national championship.
During the journey to the title last year, Ohio State was trailing Indiana in the third quarter and played three contested games with one blowout, before smashing Maryland. Sound familiar?
This year’s squad saw a scare from Northern Illinois, but firmly defeated Virginia Tech, Hawaii, and Western Michigan.
Last year’s squad was breaking in a new quarterback in the early stages of the season, after Braxton Miller went down in late August. While Cardale Jones did see action in three games down the stretch, and three vitally important games at that, he still attempted only 92 passes, 17 of which came in garbage time. While Jones looked strong in the title run, he is still extremely green and needs some work to get comfortable.
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