I’m changing it up this week to keep the post to a manageable, reasonable, and relevant amount of info. To that end I’m only posting the Iowa game and season-to-date numbers rather than the ever-growing list of all opponents and associated data, as well as restricting it to P5 + ND opponents now that we have faced enough of them for decent trends.
Obviously the defense balled out against Iowa, which is awesome. Harrison had a disruptive game, McCallister had two picks, Eich was Eich. I’m very pleased with our defense this year, and Knowles definitely is showing himself to be a great hire. That said, other than gaining momentum as a unit, I’m not sure how much we can really take away from a game against something that might resemble an offense if you were nearly blind but not wearing glasses, plus 700ml into a fifth of barrel proof.
| Points | Rushing | Passing | Total | 3rd Down % | T/O | Sacks | |
| OSU v Iowa | 3 | 77 | 81 | 158 | 7.7% | 6 | 5 |
| Iowa Season Avg | 11.7 | 82.2 | 156.7 | 238.8 | 29.6% | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| +/- | -8.7 | -5.2 | -75.7 | -80.8 | -21.9% | +5 | +2 |
| % of Season Avg | 25.7% | 93.7% | 51.7% | 66.2% | 26% | 600% | 166.7% |
| Points | Rushing | Passing | Total | 3rd Down % | T/O | Sacks | |
| +/- vs P5 + ND | -13.6 | -56.9 | -79.4 | -136.3 | -16.7% | +0.7 | +0.8 |
| % vs P5 + ND | 42.6% | 62.7% | 60.3% | 61.7% | 54.2% | 181.6% | 153% |
I don’t know about you, but I’m loving holding our mythical combined opponent to just over half their usual 3rd down efficiency, under half of the scoring average and 62% of their usual yardage.
Go Buckeyes, beat the kitties!
Speaking of the kitties, I never intended this to be predictive in any way, but below is what we could be expected to hold the kitties to if past were literal prologue.
| Points | Rushing | Passing | Total | |
| PSU | 19 | 122 | 166 | 288 |
