Well, that was more like it. Not that beating an FCS opponent at home is anything to hoist up the flagpole, but you sure hoped to see improvement from the offense over what we saw vs. Indiana in Week 1. And for the most part, yeah, we saw that with the Buckeyes running away with a 35-7 victory over Youngstown State.
The passing game didn’t smoke and sputter as much as last week, the offensive line played better, and as a result, the OSU offense put up more yards and points in a game in which it executed much better. Still though, there were still some areas of concern — especially in the second half — and nobody is going to act like this thing isn’t still a work in progress.
We like to reflect upon what we saw after each Ohio State football game and we’re doing the same after this one. Here are five things we think we learned after the Buckeyes win over the Penguins.