Sometimes it feels like coaches’ speak, but you never know what kind of trials and tribulations a team encounters during the first game of a season. That was definitely the case for Ohio State when it took on the Indiana Hoosiers on Saturday.
The Buckeyes offense came out a little flat and struggled to move the ball during the first half. Ohio State had to lean on solid defensive play before it finally started cooking better in the second half. In the end, OSU pulled away a little for a 23-3 victory.
At the end of the day, a win is a win is a win. However, there’s plenty to work on for the 2023 version of the Ohio State Buckeyes. As we do with every game that OSU plays, we like to reflect on what we saw and pull out five observations from the game.
Here are five things we think we learned after watching Ohio State in Game 1 for Ohio State on Saturday against Indiana.