Ohio State loses to Oregon: 5 things we learned in defeat

There are not a lot of positives to take away from the loss to Oregon, but we honestly assess five takeaways from this one.

The defense is, well … not good

That tweet above should be enough evidence that the Ohio State defense is struggling so far in 2021. I want to give credit to Oregon’s offense because it executed at a very high level, but Fresno State held the Ducks to fewer points than the Buckeyes did today.

You heard that right. The Fresno State defense was better against Oregon than Ohio State was against Oregon. Some of that can be written off to it being early in the season, but this team will go as far as the improvement on defense does. I mean, you should never, ever, ever put up over 600 yards of offense and lose.

Next…I want to keep talking about the defense

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