Perhaps we've been looking at the Ohio State Buckeyes' 14-7 win over the Texas Longhorns during Week 1 of the 2025 season all wrong. Perhaps OSU's performance wasn't actually one worth celebrating all that much beyond Matt Patricia's defensive dominance.
As Saturday Tradition's Cory Nightingale noted, Brian Hartline's offense, despite having Heisman candidate Julian Sayin under center, and with elite wideouts Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate lining up on the outside, produced two scores in 60 minutes at the "Shoe."
Infamously, in losses against the Indiana Hoosiers in the Big Ten Championship and against the Miami Hurricanes in the Cotton Bowl Classic in their elimination game, that offensive malaise happened again.