Urban Meyer suggests using OSU QB Will Howard 15-20 times per game

The Ohio State football offense struggled to find its feet last weekend against Nebraska.

Now that the No. 4 Buckeyes (6-1, 3-1 Big Ten) will face No. 3 Penn State (7-0, 4-0), it may be the biggest game of the regular season for both teams season, coach Ryan Day and quarterback Will Howard will be tasked with getting the offense back on track.

Former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer – under whom Day served as an assistant – offered advice on his “Triple Option” podcast about fixing the Buckeyes' offense for the big game against the Nittany Lions. His main advice is to guide Howard more.

“First, simplify the running game,” Meyer said. “You go to zone right, zone left, power right, power left. And that's it. And then I would also have the gap scheme on the right, the gap scheme on the left and that's it. But I would run the quarterback 15-20 because that's The ultimate equalizer is this guy running the ball and then a repeat play as well.

“So that’s the running game. Zone right, zone left, gap right, gap left and get the quarterback involved.”

Howard ran eight times for 14 yards with a 10-yard rush. The Buckeyes struggled to run the ball as a team, gaining 74 rush yards on sack-adjusted rushing. They averaged just 2.1 yards per carry in this game. Quinshon Judkins had 10 carries for 29 yards while TreVeyon Henderson added 10 carries for 25 yards.

Howard completed 13 of 16 passes for 221 yards, three touchdowns and one interception. But as the final score shows, the Buckeyes weren't successful enough in any part of the game to put up more points and defeat a Nebraska team that was coming off a 56-7 loss to Indiana.

Part of the problem was the gridlock on the offensive line. According to Pro Football Focus, the Cornhuskers sacked Howard twice for 10 yards but also had six quarterback pressures. Meyer suggested a few optimizations.

“In the passing game, the pocket is the most dangerous,” said Meyer. “You saw last week that Will Howard got a few tattoos. A few times he barely managed to get his back foot to the ground when he reached the five-step mark, and people were all sitting on his lap. So that’s what you’re going to do.” Get him out. … The first is the sprint – no stress on the tailback or the tight end, and the quarterback gets cornered. Very good at that, by the way. They did it at an important moment in the game.

“The second break is a break where you pass naked and get into the game. So get it out of your bag as quickly as possible. And that’s the way to remove stressors from the O-line.”

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