If there is anything that Ohio State's embarrassing 24-6 loss at Miami proved, it's that the Ohio State offensive coaching staff remains as underwhelming as ever.
The Jim Bollman effect has struck yet again after the illusion that the Akron game gave.
And with a program in flux that can either climb back into the elites next year or go to mediocrity for a year or two, there is no excuse for that type of poor performance.
There are at least two offenses in the state of Ohio that could outscore the Buckeyes' unit in Toledo and Cincinnati, possibly Ohio University.
For schools below Ohio State in the competition level to have more explosive offenses than at Ohio State where they have their pick of some of the best talent in the country, that is purely unacceptable.
Players have come and gone from Ohio State, and although the program has churned out a lot of wins over the past decade, one constant remains: an over-conservative offense.
That won't cut it in today's college football when teams like Oklahoma and Stanford can play both great offense and great defense.
To be elite, you need to do both, unless one unit is just supremely better than everyone elses, such as Auburn's offense last year.
That's why no matter who becomes the head coach after this season, be it Luke Fickell or someone like Urban Meyer, the offensive coaching staff needs to be overhauled.
So Jim Bollman, Dick Tressel and Nick Siciliano should all be preparing their resumes, because their careers at Ohio State are dripping away like sand in the hourglass.
In ten years, Ohio State has had only two offenses that were respectable units: 2006 and 2010.
Other than that, the offense was deplorable and the last display at Miami might be the worst in over 100 years of football when it comes to passing.
You can blame it on the quarterbacks,, but at some point, the coaches need to call some easy pass plays to try and get some confidence. Call a quick-hitter like a slant or a hitch, or even a screen pass.
They have never seemed to show that ability in quite a long time, and thus rely on quarterbacks that can run to get the wide receivers open.
At some point, the offensive playbook needs some plays that take only 2 to 3 seconds to develop, not 4 to 6 seconds like most of the Buckeye offense.
It's because of all of that, the Ohio State's coaching staff needs an overhaul on the offensive side of the ball.
If they don't, they might have to be looking up the mountain at Michigan, Nebraska and Wisconsin, because they are falling fast down the mountain of the Big Ten conference.
The offense has been porous at times, but it is now officially at DEFCON 1 crisis mode.
It's time for a change, and any new coach must recognize that if he wants to win a national championship at Ohio State anytime soon.
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