Ohio State Football: Kevin Wilson concerned about run game

The Ohio State football team is hard at work before their first game in just over two weeks. They are using these last few days of Fall camp to get ready for their opener against Notre Dame. Unfortunately, there’s still one aspect of the offense that needs work.

That would be the short-yardage run game. The Buckeyes struggled with that last year in multiple games, but it was never more apparent than the game against TTUN. Ohio State’s run game was essentially non-existent in that one and they were forced to throw a bunch.

Kevin Wilson is not pleased with where the short-yardage run game is either after the Buckeyes’ scrimmage over the weekend. In talking with reporters, he said that they still need to be better in those situations. It’s something that they need to get fixed quickly.

If the Ohio State football team can’t convert on 3rd and 1 or 3rd and 2 using the run game, that is a massive issue. With the talent they have up front, they should be able to move the line of scrimmage almost any time they want to to get short yardage like that.

The Buckeyes still have a couple of weeks to figure it out. The opener isn’t until the beginning of next month. Even so, this is concerning. It’s even more concerning that it was an issue last year and it still hasn’t been fixed. Notre Dame isn’t going to make things easy on them either.

A top-five team coming into the Shoe isn’t exactly the test the Buckeyes want if their run game continues to falter in short-yardage situations. The passing offense should be lights out as always, but TreVeyon Henderson and company need to hold up their end of the bargain as well.

I expect this issue to be resolved before the season-opener, but it’s definitely something I’m keeping an eye on early in the season.