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The biggest things for the Ohio State football team to improve on in the bye week

The Ohio State football team will use their "improvement week" to help make an elite team even better. These are the things they will be working on.

By Ryan Stano

Sep 7, 2024; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Will Howard (18) motions during the second half of the NCAA football game against the Western Michigan Broncos at Ohio Stadium.
Sep 7, 2024; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Will Howard (18) motions during the second half of the NCAA football game against the Western Michigan Broncos at Ohio Stadium. / Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK
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The Ohio State football team is headed into one of the two bye weeks that they have this season. It's the earliest bye week they have had in some time. While it's unusual, the Buckeyes can still have a productive week in improving the team even at such an early junction of the season.

Ryan Day hasn't been calling this a bye week. He's been using the term "improvement week". That's because he wants to use this week as a time to improve the Buckeyes instead of just getting rest. Rest will come, but improvement is what is on Day's mind?

How do you improve on a season in which you've beaten your opponents 108-6? There are still things that Day wants to see from his team. This is a week that they will be working on those things to keep this team elite and keep them as one of the favorites to win it all.

The Ohio State football team is working on some offensive things to keep the Buckeyes elite

Perhaps the biggest thing that the Buckeyes will be working on is the offensive line. They looked a lot better against Western Michigan, so that's a great sign. Still, this is the weakest unit on the team for the Buckeyes. Continual improvement is needed as they get closer to the Big Ten portion of their schedule.

Explosive pass plays will also be something that is worked on. Will Howard has just four touchdown passes in two games, which is perfectly fine when you see how effectively the Ohio State Buckeyes are running the ball. More explosive pass plays are never a bad thing.

Special teams are something Day has remarked needs to get better. There's a decent chance that Jayden Ballard will be removed from returning kickoffs. He hasn't done a good job getting yardage that is there and had a horrible gaffe last week by calling for a fair catch after a bounce, resulting in the Buckeyes getting the ball inside their own 10-yard line.

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I'm sure the Buckeyes will come out of this bye week even better than they went into it. That's scary for teams still on Ohio State's schedule.

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