This isn't necessarily anything new but it is definitely something that has plagued Ryan Day teams year after year. Ohio State is near the bottom of the Power 5 in run success percentage on 3rd/4th down and 2 yards or less to go. With the insane amount of talent in the backfield, this is just absolutely unacceptable. To hear promises of this getting better year after year to only have these outputs, it's frankly just pathetic at this point.

Ohio States run success rate on 3rd- and 4th-and-short is 65.0%. The power conference average is 73.6%.

And the programs with a worse rushing success rate in short yardage are not the company OSU prefers to keep. @alex_kirshner takes a look. https://t.co/H21jCrwmza pic.twitter.com/GMwbP6feLY
— Opta Analyst US (@OptaAnalystUS) November 1, 2024