Ohio State has one of college football’s most talented offenses, so why are they playing so slow?

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State discovered something on its way to a national title last season, and it’s fundamentally changing the way it plays offense.

For the last two years, the up-tempo OSU offense that fans have come to expect has voluntarily drifted over to the slow lane. Nothing’s changed in terms of the caliber of players coming into the program, while those responsible for those players’ existence have been handed the keys to a unit that very few can look in the eye over the past seven years.

The Buckeyes’ offense is the ultimate race car running on pristine oil with an S-tier driver at the wheel. So why is that racecar driving like it’s going through a school zone?

“The No. 1 goal is to win the game. We have to make sure we stay focused on that part of it. But then it’s also