Film Study: Will Howard’s Best Passing Game As a Buckeye and More Defensive Wrinkles in Wrigleyville

As longtime readers will likely know, Film Study HQ is not located within the Great State of Ohio, but rather, a couple of states west, in Chicago. After a short trip up Ashland Avenue, this writer witnessed last Saturday’s 31-7 Ohio State victory over Northwestern in person.

While I wasn’t in the press box with Dan and Andy, I did manage to capture some hard-hitting footage of a historic event:

O-H-I-O around Wrigley Field ( on)

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— Kyle Jones (@kylejones32.bsky.social) November 17, 2024 at 8:54 AM

After a long day in Wrigleyville, however, I still managed to break down some film.

Here’s what we go over in this week’s video breakdown:

Northwestern’s use of designed, QB draws in RPOs
OSU leaned on a 3-4 look defensively

Will Howard took the lid off the Northwestern defense
The Wildcats’ reliance on Tampa 2 came back to bite them

Click the header photo above to watch the video, or head straight to YouTube.

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