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Regardless of opponent, Ohio State put forth one of its most explosive offensive performances of the Urban Meyer era in defeating Bowling Green 77-10. The Falcons operated from a base 4-3, mixing match-up zones like quarter-quarter-half and cover 4 with man blitzes. But the Buckeyes exploited the Falcons’ schemes with the H slot position.

As Urban Meyer stated, this is the first season where he has had true hybrids such as Curtis Samuel and Dontre Wilson – particularly Samuel – who can both run the football as a tailback and function as a receiver.

Against Bowling Green, this allowed Meyer and Ed Warinner to do three things.

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First, the Buckeyes created advantageous matchups with personnel and motion. For instance, on several plays, Meyer and Warinner initially aligned Samuel outside, spreading Bowling Green out with a five receiver set. They then motioned Samuel in to the halfback position – from where he not only ran outside but also inside on tight zone.