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Ohio State is a run-heavy, efficient offense that controls games with a 53/47 run-pass split and a 54.2% success rate, paired with a defense that suffocates opponents at an elite level. Their PPA of 0.37 per play puts them well above the strong threshold, meaning they consistently generate positive value on a per-snap basis. They are a complete team that protects leads aggressively and rarely lets opponents back in the game.

Every scrimmage snap split by down and distance. Run rate and pass rate are heat-shaded on a Maryland-red scale so the strong tendencies jump off the page. The top row is all downs combined.

The same run/pass tendency, re-cut by where the ball sits, the score on the board, and which half it is. Counts are real charted snaps; thin splits are flagged honestly. Run % and pass % are heat-shaded on the same Maryland-red scale.

Drive for drive: what Ohio State does with the ball, next to what their defense gives up. Points per drive are estimated from the drive result (touchdown counts as seven, field goal as three). Everything here is computed from real CFBD drive data.

How the man calling it for Ohio State thinks on fourth down, drawn from every fourth-down snap his offense has taken this season. "Went" means they ran a play (rush or pass); "kicked" means a field goal or a punt. The split is then cut by field zone so you know where he gets aggressive.

• ★If Maryland can convert third downs at a rate above 30.8%, which is the floor Ohio State gives up, that alone would be beating the average outcome they allow. Sustained drives with positive first-and-second-down gains are the path to doing that. Avoid obvious passing situations and stay on schedule.
• ★Ohio State runs 0% of the time when trailing by 7 or more. If Maryland can get to a lead that forces Ohio State into a pure passing game, their entire offensive identity is disrupted. Creating early pressure and potentially forcing Ohio State to abandon the run is the single biggest game-plan lever available.
• ★Ohio State is heavily committed to the run in the red zone at 65.3%. Maryland's defensive front needs a specific red zone package that takes away inside runs and forces them into play-action or pass situations. If you can hold them to field goals in the red zone even twice, that is a meaningful swing.
• ★Their explosive play rate allowed of 7.8% means Maryland should not design its offense around waiting for a big play to happen. The game plan needs to be built on consistent execution of short and intermediate concepts because Ohio State's defense will close on big plays. Winning 4-yard battles on first down is more realistic than hoping for a 40-yard shot.

This is the charting layer. CFBD play-by-play does not carry coverage shells, blitz, or pressure, so the rates below stay blank until a game is broken down on film or pulled from Telemetry. The sample row shows the shape only, not real numbers.

This is the charting layer. Personnel groupings and formation families are not in CFBD play-by-play; they are tagged off the film or pulled from Telemetry, then drop straight into these tables. The sample row is illustrative shape only.

The numbers above come from charted play-by-play. The detail a coordinator wants next, special-teams maps, opponent media quotes, and player grades, comes off the film and the Telemetry feed. Each item below drops straight into this report once charted.

• Coverage and blitz tendencies by down and distance (Telemetry / PFF charting).
• Special-teams punt and kickoff location maps.
• Opponent media quotes from the weekly press conferences.
• Player grades, pressures, and coverage data from Telemetry.