College Football: 3 offensive gurus came up short in Week 2

There are plenty of media-proclaimed “offensive gurus” at head coach in college football, but three in particular completely failed in Week 2.

Coaches are brought in as offensive gurus to increase scoring and excitement which will draw wins, star recruits, and money to campus. But in week two it backfired for five major programs.

Let’s take a look at which “offensive gurus” blew their opportunities for big wins in Week 2.

3. The Ohio State: Urban Meyer (and Kevin Wilson)

Urban Meyer hired Kevin Wilson to clean up JT Barrett’s throwing mechanics and Ohio State’s lack of offense. I even wrote that Kevin Wilson, the new Ohio State offensive coordinator, could ‘fix’ Barrett.

The Buckeyes struggled early against Indiana down 14-13 at the half. After halftime, JT turned it on and threw for 300 yards and three touchdowns adding another on the ground to pull the Buckeyes out. Against the Sooners, tOSU only mustered 16 points and Greg Schiano’s defense was stuck on the field giving up 14 points in the fourth quarter.

J.K. Dobbins was anointed the second coming of Ezekiel Elliott after running for 181 yards against the Hoosiers but only managed 72 on the Sooners’ defense. So how does Kevin Wilson fall so far from grace so quickly? He managed to push Indiana into the top 25 of offenses only a season ago. It can’t all be JT Barrett’s fault.

The coaching job Tom Herman and Meyer did in 2014 with three quarterbacks has made me wonder if it was more Herman than Meyer. The latter managed to put up some amazing numbers with Tim Tebow and Percy Harvin in Gainesville, and he replicated the numbers with Elliott but my feelings on Meyer are showing through — he has a hard time adjusting when the personnel doesn’t fit his offense of choice.