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Good news on Buckeyes’ focus

By Kyle Nagel | Thursday, October 8, 2009, 08:15 AM

Many football coaches will tell you that one of the best ways to judge a coaching staff’s effectiveness and a team’s focus is to look at penalties.

In both cases, Ohio State is shining.

The Buckeyes rank seventh-best in the NCAA in penalty yards per game, with 35.2, and they’re tied for 13th-best in penalties per game, at 4.6.

Penalties, admittedly, are not very sexy stats, but they’re an effective measure of a disciplined team. That’s what we have in these Buckeyes, even if they haven’t been overly spectacular in overall offense.

Keeping penalties low aids shutouts by not continuing opponents’ drives unnecessarily and helps offensive drives by not stalling them with mistakes.

That’s good news looking forward for the Buckeyes fans.

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