Ohio State's Offense Should Have the Buckeyes Smelling the Roses...Again

Yesterday, I talked about how the focus this spring needs to be on the position battles on the defensive side of the ball, not the offensive side.

The offense returns nine starters from a year ago and is stacked at positions like running back and wide receiver.

With that said, the offense will be under the microscope this spring in a different way.

After taking a huge leap forward in the Rose Bowl, everyone will be watching to see if they can maintain that level of consistency all spring and all season.

Jim Bollman knows this will be an easy task:

"You're not going to walk on the field [Thursday] and all of a sudden, be at that point," Bollman said. "How hard we all have to work, how focused we have to be to get back to that point, that's what's in front of us. That's the challenge, that's how you try to improve.

"You're not working toward an unseen performance level. We've been to that point. But everybody's got to understand what it takes."

In a way, the Buckeyes are having to rebuild to the level they were playing at in December, especially with Pryor coming off of surgery.

The nice thing is that, as Bollman alludes, the team knows what it takes and has seen the level of performance they must be at to be a championship contender.

This afternoon starts the process all over again, as the Buckeyes take the field for spring practice.   

Source: http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/11247/osu-needs-group-effort-to-boost-pass-attack