How Urban Meyer Can Revolutionize Anemic Buckeye Offense

When Urban Meyer was officially announced as Ohio State's head coach on Monday, one thought popped into a lot of Buckeyes fans' heads: Now we're getting an offense.

The news that offensive coordinator Jim Bollman, the often-criticized coach whose job only seemed to be intact because of Jim Tressel's favor, was welcome news to Buckeyes fans.

The problem Ohio State has had is that although they have had a great amount of fantastic defenses, only twice have they had offenses worthy of them: 2006 and 2010.

With Meyer in town, who has been regarded as one of the best masterminds in offensive football, Ohio State's offense might actually start to look like an offense.

It all starts obviously at QB with Braxton Miller, who showed against Michigan that he does have the ability to throw as well as to run, which we all know he can do so well.

His dual-threat ability will be used very well by Meyer, who helped make Tim Tebow into one of the greatest players in college sports history by how he used his running to help set up the offense.

Miller is much faster than Tebow, which can only be good for this offense.

Whether or not Meyer will commit to the full spread or if he will also add some pro-style elements remains to be seen.

But he does have the personnel to do whichever he chooses, especially at running back.

He will have a more spread-oriented back in Jordan Hall and a more pro-style back in Carlos Hyde to work with.

The real concerns on the offense come at the receiver and offensive line position.

Ohio State does have a true burner in Corey Brown, which is the type of player that Meyer can make into a big weapon.

Other than that, they lack some big experience outside of Verlon Reed and Devin Smith, neither of whom are speed players.

Meyer has been hot on the recruiting trail in the first few days, going after three blue-chip wideout prospects that would make a huge impact on this offense in Stefon Diggs, Joel Caleb and Cyrus Jones.

If he can land any one of those three explosive playmakers, any of these young men can step into Meyer's offense and be an impact player very quickly.

Meyer's recruiting tactics are also moving towards the offensive line, which loses three seniors to graduation, tackles Mike Adams and JB Shugarts and C Mike Brewster.

The problem with Ohio State's recruiting in past years is they have really failed to create veteran depth up front, something that will take some time to fix, possibly three recruiting classes.

If OSU plans on running an up-tempo spread attack, they need to have plenty of quick, athletic linemen to rotate to keep bodies fresh.

They won't have that luxury for a little bit.

While Buckeyes fans shouldn't be expecting Meyer's offense to put up 35-plus points per game right from the get-go, they should have the expectation that the Buckeyes offense will at worst be watchable.

That alone would be a vast improvement compared to some of the offensive performances the Buckeyes put up last season, including against Miami, Michigan State and Penn State.

Meyer talked about getting the best coaching staff in college football history, and already there are some high-profile names rumored to be in the mix, including LSU OL coach Greg Studrawa and Clemson's rising star OC Chad Morris.

While it's not too likely that OSU can land either as the OC, they will be getting a top-notch guy to help Miller and his young weapons to learn how to make plays.

Having offense in Columbus is something that's very rare since the turn of the century, but it seems like this year will be the start of an offensive revolution.

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