While the missed opportunities were bad, the offensive woes built up to the point of self-destruction.
In the first 12 games of the season, Ohio State had allowed only six sacks. In the last two, they allowed 10. His offensive line did him no favors, but Julian Sayin struggled, and most of that struggling fell on the freshman quarterback’s shoulders.
Plenty of the problems with the pressure Miami put on him were because he held onto the ball far too long, and even more of his problems were simply not seeing the field and open receivers.