2020 BOX SCORE(S) OF THE DAY: Justin Fields' bad games.

First up: OHIO STATE 42, INDIANA 35

Nearly 1,100 yards, 7 turnovers, 7 sacks, a 28-0 run and a 28-7 run. Man, this game was a lot.

One thing worth noting is that Fields was much better against man (94.8 QBR in '20) than zone (82.4). In this game, most of the bad stuff happened when IU was in zone.

(That's theoretically encouraging, since they play a higher ratio of man in the NFL.)

Indiana did a spectacular job of just *confusing* the Buckeye offense in this game. Not just Fields either -- his line, too. They were beaten play-for-play but caused some catastrophes.

Also, I appreciate that IU was basically like "Yeah, we can't run, don't bother, all pass."

Next up: OHIO STATE 22, NORTHWESTERN 10. Fields was waaaaaay worse in this game, but it wasn't NEARLY as close on paper. Took 4 FG attempts and a red zone INT to keep it competitive. (Mike Hankwitz: all-time red zone sorcerer.)

Fields was better (less bad) against man than zone again, but the Northwestern pass defense was just disgusting. Ohio State not having Olave helped, but they still had Garrett Wilson and 12 other 4-stars and still couldn't do anything through the air.

Then again, they didn't really have to TRY to do anything through the air after a while because LOL THOSE RUSHING NUMBERS. Trey Sermon turning into Mega Eddie George for two games late in 2020 was one of the more enjoyable subplots of the season.