The Ohio State Buckeyes will have a much different offensive scheme under new offensive coordinator Arthur Smith.
On Saturday, the Ohio State Buckeyes made a big move for the coaching staff with Ryan Day convincing Arthur Smith to leave the NFL to become an offensive coordinator at the college level.
Day has had success with coordinators that have had experience in the NFL. Defensive coordinator Matt Patricia's defense was excellent last season.
Ohio State won a national title with Chip Kelly calling the plays.
However, the Buckeyes offense could look much different under Smith than the scheme that was used by Kelly and 2025 offensive coordinator Brian Hartline.
During an episode of "The Joe Klatt Show" released on Monday, the host suggested Smith would put emphasis on the running game like he did during his time as the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons and offensive coordinator of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Instead of always spreading out the field with speedy receivers, the Buckeyes could use formations with multiple tight ends on the field. Klatt warned Ohio State fans that it could look a little weird in 2026.
“I know that they like a lot of the tight ends that they've got coming back for next year," Klatt said. "So it's just something to be aware of. If you're an Ohio State fan, you've got to understand that Ryan Day just watched Michigan win the national championship.
"They won the national championship, meaning the Buckeyes with Will Howard, who could run the football on two great backs, great backs in TreVeyon (Henderson) and Quinshon (Judkins).”
Klatt thinks Day wanted to have a strong running game, seeing it as the "blueprint" for how Michigan and Indiana won recent national championships.
"In that respect, this all makes a lot of sense, a lot of sense," Klatt said. And now Arthur Smith is going to have a veteran quarterback, in Julian Sayin, the best wide receiver in college football, in Jeremiah Smith.
"A 1,000-yard running back (Bo Jackson), most of his offensive linemen. Should be a really good offense and an offense that, in theory, could control the line of scrimmage and really do some damage up front."
And much of that damage could be done via tight ends.