Buckeyes HC Ryan Day Spearheading the Jeremiah Smith Pass Interference Campaign

I typically don't like to dabble in this type of discourse, but we are getting to a point with Ohio State's Jeremiah Smith that it needs to be addressed. 

Smith has not drawn one pass interference call this entire season, and the last one was almost a full calendar year ago against Purdue on November 22. 

For context, the Buckeyes have played 12 games in that time span that Smith has not drawn one flag.

This conversation surfaced because of the very clear and obvious PI that was missed against Indiana on Saturday as Smith streaked down the middle of the field. Now, on that play specifically, I personally love the no call. By the letter of the law, that is 100 percent a pass interference, but I have a very hard time agreeing with flags being thrown on egregiously underthrown footballs. 

That was a miss by the quarterback, and the offense should not be rewarded for that. However, that is neither here nor there. 

There is something to be said for the fact that the vast majority of the time, he is so wide open because he is legitimately unguardable as a wide receiver. That is absolutely fair as an argument most of the time. 

However, it was reported that the Buckeyes submitted more than 10 plays to the league office for review after the Indiana game. Furthermore, Day, for the most part, doesn't bring things to the media until they become a legitimate issue.

It was one of the main topics of the Indiana fallout press conference, and he commented that he didn't know what to do to get the calls, but he was going to start by submitting a lot of those plays for review.

It is something that shows up in every single game that the Buckeyes have to deal with. Smith, at certain times, has shown that he is good enough to overcome the obvious penalties and still make a miraculous, tough catch. It's not at 100 percent, but it is pretty close.

Jeremiah deserves a lot of credit in this situation, too. He never gets up and complains about the lack of penalties drawn. Whatever happens once the whistle is blown, he either is celebrating another highlight-reel catch or jogging back to the huddle.

That's just the type of player he is and the character that he has. It's part of the reason that he is going to go down as one of the best to ever do it.

I wouldn't be surprised if the Buckeyes get a couple of calls in the upcoming weeks as they start to turn the volume up on what the heck is happening when their star goes to try and make a catch.