{
  "id": 18402537,
  "title": "Ohio State football is paying the price for its red-zone shortcomings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/ohio-state-football-is-paying-the-price-for-its-red-zone-shortcomings",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-05T23:52:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ohio-state-football-paying-price-235209877.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ohio State's football team faces challenges in the red zone, scoring only 37 times this season, despite entering the area 37 times. Coach Ryan Day attributes this to poor drive sustainability and execution issues during red-zone trips. In their loss to USC, Ohio State only scored one touchdown out of four red-zone attempts, settling for field goals on two other trips. The team's red-zone conversion rate of 86.5% ranks 56th nationally, and their touchdown rate stands at 62.2%, ranking 67th. The team's issues in the red zone led to costly penalties, like a false start by Nate Roberts in the first half against USC, which set them back significantly.",
  "summary": "Ohio State football has come short of a touchdown in 14 different red-zone trips. How many of those failed attempts occurred in OSU's losses?",
  "key_points": [
    "Ohio State scores 37 times in red zone this season",
    "Coach Ryan Day cites drive sustainability issues",
    "Red-zone conversion ranks 56th nationally"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Inability to convert scoring opportunities into touchdowns transforms promising drives into costly field goals and penalties, undermining the team's competitive edge in critical high-stakes matchups.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}