Take Two returns with a daily offering tackling a handful of issues in the college football landscape. Rivals.com National Recruiting Analyst Adam Gorney lays out the situation and then receives takes from Rivals.com National Recruiting Director Mike Farrell and a local expert from the Rivals.com network of team sites.

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Ever since getting blasted by Oklahoma, 31-16, in the second game of the season, the Buckeyes have looked fantastic on offense against weaker competition.

So the question emerges: Has Ohio State figured out something that clicks on the offensive side of the ball or have the Buckeyes’ opponents been so mediocre, it’s still hard to know if things have been fixed?

Against the Sooners, Ohio State didn’t score until the second quarter (a field goal), got its only touchdown in the second quarter and just didn’t look right at all. The Buckeyes finished with 183 passing yards, quarterback J.T. Barrett threw an interception and was sacked three times.

It was a surprisingly rare, ugly loss in Columbus.

Since that time, Ohio State has scored 38 against Army, 54 against UNLV, 56 at Rutgers and 62 versus Maryland. That’s pretty good – but it’s against lesser opponents.

Has Ohio State fixed early-season issues and the Buckeyes are humming, possibly back to the College Football Playoff discussion? Or is the jury still out with Penn State, Michigan State, Michigan and others on deck?

“It is a lot easier to fix a plane on the ground rather than when it is at 35,000 feet. While that statement may not translate 100 percent to this situation, there are a lot of parallels that can be taken here. It is a lot easier to deconstruct and then reconstruct your offense against overmatched opponents than against the toughest two or three foes on your schedule. The Buckeyes were fortunate to have a stretch of games after the Oklahoma game where they could get back to some basics, work on certain structures and build from there.

“We have seen the results. Since the Oklahoma game, the Ohio State offense has been moving the ball and putting points up with big numbers. It has not always been smooth but some of that has been because the Buckeyes have gotten up by so much that they are emptying the bench and are getting work for the second- and third-string players.

“I am not ready to declare that all is well in Columbus with the offense and this offense is 100 percent foolproof and the Buckeyes will not be held below 28 points the rest of the way. The tougher defenses are coming and suddenly the guy who is wide open will have a defender blanketed on him. The one thing that should give Ohio State fans hope is that quarterback J.T. Barrett now is starting to complete balls into tight windows, something that we have not seen since 2014 in his career. Things are fixed, but there are many more challenges ahead and I am just as interested as anyone to see how the offense responds.”

“The real tests are coming up. These aren’t great teams, but that doesn’t mean they haven’t turned it around. We don’t know yet. Beating up on Rutgers and Army and Maryland is not going to show us that Ohio State has recovered from the Oklahoma loss. We’ll know that when they start playing real teams. None of these victories are any surprise at all.”