where he really fell out of the discussion. the goal line offense was horrid and that probably cost OSU the game at purdue. It also led to the tate martell package which didn't fare much better. I blame this mostly on coaching but having your Heisman caliber qb getting pulled in goal line situations isn't a very good look.

with all that said, his last 3 games were insanely good and very much deserves to be in the discussion. but this season was not without some rough patches.