OSU FOOTBALL Buckeyes' Tressel senses trouble

Ohio State, which lost its lone road game, faces the Hoosiers today.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- Jim Tressel looks at No. 8 Ohio State and sees problems.
Not just with the Buckeyes' stagnant offense, but also with their record and their performance on the road.
"We're not 7-0," he said. "We're not extremely happy about the 6-1.
"I think the most glaring thing that we have to understand is that we're 6-0 at home and we're 0-1 on the road."
Perhaps Tressel is just a perfectionist -- or a coach looking to motivate his players before a game they're expected to win at Indiana.
After all, Ohio State is the defending national champ and has won 20 of its last 21 games.
So what's the complaint? Plenty, and Tressel senses trouble.
Offense is struggling
The Buckeyes (2-1 Big Ten) have relied almost completely on defense and special teams to win, while their offense, ranked ahead of only three Division I-A schools, has struggled.
Sure, Maurice Clarett isn't around, but for a program that's traditionally replaced one All-American running back with another, Ohio State is gaining just 108.7 yards on the ground.
In Columbus, everyone wants to know what's wrong.
"For some unknown reason this year, we just have been a guy missing a block or been unable to break away from one tackle," starting tackle Shane Olivea said. "It's been one thing after another and it's definitely frustrating."
Today's game could give the Buckeyes a respite.
Indiana (1-6, 0-3) is 2-37-2 against Ohio State since 1951, a record that includes a 12-game winless streak dating to the Hoosiers' last win in 1988.
History aside, Indiana has its own concerns.
The offense is scoring a Big Ten-low 17.7 points and the defense has yielded 407 yards and 30 points per game.
Indiana has lost four straight
Indiana also has lost four straight, nine straight Big Ten games, 12 of 13 overall, and hasn't beaten a Top 10 team since knocking off the Buckeyes on Oct. 10, 1987.
The Hoosiers' plight has coach Gerry DiNardo wondering why there's so much fuss at Ohio State.
"This is a team that has lost one game in two years," DiNardo said. "I didn't realize there were so many people complaining about it. I hope to see the day that we get to lose one game in two years and people complain about what we're doing."
There's lots of work to do before DiNardo worries about that.
On offense, the Hoosiers have thrown just two touchdown passes and some critics want DiNardo to replace quarterback Matt LoVecchio.
This week, DiNardo dismissed any suggestion of a change.
So LoVecchio's next test comes against a defense that's ranked No. 6 nationally and is the biggest reason Ohio State still has a chance to defend its conference crown.
"No one has been able to run the ball against them," DiNardo said.
Then there's the Hoosiers' pass defense, which is allowing quarterbacks to throw for 246 yards per game.