Not doubthing that tressel was a great coach, and OSU a great team, but the bottom line is, he very very very very very rarely makes risky/non-conservative play calls. It's just not his style.
No they didnt. They averaged 16.8 pts per game all time, and got a HUGE boost thanks to a 49 pt win over UK, like everyone does.
PS, with the vacated win last year, they are still 0-9 vs SEC in bowl games...