COLUMBUS, Ohio — For four of the previous six years of his head coaching career, Urban Meyer spent college football’s championship weekend not on the couch, but rather on the sideline, and in direct control of his teams’ national-title aspirations.
So while enough chaos seemed possible over this past weekend for Ohio State to backdoor its way into the four-team College Football Playoff, you’ll have to excuse the Buckeyes head coach for not being comfortable with feeling like a lame duck.
On Sunday, after it was revealed Ohio State did not in fact make this year’s playoff, effectively ending its national-title defense, Meyer said that he didn’t waste much time the day prior rooting for upsets across the country.
“I didn’t watch. I was up and walking around. I’d watch a couple minutes here and there. Hard to watch,” Meyer said. “It’s hard for me to enjoy football because I start getting notebooks out and start thinking about this and that…you second-guess and overanalyze everything. It’s difficult.”
While Meyer’s disappointment on Sunday was apparent—as much as he did his best to disguise it—the reality remains that the 2015 Buckeyes still have one more matchup left on their slate, a New Year’s Day meeting with No. 8 Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl.
And although it won’t be the trophy Ohio State set out to play for at the start of the season, there will still be plenty on the line when the Buckeyes meet the Fighting Irish in Glendale,…
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