November 15, 2024

Will Ohio State Unseat Alabama as College Football's Reigning Dynasty?

Christian Petersen/Getty Images COLUMBUS, Ohio — After Ohio State’s spring game ended in April, Urban Meyer stepped to the podium with an enthusiasm typically reserved for a big rivalry game victory or even a national title. “What I didn’t like? I liked it all,” Meyer said when asked for a rundown of his pros and cons from the Buckeyes’ annual exhibition. “What I saw today was the future is bright at Ohio State.” The recent past hasn’t been too shabby, either. With a 50-4 record in the past four years, the Buckeyes lay claim to the highest winning percentage in college football since Meyer arrived in 2012. In that span, Ohio State has accrued winning streaks of 24 and 23 games and won the first College Football Playoff. Now it enters 2016 as the media favorite to win the Big Ten title, according to an unofficial Cleveland.com poll. Yet when it comes to college football dynasties, there’s Alabama and there’s everyone else. After all, in the same period Meyer’s been with the Buckeyes, the Crimson Tide have amassed a 50-6 record and won two national titles, and they enter 2016 ranked first in the Amway Coaches Poll as Nick Saban’s…

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