Urban Meyer is looking to do something no college football coach has ever done: win multiple national championships at two different schools. The Ohio State coach is hoping he can follow the same pattern that saw him win two titles in three years (2006 and 2008) at Florida. However, in order to do so this time around, he’ll have to find replacements for the 12 NFL Draft picks that departed this offseason. There’s no doubt that the Buckeyes have talent on the roster — Big Urb has brought in no worse than the seventh ranked recruiting class in the nation since 2013 — but making talented reserves into starters means inexperience and cuts down on depth. The last time Meyer had to replace close to this many draft picks was in 2007 after the Gators saw nine players get drafted into the NFL. That team stumbled to a 9-4 record, before blowing the doors off of everyone the next season to win another title. Ohio State is hoping the learning curve will be lessened a bit this season, but there’s so much production to replace. Helping in its efforts is the return of quarterback J.T. Barrett, who is firmly the…
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