The Ohio State Buckeyes sing Carmen Ohio after this year’s spring game in Ohio Stadium.(Photo: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports) COLUMBUS – Urban Meyer can’t remember ever spending more time on practice — the preparation as much as the execution — than he has this preseason camp with his rebooted Ohio State Buckeyes. As he describes plotting every little detail and practically leading the baby Buckeyes by the hand, the image of a sneering Allen Iverson comes into focus. Practice? We’re talking about practice? Well, yes, if only to illustrate how much work Meyer and his staff are putting into developing and accelerating the maturity of a squad that counts 46 true or redshirt freshmen among its 85 scholarship players. In other words, more than half of those Buckeyes have never taken a snap in a college game that counts. “I never spent this much time on a practice schedule,” said Meyer, beginning his fifth season at OSU in a career that has also included head-coaching stints at Bowling Green, Utah and Florida, where he won his first two national championships. “I stand at that board two hours a day. Probably every practice I’ve gone over six or seven times to…
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