NORMAN, Oklahoma — As the skies cleared and Ohio State came on to the field Saturday evening for its weather-delayed pregame warmups, coach Urban Meyer stayed just inside the tunnel for a few minutes to watch the waning moments of Alabama’s win over Ole Miss on the Memorial Stadium video board. Meyer’s own program is quickly becoming the Alabama of the North. No matter how many stars the Tide lose to the NFL, you never doubt Nick Saban’s ability to reload. Time to start doing the same for Meyer. On Saturday, he brought a 70-man travel roster that included 30 true or redshirt freshman to a stadium where the home team had lost just eight games in 17 years. He left with a 45-24 beheading of an Oklahoma team that reached last season’s College Football Playoff to up his five-year record in Columbus to a staggering 53-4. Meet the new Buckeyes, same as the old Buckeyes. They recruit, they win, they reload, they do it again. Getty Images “I had to swallow hard when I saw the guys who were getting on those buses and those planes, thinking, ‘My gosh, this is a young team,'”Meyer said afterward. “They’re no longer…
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