October 6, 2024

Turmoil or not, Ohio State will win the Big Ten

COLUMBUS — Seven things I think about the 2018 Ohio State football team, one for every unpleasant email-per-minute we received from Buckeyes fans last week … ? 1. There are two schools of thought on Urban Meyer’s preseason exile and three-game suspension. Some say, meh, the Buckeyes are so good it wouldn’t matter if John Q. Smith — or John L. — was coaching them. “Talent is talent,” Austin American-Statesman columnist Kirk Bohls wrote in an email among AP voters. “As great a coach as Urban Meyer is, I think a lot of good coaches could take the Buckeyes to this year’s College Football Playoff level.” Others will wait and see. Me, I think, if we’re just talking football, Ohio State is fine. Yes, the uncertainty no doubt took its toll. These are 18- to 22-year-olds who came here to play for Meyer. But as long as Meyer’s heart remains in…

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