COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — If any naive Ohio State football players had a notion that they were getting this week off, coach Urban Meyer dispelled that possibility almost immediately.Yeah, they’ll get a couple of days off. But then it’s back to work.”Time to move on, a bye week, and then get ready,” Meyer said soon after Saturday’s 66-0 stroll past overmatched Kent State. ”I watched Cincinnati and they’re a very talented team, so we’re going to put everything we can into it the next two weeks to win that game.”The 23rd-ranked Buckeyes (2-1) don’t play this Saturday and then take on the Bearcats (1-0) on Sept. 27.Meyer gave his charges Sunday and Monday off. They resume practice on Tuesday and, along with cleaning up some ongoing problems, will begin preparing for that next big game on the schedule.They were still thinking about a 35-21 home loss to Virginia Tech in week two while looking ahead to the Bearcats in the moments after beating another in-state opponent.”It still hurts from last week,” quarterback J.T. Barrett said. ”We’re still going to come out aggressive. (Cincinnati is) a good team. I don’t think we’re going to sit on this.”The Bearcats play Miami (Ohio) this Saturday. It’s a rivalry that has moved to the back burner as the RedHawks have fallen on hard times in recent years. View gallery FILE – In this Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014, file photo, Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett throws again … Coach Tommy Tuberville declined to address Ohio State just yet. …
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