COLUMBUS, Ohio — Every year, somewhere between the end the nonconference slate and the start of the league schedule, Urban Meyer delivers a state of the union address to his team. And more times than not, it includes discussion of the national title hunt.
This year was no exception, with the Ohio State head coach opting for the Buckeyes’ second bye week in the past month to deviate from his typical opponent at-hand approach. And while Meyer insists that this year’s talk was a short one, his message was unmistakable.
All of Ohio State’s goals—national championship included—remain on the table.
“I just show the rankings and show the teams, because they are going to hear it,” Meyer told reporters on Wednesday. “When you look at it, everything is wide-open. In college football, this is a pretty open year.”
Meyer is not wrong, and a big part of that has to do with last weekend, which saw five of the top eight teams in the AP Top 25 and 11 ranked squads overall suffer losses. “They called it the strangest week ever—or whatever,” Meyer said.
As a result, the Buckeyes jumped five spots in the AP Top 25, where they now sit at No. 15 after dropping to as low as 23rd following their Sept. 6 loss to Virginia Tech. Since its defeat at the hands of the Hokies, Ohio State has reeled off three consecutive wins and again appears to be on a collision course with 4-1 Michigan State for a de facto Big Ten East Division title game in East Lansing on Nov….
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