Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer coaches from the sideline in College Park, Md., Saturday.(AP Photo/Gail Burton) COLUMBUS — Most coaches hate to have their players talking or even thinking about what might happen a month or more from now. They particularly despise anyone looking ahead to the national championship game. But not Urban Meyer. The Ohio State coach talked to his team this week about where it stands in the college football cosmos. “When you look at it, everything’s wide open,” Meyer said. “College football, this is a pretty open year. I’d say we had a five-minute discussion. Because I know I can hear it, probably, walking around campus or watching TV. So why not address it? So we address it and move on.” The third-year coach of the Buckeyes (4-1, 1-0 Big Ten) picked this week to discuss the big picture for two reasons. First, the Buckeyes have their second bye in four weeks, so they could spare a few minutes. Second, Ohio State manhandled Maryland 50-24 in its Big Ten opener at noon last Saturday and that left plenty of time for Meyer and his players to check out a bunch of other games. What they saw were 11 underdogs taking a hatchet to the rankings. “I had a chance to watch some football last week and saw a lot of upsets,” Meyer said. “They called it ‘the strangest week ever’ or whatever.” It sure was. …
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