COLUMBUS, Ohio — If there’s anybody north of the Bible Belt who’s well-versed in the dominance of the Southeastern Conference, it’s Urban Meyer.
After all, he’s the one who started it.
It was eight years ago that Meyer jumpstarted the SEC’s streak of seven consecutive national titles, claiming the first of his two crystal balls as the head coach of Florida.
From that day forward—after the Gators had shocked Ohio State with a 41-14 pummeling of the Buckeyes in the 2007 BCS National Championship Game—it was clear that something was a little different down South when it came to football.
“I’m not sure what ‘SEC bias’ is,” Meyer said on Thursday. “You’d be hard-pressed to say that top to bottom, they’re not the best league in the country.”
Florida State snapped the SEC’s national title reign a year ago with a win over Auburn, but as college football prepares for its first ever playoff, it’s Alabama that finds itself as the nation’s top team. The Crimson Tide have won three of the past five national championships, setting the standard for the rest of the sport to follow.
But as Alabama attempts to continue its dynasty, it’s Meyer who will get the next shot at bringing it to an end.
Now the head coach at Ohio State, Meyer and his Buckeyes will square off with the Crimson Tide in Jan. 1’s Sugar Bowl, which will double as a semifinal game for the national title.
Given the time—and success—that he found down South, Meyer knows that it will…
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