Big Ten countdown: Beware the Buckeyes

Brutus is everywhere. When putting together the top 25 football players in the Big Ten in 2015, the list starts to become overwhelmed with Buckeye stickers. Eight of the top 18 slots in the rankings belong to Ohio State players. Actually, there are 10 Buckeyes on the list, since the three quarterbacks are grouped together. Too many? Not for the team currently on college football’s throne. Want a scary stat? Not one Ohio State player was picked in the first round of this year’s NFL Draft. Last year’s title team was young. Eleven of the team’s 22 usual starters were freshmen or sophomores. So Urban Meyer’s team seems loaded for bear again. That doesn’t guarantee a successful hunt for another championship, but it does explain while the Buckeyes will be described as a giant favorite in the league until someone can knock down the monster…

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