COLUMBUS, Ohio — From the moment the clock struck zero and Ohio State was crowned the first College Football Playoff champion in January, Urban Meyer instantly reentered the conversation for the sport’s top active head coach—one which only Alabama’s Nick Saban also belongs in.
In the six months that have followed the Buckeyes’ national title run, Meyer only appears to have strengthened his case in that argument.
The fourth-year Ohio State head coach still trails Saban when it comes to college football’s ultimate measuring stick—national titles—with the Crimson Tide head man holding a 4-3 advantage over his former SEC foe.
But looking at the future that Meyer has made for himself in Columbus, it’s hard to imagine Saban’s championship lead over him lasting much longer.
Especially when taking into consideration that Meyer’s third championship season—which included a Sugar Bowl win over Saban and Alabama in the CFP semifinal—came a year earlier than he even expected.
“We’re a young program—a team where if you had told me this in August, I would have said, ‘Not yet,'” Meyer said upon the Buckeyes’ inclusion in the College Football Playoff. “Maybe next year, but not this year because we’re just so young.”
But those young Buckeyes—whose starting lineup included 13 combined freshmen and sophomores in 2014—got the job done, knocking off the Crimson Tide before defeating Oregon in the national title game.
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