Coach Urban Meyer huddles with members of the Ohio State football team prior to a game against Illinois on Nov. 1 at Ohio Stadium. OSU won, 55-14.Credit: Lantern file photo Coming off a championship in the inaugural College Football Playoff, the Ohio State football team justifiably has large expectations ahead of the 2015 season. After all, the team returns all but five starters from a unit that won 13 straight games to close out the season and beat Wisconsin, Alabama and Oregon by a combined 88 points in its final three. The Buckeyes come into the 2015 season ranked No. 1 in pretty much every poll out there. An elite offense and elite defense are expected to come together as it did late in the 2014 season from the start and make OSU the title favorites coming in. Here are three reasons why the OSU faithful might start thinking about making the trip to Glendale, Ariz., on Jan. 11 for the national championship game. An offensive line that makes very good players elite The 2014 OSU team showed both the benefit and disaster that stems directly from the good or bad performance of an offensive line. In OSU’s home loss to Virginia Tech last season — the same team that the Buckeyes open the 2015 season against — then-redshirt freshman quarterback J.T. Barrett was sacked seven times and pressured countless others…
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