The Ohio State Buckeyes are focused on the present, not past successes as they head into the 2015 season. The Ohio State Buckeyes are focused on the present, not past successes as they head into the 2015 season.(Photo: Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports) The Ohio State Buckeyes may be entering the 2015 college football season as the reigning NCAA Champions following an unlikely run through Wisconsin, Alabama and Oregon with third-string quarterback Cardale Jones at the helm of the offense, there is no talk of a repeat. Being the biggest game of the year on every one of their opponents’ schedules, the Buckeyes reported to preseason camp focused on the task at hand and building on their successes from 2014 rather than resting on them. “If you see how hard our practices are and how fast things are moving, believe me, we don’t have the gold trophy out there, trying to say ‘Championship’ and all that,” Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer said. “We’re in survival now, so it’s good. There’s zero conversation about that.” By going through physically demanding practices in the heat of August in Central Ohio, Meyer hopes to build a bond among the players, something he said stood out as special during their run to the National Championship a year ago. “Our prayer every morning is safety of our players, health of our players because you see it across the country right now,” Meyer said. “Man, I hit ESPN.com and FOX Sports and CBS, I pull down these internet sites and I hit them real fast to see what’s going on across the world and you see a young guy get hurt. I don’t think the world realizes how much time goes into that. “That’s the number one thing, health of your players. Number two is you want to make it real hard and all the walls are broken down so they bleed…
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