CHICAGO — Ohio State lost 12 players to the NFL Draft and 16 starters from last season. It will have 44 players on its roster who have never played in a game. This might be a problem somewhere else, yet Ohio State coach Urban Meyer showed calm — if not confidence — in this year’s team at Big Ten Media Days on Tuesday. “The issue would be if it was a non-talented young team,” Meyer said. “That’s not the case at all. So it’s a very young team, but talented. Probably the most critical coaching month that our staff will — I’m speaking for myself — that I’ve ever been through.” MORE: Top 40 players | Preseason Top 25 The talent is there. It’s always going to be there. Alabama and Ohio State are the only two programs that have had top 10 classes in 247 Sports’ team rankings each of the past six seasons. That talent is why Ohio State — which is 50-4 under Meyer — should still be considered the favorite in the Big Ten East. That, and it has a better answer at quarterback than Michigan and Michigan State. Meyer said a conversation with J.T. Barrett on the way to the airport to the event affirmed all…
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