Ohio State-Bowling Green football preview: Buckeyes' Urban Meyer faces former team

Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer will look across the field Saturday in Ohio Stadium to the other sideline and probably flash back 15 years to the place that launched his head coaching career. Bowling Green gave Meyer his first opportunity to be in charge of a program and he took the ball and ran with it. Now, as the 2016 season kicks off in the Horseshoe, Meyer will lead sixth-ranked Ohio State against BG in the opener for both teams (Noon ET, Big Ten Network). “I love that school,” said Meyer, who begins his fifth season as Ohio State’s head coach. “When I think about Bowling Green, it’s one of the most tradition-rich programs in the MAC.” The new season will be one of change for the Buckeyes, who return only six starters from a team that finished 12-1 and beat Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl in January. Gone is a dazzling array of talent that made its mark in the NFL Draft this spring. But while the turnover in personnel is significant, one thing that never changes about Ohio State football is expectations. There’s plenty of talent, thanks to Meyer and his staff’s tenacious recruiting, to plug…

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