COLUMBUS, Ohio — Urban Meyer’s office inside Ohio State’s football facility has its drawbacks, sure, most notably a distinct lack of windows, but the poor sightlines are offset by the décor: photos of Meyer in a downpour of confetti, for example, lifting a crystal football following the last of his three national championships. Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback J.T. Barrett. From this office, at a seat behind the controls of one of college football’s elite programs, Meyer has overseen an utterly unsurprising run. Across his five seasons are five total losses, one title and, come New Year’s Eve and the Fiesta Bowl, two trips to the College Football Playoff. It’s unsurprising for a reason: we saw this coming. It’s all gone according to plan, to the great frustration of Ohio State’s many rivals — including Michigan, which has made enormous strides in its two seasons under Jim Harbaugh yet has been…
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