Ohio State football | Greg Schiano will lean on assistants on defense

Tim May The Columbus Dispatch @TIM_MAYsports The Ohio State football team is about to enter the second year of Greg Schiano’s influence on the defense. Schiano, though, is quick to point out that the 2017 season actually will be the sixth for an OSU defense whose philosophy is underwritten by head coach Urban Meyer. “What he always talks about it is, ‘Look, we’re in the framework of a system. If we have something that can make it better, let’s enhance it,’” Schiano said of Meyer’s directive. “We try to find ways every year. We visit with people, we bring people in to visit with, and we do a lot of studies to enhance what we’re doing.” Schiano, a former head coach of Rutgers and of the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers, dispelled the notion that his voice will rule, either in spring practices or when the season begins in August. Co-coordinator Luke…

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