Myerberg: Buckeyes strengths and weaknesses for 2017


As part of USA Today’s ongoing 2017 season preview, college football writer Paul Myerberg is take a closer look at each team in the publications’ preseason top 25. In those rankings, Ohio State is the No. 3 team in the country and on Monday, Myerberg reached the Buckeyes in his breakdown. Here is Myerberg’s initial analysis of OSU: “From top to bottom, it’s hard to find a more talented roster — maybe at Alabama, but nowhere else. The expectations are high for a reason. But with Urban Meyer, a fifth-year senior quarterback and a change in offensive style, the Buckeyes seem ready to notch yet another College Football Playoff berth.” Here Myerberg is not wrong. The Scarlet and Gray went from being the youngest team in the nation a year ago — one that still managed to make the CFP — to one of the most experienced, returning all but…

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