COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — After a six-week blitz, it was time for No. 4 Ohio State to take a much-deserved break. ”Six tough games including back-to-back primetime games against ranked opponents,” coach Urban Meyer said Monday. ”I told them we would take care of them if they won, and they did a good job.” So the Buckeyes (6-0, 2-0 Big Ten) made the most of a long weekend off. Linebacker Ryan Shazier went with lineman Joel Hale to his mother’s house in Indianapolis and gorged on fried chicken and steak. Wide-out Corey Brown headed for Philadelphia to see his little brother touch the ball three times and score three touchdowns for his eighth-grade team. Even Meyer relaxed a little, going to see his daughter play volleyball before watching some college games on TV. He couldn’t help but make comparisons between his team and those he saw in action. ”Well, I try not to, but the human element gets involved when you start watching some of these teams,” he said. ”I watched Penn State’s (four-overtime victory over Michigan). I started watching it and watched it really close. That’s really the only one I watched start to finish. You start wondering where you stack up, and then I try to click right back into, ‘Don’t worry about that. Just take care of your own business.”’ The bye week was a perfect time for No. 4 Ohio State to reflect on its first half of the season and look ahead to what’s coming next in the second half. Hale and Shazier both made the most of some home cooking. ”We were just eating like kings,” Hale said with a laugh. Shazier regained the 5 pounds he had lost in the first half of the season. Of course, he couldn’t stay away from the games on television. ”I watched a little bit of college football,” he said. ”I saw a lot of good teams play. I feel that we can play with any of them.” He only watched a little bit of Penn State’s upset of the Buckeyes’ chief rival before turning it off. A cousin filled him in on what he missed. ”I already knew who I wanted to lose, so that’s all that matters,” he said. …
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