Urban Meyer has opened up on the state of the Ohio State Buckeyes. Gallery 10 images Meyer discussed where his team currently stands in an Oct. 9 interview with ESPN’s Austin Ward: “This is a weekly routine for Urban Meyer on the drive home from games on Saturdays. “First the scores of his friends from around the country are rattled off to the Ohio State coach, followed by some updates in the Big Ten and, obviously, what happened to Michigan. “The next day Meyer will brainstorm with his operations coordinator to put together a Top 25 and cast his vote in the coaches’ poll. “Neither of those activities involve watching any film or perhaps going any deeper than catching some highlights, and Meyer usually makes it clear during the season that he doesn’t make much of an effort to stay up to date with what’s happening in college football outside of his own program. “But at least once a year an exception has to be made, and Ohio State’s standing in the national race must be addressed. Meyer brushes up on the rankings, takes stock of the conversation about his team in the championship picture and carves out about five minutes for a ‘state of the union’ to clear the air. “Then the Buckeyes move on. “‘We do that every year this time of year,’ Meyer said. ‘I just show the (players) rankings and I show the teams, because they’re going to hear it. When you look at it, everything is wide open. College football, this is a pretty open year. “‘I know they can hear it, probably walking around campus or watching TV. So why not address it?…But I don’t want to hear too much about it at all after our conversation.’ “Thanks to a combination of wild upsets elsewhere and steady progress since an early loss to (the) Virginia Tech (Hokies) last month, the Buckeyes can once again be realistically included in the playoff discussion after seemingly being left for dead…
Continue Reading: Urban Meyer Discusses State of Ohio State Buckeyes
