COLUMBUS, Ohio — Urban Meyer wasn’t ready to make a statement. At least not yet.
Asked if his team had made a statement with its fourth consecutive blowout victory in which it had scored at least 50 points, the Ohio State head coach declined to accept the premise. But that didn’t prevent him from stating his belief that the Buckeyes are a Top 10 team or from setting the table for next week’s prime-time showdown with Penn State.
“I think we are,” Meyer answered when asked if Ohio State is a team deserving of a top 10 ranking following its 56-17 win over Rutgers on Saturday. “Next week we all know what’s coming down the barrel, prime-time game, in a stadium with 110,000 people. That’s going to be a great evaluator.”
And while Meyer’s right in believing that the Buckeyes have more credibility to gain by heading to Happy Valley and walking away with a win, what Ohio State has done in the six weeks since its Sept. 6 loss to Virginia Tech hasn’t gone unnoticed.
With an offense that ranks as one of the best in the country and a defense that’s vastly improved, the Buckeyes are firmly entrenched in the hunt for the first-ever College Football Playoff and appear to be the Big Ten’s best heading into the second half of the season.
“Someone will blog it out and say, ‘Here’s Coach Meyer ranting and raving again.’ I’m not. I don’t really watch the other teams,” Meyer said. “But I think we’re playing at a pretty high level right now.”
The numbers certainly back…
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