COLUMBUS, Ohio — Urban Meyer has a problem.
It’s a good problem to have. But a problem nonetheless.
Meyer’s Ohio State team will play Oregon in the national championship game on Monday, which wouldn’t have been a surprise had somebody predicted that this is where the Buckeyes would eventually wind up back in August. Returning its star quarterback with a manageable schedule, Ohio State was ranked as the No. 5 country in the preseason AP Top 25, projected to finish right on the edge of the first-ever College Football Playoff.
But days later, the Buckeyes’ star quarterback would go down with a season-ending injury, the same fate that would later be suffered by his Heisman Trophy-caliber successor in Ohio State’s regular season finale. And yet here the Buckeyes sit with their third option at quarterback, one win away from capturing college football’s national crown.
So what’s Meyer’s problem?
While his roster apparently possesses no fewer than three quality quarterbacks, each of the three has eligibility remaining after this season and is currently slated to return to Columbus for the 2015 season. At football’s most important position, only one player can start, meaning that Meyer will be tasked with benching two more-than-qualified quarterbacks.
So who should start for the Buckeyes next season? Let’s look at the blind resumes of each of Meyer’s options.
Option A
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