Share This Story COLUMBUS – He strutted, skipped and shimmied across a makeshift stage, planted on top of the end zone where the reigning national champion Ohio State Buckeyes scored many of their record 90 touchdowns and 672 points last season. Under a canopy of May storm clouds, 71-year-old Mick Jagger whipped 60,000 fans inside Ohio Stadium into a frenzy by leading a singalong of OSU’s official rock song Hang on Sloopy and the requisite “O-H” call and “I-O” response. Had the legendary British rocker ripped open his shiny blue tuxedo jacket to reveal a crop top No. 15 jersey like the one worn by trending tailback Ezekiel Elliott it might have induced sheer bedlam. You know Ohio State is on top of the college football world when the Rolling Stones are singing your praises. The Buckeyes don’t just have a bandwagon. They have a rock bandwagon. And a rock star head coach in Urban Meyer whose own 2015 North America tour led to him being feted with his team at the White House, chatting with David Letterman and throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at Yankee Stadium. What can Meyer and his band of Buckeyes do for an encore? Simple. Do it again. Follow up a title in the inaugural College Football Playoff with another one. …
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