Since taking over in 2012, Urban Meyer has led Ohio State into some of the most hostile environments in college football.
In 2012 and 2014, there were treacherous trips to East Lansing and State College for matchups against Michigan State and Penn State. There was the unpleasant visit to Madison, Wisconsin, during Bret Bielema’s last season as head coach of the Badgers. And unsurprisingly, the folks in Ann Arbor, Michigan, weren’t all that pleasant when the Buckeyes came calling in 2013.
Each of those stadiums was at incapacitating levels of hysteria at kickoff, but when the final whistle blew, it was Ohio State that was making all the noise.
The Buckeyes haven’t lost a true road game during the Meyer era, and that streak will be put on the line when they travel south for a prime-time matchup with Virginia Tech on Monday.
The secret to Ohio State’s success on the road?
According to Meyer, it’s pretty simple.
“There’s no magical formula other than you recruit really well,” Meyer said, according to Eric Seger of Eleven Warriors. “Motivate and push and go. I think recruit really well is probably the best way to win on the road.”
That’s certainly a simple logic to follow. If Meyer has great players, his chances of winning in any environment increase. And the Buckeyes have recruited incredibly well with Meyer at the helm, signing the Big Ten’s best recruiting class in each of the last four years.
But talent won’t reach its full potential without the right…
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