Published: Tuesday, 9/15/2015 Meyer not interested in other teams’ issues BY DAVID BRIGGSBLADE SPORTS WRITER COLUMBUS — Forgive the Ohio State football team if it got a kick out of Toledo’s stunning 16-12 win at Arkansas on Saturday. Let it be a lesson learned. A week after Arkansas coach Bret Bielema mocked the strength of the top-ranked Buckeyes’ schedule — and then endured the wrath of the one-day-at-a-time football gods — Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said that he better not see any wandering eyes in Columbus. Meyer has enough on his mind as Ohio State prepares for a visit from a different Mid-American Conference power. The Buckeyes (2-0) host Northern Illinois on Saturday. “I don’t know anyone else’s schedule, and I don’t care,” Meyer said Monday in a softly veiled reference to Bielema, who noted last week that OSU will play only one regular-season game against a currently ranked team. “We have enough issues. I’ve been asked that question, ‘Did you hear what this guy said?’ I’m like, ‘How did they say that?’ I don’t know. “This time a year ago, we were a really bad team, and we got better. Probably because our focus was on getting better and better and better. I don’t ever want to hear that. If I ever hear one of our coaches talk about another conference, that’s a problem because I want to go check what they’re doing during the day.” This week, the Buckeyes are spending their days focused on the five-time reigning MAC West champion Huskies — who began the season with a 38-30 win over UNLV and a 57-26 pasting of Murray State — and reestablishing their prolific offense. Expectations are such that Ohio State’s 38-0 win over Hawaii on short rest Saturday inspired much grousing here in the world’s largest fishbowl, where some fans are only happy if they are unhappy. The main talk-radio debate was not the shutout but the offense and the quarterback derby. Meyer made his first quarterback change of the season in the second quarter Saturday, swapping Cardale Jones — who passed for 111 yards and rushed for five yards on six carries — for J.T. Barrett. But Barrett played unevenly, too, and Jones returned to play the second half. Meyer said Jones remains the starter. “Both of them will continue to get reps with [the first team in practice],” he said. “The approach I’ve taken is Cardale started, and he’s the starting quarterback…
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