Jalyn Holmes admits he hears the hype. It’s hard not to, of course. Ohio State’s defensive line enters the 2017 campaign being talked about as one of the best in the country; you’d have to be living under a rock to avoid the discussion. But while Holmes concedes it’s nice to hear good things being said about him and his teammates up front, it’s not necessarily the type of discussion he wants. Not yet, anyway. “You want good praise. I’d be lying to you if I said I didn’t care,” Holmes said Thursday following the Buckeyes’ first practice of the season. “But at the end of the day, you’ve got to know that’s just preseason stuff. At the end of the day, you want the postseason awards and you don’t really care about that preseason stuff.” “We’ve just got to take it for what it is but continue to elevate…
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