Former Ohio State Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer changed the Big Ten with his approach to offense. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) Before coach Meyer was hired to coach the Ohio State football team, the Big Ten was lacking in key areas. Now they are perhaps the best conference in the country. The Big Ten was known for years as a conference that was predicated on defense and running the ball. As Woody Hayes famously put it, “three yards and a cloud of dust” was the mantra of the entire conference. That changed in 2012 when a new coach was hired at Ohio State. Once the Buckeyes brought in Urban Meyer, everything in the conference changed. Meyer’s offense not only changed the way Ohio State played, but it changed the way defenses had to gameplan for a new style of offense. The spread offense that Meyer brought to Columbus emphasized the…
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