Virginia Tech was the only team to beat the Buckeyes on their path to the national title, claiming a 35-21 victory in Columbus, and five of the Hokies’ six losses last season were by seven points or less.
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“The ability to enter a storm, survive the storm and come out stronger”, Meyer said of the challenge ahead. “A team will win the Super Bowl, or the World Series, or whatever. It’s very rare”.
Asked a follow-up question about why Bosa, receiver Corey Smith and H-backs Jalin Marshall and Dontre Wilson had been suspended, Meyer replied, “The way I’ve always done it in the past is internal is internal and external is external”. Urban Meyer would only say the suspensions resulted from a “violation of team policies”, but ESPN’s Joe Schad reported that they were related to marijuana and academic issues.
“There’s no flawless team”, said Urban Meyer.
But make no mistake: The reason for the buzz around the Big Ten, maybe the most buzz for a league believed to be left way behind by the SEC in the national picture, is Ohio State. “And this is”. And then you remember the biggest story from the Ohio State summer – the aforementioned stuff – was the decision to move quarterback Braxton Miller to wide receiver. “He was a first team All-Ohio safety at 6′ 5”, 220 pounds. “He is a serious dude right now”.
The loss of Marshall and Wilson could accelerate Braxton Miller’s move to receiver. Defensive tackle Adolphus Washington called him “a human joystick”.
A unanimous All-American choice and Big Ten Lineman and Player of the Year in his sophomore campaign in 2014, Bosa is the anchor of the defensive line for the Buckeyes.
Decker also made a comment that could turn Meyer’s hair white. All will sit out the Buckeyes’ September 7 game at Virginia Tech.
“Basically”, Meyer said, “we’re keeping score of everything”.
We shot a video in Chicago on Friday – they’ll get better from here on out – about what we learned about the Buckeyes over the last two days.
Yes, Jones can throw it 80 yards, but let me know the next time Ohio State runs the 80-yard streak.
The Buckeyes knew they would begin the year with huge targets on their backs and all the pressure in the world on their shoulders.
“If you go down our roster and see some of the other players who can step in, it shouldn’t be too worrisome”, he said. To say our players aren’t anxious about Virginia Tech, they are very anxious. “You have a lot of the same players back, but you have a different team”.
“We’ve been working with him for a good month, however, without a ball”.
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Added offensive tackle Taylor Decker: “The guys we’ve recruited could have gone anywhere in the country”. Both players combined for 799 receiving yards and nine touchdowns and Marshall was the team’s second-leading receiver with 38 catches. All Jones did was fire bombs past and steamroll over defenders from Wisconsin, Alabama and Oregon to deliver the national title.
