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While Urban Meyer picked Oregon to win the national championship earlier this season, the former Ohio State football coach has since changed his stance.
The Buckeyes dominated the Ducks 41-21 at the Rose Bowl, one game after beating Tennessee 41-17 at home in the first round of the College Football Playoff. Meyer expects the now-favorite Buckeyes to win the national championship — if the same team shows up in its final two CFP games. Ohio State must first beat Texas, then the winner of the Penn State-Notre Dame Orange Bowl semifinal.
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“If Team A shows up … this will be a wrap,” Meyer said on “The Triple Option” podcast. “Ohio State will lift the gold trophy. If the best roster in the country plays like the best roster in the country, they’ll be national champs in a few weeks, and we’re witnessing it.
“I witnessed it in person the last two weeks and they took Tennessee, I was standing right there, and it was not close. And the game against Oregon it was much worse in person. … Every skill player on Ohio State, I think, will be playing substantially in the National Football League. That’s how good they are.”
The Buckeyes have looked like the best team in college football through the first two weeks of the CFP, with quarterback Will Howard throwing for 630 yards with five touchdowns to an interception on 41-of-55 passing through two games.
Howard has thrown 13 of those passes for 290 yards with four touchdowns to true freshman receiver Jeremiah Smith, who has looked like Ohio State’s most explosive player so far.
Meyer was the last coach to win a national championship at Ohio State, taking the title in 2014 despite rotating between three quarterbacks, with third-string passer Cardale Jones and running back Ezekiel…
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Author : The Columbus Dispatch
Publish date : 2025-01-06 16:16:00
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