Ohio State opens spring with reminders of the roster work ahead

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- On the way to lunch after the first practice of spring camp, Urban Meyer strolled past an enormous new mural outside of Ohio State’s weight room.

Every member of one of the most decorated senior classes college football has ever seen was pictured on the wall, along with a list of their record-breaking accomplishments just to reinforce how valuable those Buckeyes were over the past four seasons since Meyer arrived on campus.

A few hours earlier, he had been strolling around the indoor field at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center as his fifth Ohio State team officially kicked off practice on Tuesday morning. None of those familiar faces or those of a bumper crop of early entrants…