COLUMBUS, Ohio — With his Monday press conference winding down, Urban Meyer was ready to get started on his afternoon activities. So as soon as the Ohio State head coach saw the direction that what he thought would be the final inquiry of the day he was headed, he seized the opportunity to address it directly.
"Does it feel like more of a grind this year than maybe you thought it might?" the reporter asked.
"Oh, I imagine you're leading to the fact that there are expectations that are so high?" Meyer responded, rewording the question to acknowledge the elephant in the room that the Buckeyes haven't been playing as well as many thought they would be through the first four games of their national title defense.