CHICAGO — Urban Meyer stood at the podium during Big Ten Media Days at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place on Thursday afternoon, commenting on the suspension of four of his players for Ohio State’s season opener against Virginia Tech. His team is coming off of a national championship season, one in which it snuck into the College Football Playoffs and defied the SEC kingpins that had long controlled the sport in January.
If the theme of the offseason for Michigan has been building a better future, then the focus for the Buckeyes has been solidifying the present to the point that it can withstand the repeated attacks of rapacious underdogs.