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Oh yeah? OSU now #1 pre 2017. How's Urban explain 31-0?
May 4, 2017, 8:20 AM
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Mark SchlabachESPN Senior Writer
Once again, Alabama was the big winner in the NFL draft.
The Crimson Tide had seven players picked in the first 55 selections and nine chosen in the first 80. Overall, 10 Alabama players were taken by NFL teams this past weekend.
Of course, that impressive haul means Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban faces another major rebuilding (reloading?) job in Tuscaloosa. With star players like Jonathan Allen, Reuben Foster, Marlon Humphrey and O.J. Howard moving on to the NFL, Saban will have to find reinforcements before this coming season.
Ohio State coach Urban Meyer knows that situation all too well. A year ago, the Buckeyes had 12 players selected in the first four rounds of the round, the most in NFL history. This year, six Buckeyes were picked in the first three rounds, including three in the first round.
Meyer won't face quite as much turnover this offseason, and with quarterback J.T. Barrett and 14 others starters expected back, Ohio State has supplanted Alabama as the No. 1 team in the third edition of the 2017 Way-Too-Early Top 25. Florida State remains No. 2 and Alabama is No. 3, followed by USC, which gets the coveted fourth spot.
1. Ohio State
2016 record: 11-2, 8-1 Big Ten
Last Way-Too-Early ranking: 4
Returning starters: 8 offense, 7 defense, 0 special teams
Key losses: C Pat Elflein, CB Gareon Conley, RB Curtis Samuel, WR Noah Brown, S Malik Hooker, LB, Raekwon McMillan, P Cameron Johnston, CB Marshon Lattimore, K Tyler Durbin
Outlook: After Clemson demolished Ohio State 31-0 in a CFP semifinal last season, Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer shook up his coaching staff. New offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson seems determined to have quarterback J.T. Barrett throwing the ball down the field more often. That will require better protection from the offensive line and more consistency from the receiver corps. On defense, the Buckeyes will have one of the best front sevens in the country, but three starters must be replaced in the secondary. Cornerbacks Denzel Ward and Damon Arnette and safety Damon Webb emerged as possible replacements this spring. The Buckeyes will get an early test with a Sept. 9 home game against Oklahoma.
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/19242379/ohio-state-buckeyes-replace-alabama-crimson-tide-post-spring-top-25
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Good
May 4, 2017, 8:34 AM
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I wish we weren't even in the top 25.
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^^^This
May 4, 2017, 9:33 AM
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Must've been around awhile. Let them worship the almighty Ohio State, FSU, Alabama, etc. Let us slide under the radar and be the under dawg. Let us do what we do and win games. Dabo's got this. Go Tigers!
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Re: Oh yeah? OSU now #1 pre 2017. How's Urban explain 31-0?
May 4, 2017, 9:04 AM
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Now this is comical! Did the pundits not see the complete dismantling and the complete lack of answers that Urban Meyer had in the bowl game? Wow! Can't wait to spank that backside again.
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Re: Oh yeah? OSU now #1 pre 2017. How's Urban explain 31-0?
May 4, 2017, 9:06 AM
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FUMU? 
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Re: Oh yeah? OSU now #1 pre 2017. How's Urban explain 31-0?
May 4, 2017, 9:29 AM
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That was last years team just like we will have a different team. OSU also hired a new offensive coordinator and has a better OLine. That's probably how he is explaining what he is doing to rectify 31-0.
What does it really matter? We weren't a preseason 1 last year. These polls only matter in December.
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Re: Oh yeah? OSU now #1 pre 2017. How's Urban explain 31-0?
May 4, 2017, 9:30 AM
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Also, he's only trying to get OSU fan clicks on his top-25 and Bama and Clemson clicks to say why not us. You only feed this stupidity with "31-0!".
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Somebody needs to be #1
May 4, 2017, 9:56 AM
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...and picking OSU #1 is very unoriginal. Especially given the fact that they're breaking in a new OC and scheme.
Imagine of the roles were reversed between Clemson and Ohio State. We wouldn't even be pre-season top 25.
Fine by me. Dabo and Co. get to keep playing the "disrespect" card, and well, it works for us.
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