COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Already a College Football Playoff semifinalist. Already tested on the road against an eventual conference champion. Already capable of overcoming adversity and rallying from a double-digit deficit even in a rivalry game with the season on the line.
Flipping through the list of accomplishments on Ohio State’s resume this season, it can be easy to overlook a simple fact: It’s still staggeringly young.
All that inexperience certainly didn’t do much to slow down the juggernaut Urban Meyer has built during the regular season.