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Final Word: Buckeyes make playoff push

CHAMPAIGN — What is the big concern for Ohio State coach Urban Meyer at this time of the year?

“Who’s going to be healthy,” Meyer said upon arrival early Friday evening at Champaign’s Hawthorn Suites, the Buckeyes’ team headquarters. “We got (former News-Gazette All-State defensive lineman) Tommy Schutt back.”

Meyer, who was met by four Columbus-area camera crews upon his arrival in Champaign, said the Buckeyes had “a very good week.”

“The first part of the year, you just try to survive and find out what kind of team you’ve got,” Meyer said. “Then you get momentum, and now it’s a championship run, and we’re right in the middle of it.