CHICAGO — For the defending national champions, Ohio State was supposed to have a relatively quiet Big Ten media days.
Key words: supposed to.
Sure the Buckeyes are currently sitting atop the college football world, but with Michigan's Jim Harbaugh making his return, Urban Meyer and his team were prepared to take a backseat from an attention standpoint. That game plan, however, went out the window with Thursday's news that suspensions will cause the Buckeyes to be without four of their key players—including star defensive end Joey Bosa—for their season opener against Virginia Tech, as Tim May of the Columbus Dispatch initially reported.