COLUMBUS — Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said opening the football season on the road against a Big Ten opponent brings another level of urgency to preseason practice.
Usually there are lesser opponents scheduled for the first couple of games, which gives the team a chance to work out the bugs.
“At this point it’s all about culture. There’s going to be plenty of mistakes but the players who can revert back to their training will be the ones who will play,” Meyer said.
This season the Buckeyes open the season on Aug. 31 against Indiana (8:00 p.m./ESPN), then come back home to face Oklahoma.
Meyer met with about 45 members of the media Monday, following the Buckeyes’ third preseason practice session, a two-hour afternoon workout at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center.
Running back Mike Weber, the 2016 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, was slowed somewhat by a leg injury, Meyer said.
“He has a tight hamstring. He practiced a little today and we are going to just ease him back,”
he said.
The team will practice Tuesday in what is being referred to as “the continuation of summer conditioning” and will have Wednesday off before the real start of fall camp kicks in Thursday in what will be the first full pads practice.
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