Two-Minute Drill: Head Coaches Preview Rose Bowl
LOS ANGELES — Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer and Washington head coach Chris Petersen held a joint press conference to preview Tuesday’s Rose Bowl.…
Ohio State Football Notebook: ‘The train doesn’t really stop for anybody’
Urban Meyer is on the cusp of coaching his final game as Ohio State’s head coach. The Rose Bowl has been a bucket list item for Meyer and next week he will finally get to check it off. Every day since his retirement, and probably a few well before it, Meyer has been taking stock of all of the “lasts” that he will be experiencing.
Report: Urban Meyer To Be OSU’s Assistant Athletic Director
At the press conference announcing his retirement, Urban Meyer said he loved Columbus and planned to stay around Ohio State. He apparently meant it. According to multiple reports, Meyer will take a job as an Assistant Athletic Director at OSU.
Urban Meyer’s 7-Team OSU Playoff
With the rest of the country clamoring about expanding the college football playoffs, I’ve gone ahead and created my own scenario. Unlike those other conversations, this playoff system only features Ohio State teams and takes place solely in my deranged, little brain. I’m, of course, referring to a tournament placing…
Three Things Regarding The 2019 Recruiting Early Signing Period
The 2019 Recruiting Early Signing Period, or what Nashville WNSR sports radio host Bill King has referred to as “Commitmas“, has seen Ohio State sign…
December Has Been a Whirlwind for Ryan Day
COLUMBUS — On the day Urban Meyer announced his retirement, the soon-to-be-former Buckeye head coach said that with the pressure the early signing date has put on college football coaches that OSU’s new head coach Ryan Day better be in four states the next day recruiting future Buckeyes. Four days later, Day…
Watch: Urban Meyer Hands Control Over to Ryan Day
Today was signing day around the college football world and the Ohio State Buckeyes had their usual talented haul. Throughout the day, whenever a letter of intent would come in, the Ohio State Football Twitter account would tweet out the good news, and include a video of each player as they would have appeared in…
How Urban Meyer Has Changed Since Announcing Retirement
Urban Meyer has coached 91 games since coming to Ohio State. His .901 winning percentage (82 wins, 9 losses) is the best in school history, topping Carroll Widdoes who went 16-2 (.889) in 1944 and 1945. While he might not also hold the less-official program record for most fiery sideline presence (see also: “Hayes, Wayne Woodow”), Meyer is known for his intensity before and during games. But a funny thing has happened since Meyer announced his retirement on December 4: he’s smiling more. “Definitely,” said senior wide receiver Parris Campbell. “Once you’re accomplished and you feel like you’ve done the right thing, that’s when you can step away.”
Ohio State Football Notebook: ‘I have short-term memory to the max’
In the immediate on-field aftermath of Ohio State’s 62-39 win over Michigan, emotions ran high for the Buckeyes and their coaches. Urban Meyer could be seen embracing his wife Shelley as the two shared a moment which seemed to foreshadow his eventual retirement. Meyer also found receivers Johnnie Dixon, Terry McLaurin, and…
Ohio State Football Notebook: ‘The kid’s gonna be special’
Some Buckeyes had an inkling that change was coming, but most had no idea that Urban Meyer was going to be announcing his retirement. They had seen the stress that this past year had put on their head coach, as well as the headaches that he was suffering, but when Meyer called an early-morning team meeting last…
Terry McLaurin, Parris Campbell Were Urban Meyer’s Retirement Sounding Board
There were rumors and speculation over the last five months that this would be Urban Meyer’s last season at Ohio State. Over the two weeks or so prior to the Michigan game, those rumors began to solidify. Before announcing his retirement three days after winning his third Big Ten Championship, Meyer wanted to…
