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Ohio State football coach Ur-
ban Meyer answers questions
during a news conference in
Columbus, Ohio, Wednesday,
Aug. 22, 2018.
Associated Press

By keeping
it in the

family, Urban
Meyer tarnishes

legacy

By RALPH D. RUSSO
AP College Football Writer
Football coaches talk a
lot about creating a fam-
ily atmosphere in their pro-
grams.
They walk into the homes
of teenagers and tell the
loved ones of each recruit:
We'll make him not only a
better player, but a better
person.
College football me-
dia guides are filled with
coaching staff bios ac-
companied by photos
with smiling wives and chil-
dren. Players call the team
a brotherhood. Coach-
es' wives bond over the
shared experience of an
unorthodox and transient
life. They become team
moms.
All of this makes sense. As
seriously as we take col-
lege football — too serious-
ly, clearly — we're talking
about unpaid 18-22 year Johnson, Koepka open strong
olds playing a game. This
business doesn't need to as Woods gets off to even start
be all business. But what
has transpired over the last
three weeks at Ohio State
is a lesson to all coaches. Tiger Woods reacts after his shot from the 12th hole fairway rolled back off the green during first round of the Northern Trust golf
Your football program is tournament, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, in Paramus, N.J.
not a family. Associated Press
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