“Why should we have to go to class if we came here to play football? We ain’t come to play school, classes are pointless.” Buckeye Nation would remember this statement, which a relatively unknown QB at the time, Cardale Jones , tweeted in 2012. The statement, as expected, was controversial, but more importantly, it clashed with the 10-80-10 philosophy Urban Meyer was championing at Ohio State. Jones later led OSU to its 2014 national title in one of the most unexpected individual Cinderella stories in college football. But more than that, little did Meyer know that Jones’ words would foreshadow a harsh reality in today’s CFB world. The very reality that, according to Meyer, might have contributed to his retirement.

Urban Meyer’s arrival at Ohio State came when OSU was reeling from the

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