The man who uttered those words, back when Urban Meyer was the football coach at Utah, was the single greatest force in Meyer’s life. They came from his father, Bud, who did more to shape the philosophies, the mindset, the attitudes, the drive, the success of the coach than anyone else.
Bud did not say, “Intellectual virtue is truth. You have to accept the truth … unless you have your job and $40 million hanging in the balance.”
Determining where that truth is in the case of Meyer and his former assistant at Ohio State, Zach Smith, who was recently fired, accused of domestic abuse by his ex-wife Courtney, has not yet been completely determined.