Urban Meyer has spent his career speaking in absolutes. You’re a good guy or a bad guy. He wants those who break NCAA rules to lose their jobs. He wants everyone in his organization to live by a set of core values. When he got the job at Florida prior to the 2005 season, he got standing ovations from Tallahassee to Belle Glade when he announced his commandments. At Ohio State, he had them painted them on the wall at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center.
Core values one and two are at issue today as Meyer sits on paid administrative leave while Ohio State investigates what—and when—he knew about domestic violence accusations against former Buckeyes receivers coach Zach Smith.