Can you imagine growing up in Columbus, attending The Ohio State University, singing “Carmen Ohio” in The ‘Shoe as both a player and a coach for more than 20 years? Then, you find yourself on the opposing sideline as head coach of a different team, watching the other guys sing your own alma mater without you?
Yet, when asked on Monday’s American Athletic Conference teleconference how he felt about returning to Ohio State on Saturday, Luke Fickell said he’s “very unemotional.”
Sure you are, Luke, sure you are.
Fickell was hired as the Cincinnati Bearcats’ head football coach less than three years ago, but before that, he bled Scarlet and Gray through and through.