Friday evening, Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer release a counterpunch of a statement to Twitter.
In his statement, Meyer claimed that he did in fact know about the alleged 2015 incident in which Smith was accused of domestic abuse and that he reported it to the “proper channels.” He went on to say he failed “on many fronts” at Big Ten Media Days in Chicago two weeks ago, and apologized for “the way I handled those questions,” referencing his responses to questions about a 2015 incident involving his then wide receivers coach Zach Smith.
Not long after Meyer issued his statement, Smith appeared on local radio and in a televised interview with ESPN's Dan Murphy, giving his side of the story.