“If You Go Down Again, I’ve Got to Take You Out”

Urban Meyer Retires OSU Football Email this Article Share on Reddit Share on Twitter Share on FacebookMillions watched on television and more than 100,000 people were in Ohio Stadium when Urban Meyer fell to one knee in the fourth quarter of his team’s 49-26 win against Indiana on Oct. 6.

The seventh-year Ohio State coach had nowhere to hide.

Meyer went to the ground holding his head because he was dealing with what would eventually end his run as Ohio State’s head coach: a severe headache caused by an arachnoid cyst in his brain.

Athletic director Gene Smith was in the stadium, saw the incident and was concerned enough that he now says he was ready to pull Meyer off the sideline and out of…