COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State players, speaking Tuesday for the first time since coach Urban Meyer returned from a three-game suspension, said Meyer's actions did not change the way they viewed him or the "core values" of honesty and respect for women that he regularly espouses.
Senior tackle Isaiah Prince said he and his teammates have tried to ignore criticism of their coach during the past six weeks.
"I don't believe Coach Meyer would have anything to do with that. I believe he was telling the truth," Prince said in an interview Tuesday night.