Madison.com · Sep 17, 2015
Meyer's offense is designed for playmakers like Miller
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The story is one Ohio State coach Urban Meyer has told before, and it is the reason Braxton Miller could not be in better hands.
As an assistant coach at Notre Dame in 2000, the Fighting Irish lost to Nebraska. Meyer found receiver David Givens, the team's most talented offensive player, practically in tears in the locker room.
"I said, 'It's going to be OK, man. We'll bounce back.' He said, 'You don't understand, Coach. I didn't touch the ball.' He wasn't saying it like some kids, like I need the damn ball, not like that. Just he didn't feel he helped the team win," Meyer said this week.
Meyer vowed to never let something like that happen again.