Woody Hayes: great coach. Ohio State legend. Synonymous with old-school, hard-nosed football. 219 careers wins. Four unbeaten seasons. Oh, and also: a little unhinged. but this unhinged?

Saturday marks the first time Urban Meyer will be involved in The Game as a head coach of Ohio State. On the line: his team’s undefeated season, and lots and lots of pride (the Buckeyes are ineligible for a bowl game because of this whole thing). All that pride came bursting out today.

Cardale Jones is a college freshman. Like many college freshmen, he recently did something regrettable on a social media platform. Unlike many college freshmen, he plays football for Ohio State, so when he does something regrettable on a social media platform, a whole lot of people find out about it, and quickly. That regrettable thing, and why Jones isn’t so different from a whole lot of other college athletes, after the jump.

Maybe Urban Meyer is a changed man in some important ways – i.e. not letting his relentless drive to win utterly consume his entire life at the expense of everyone around him. Even if he is, though, know this: he’s the same coach he’s always been. Some proof of that after the jump.

The Sporting News has published a detailed expose on the Urban Meyer era at Florida, and Gator Nation may want to look away. According to the report, Meyer coddled stars, overlooked failed drug tests, and cared little for his injured players if it opened up a roster spot for a recruit. How Meyer broke UF, after the jump.

The NCAA’s sanctions against Ohio State’s football program leaked earlier this afternoon, via the Columbus Dispatch, so we now know just what Urban Meyer’s up against as he tries to return the Buckeyes to glory.

You won’t find many bigger Tim Tebow fans than Urban Meyer. There’s a good reason for that: under Meyer’s direction, Tebow authored one of college football’s great careers. So it was interesting to hear Meyer talk about the Broncos’ success today…and not lavish all his praise on his old quarterback.

Urban Meyer’s introductory press conference at Ohio State was rolling along as these things tend to: Meyer saying he’s blessed to be there, that he and his teams are going to go hard, etc. He wasn’t facing an especially tough grilling, and wasn’t giving especially interesting responses. So…probably just how Meyer would have hoped. And then…

It’s been reported for awhile, but now it’s official: Urban Meyer has accepted a job as Ohio State’s next football coach. And yes, he will be paid a boatload of money, as WKMG-TV in Orlando is reporting that the deal is for seven years and for $40 million.

Earlier, we told you about a potentially-blockbuster shakeup in the world of college football: Urban Meyer reportedly agreed in principle to be the next head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes. Well, today, Meyer issued a denial of accepting the new job while doing his current job.