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PHOTOS: After Saturday’s frustrating win, everyone is wondering about Urban Meyer’s health
By SDS Staff
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Urban Meyer just doesn’t look well, and it appears this season is taking a toll on him.
During Saturday’s frustrating win over Maryland, Meyer was seen slumped over on the sideline multiple times, along with making excruciatingly painful faces throughout the game.
Ohio State went on to beat Maryland 52-51, but if we’ve learned anything from his past at Florida, it’s that winning doesn’t relax him and cure the frustrations, especially winning close games like this.
Everyone was talking about these Saturday:
Yahoo! Sports’ Pete Thamel even spoke to several folks about Meyer’s health following the game:
A source at Ohio State said after the game that Meyer appeared fine in the locker room and that the feeling on the staff is that he’d endured worse pain during games this season.
The fragility Meyer showed on the sideline reflected the Buckeyes on the field on Saturday. As Maryland shredded the Buckeyes for 535 yards, Meyer looked increasingly worse. Ohio State only held on to win in overtime after Maryland quarterback Tyrrell Pigrome missed a wide-open Jeshaun Jones on a two-point conversion that could have – and really should have – won the game for Maryland.
The pained images of Meyer on the sideline throughout the game brings his health back into focus, as he looked so tortured for most of the game that ESPN cameras zoomed in on him as much as the game action. Meyer appeared dazed, weak and needing to pause his movements at points to gather his strength to keep coaching the next play.
2018 is certainly taking a toll on Meyer from the Zach Smith fiasco that led to a suspension to the accusations that he covered up a racial slur from Smith in practice. We’re making no predictions about how this season ends for Meyer, but several have alluded to this potentially being Meyer’s last season at Ohio State, despite saying he’s returning in 2019.
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