Urban meyer big ten championship post game press conference

He did a quick hallway interview with Fox's Erin Andrews, then proceeded solemnly to the main press interview room. Ahead of him was Ohio State media relations director Jerry Emig and a uniformed policeman.

Next to him was his son, Nate, wearing a No. Behind him was another cop and athletic director Gene Smith. In the back pocket of Meyer's khaki pants was a manila folder covered in writing. It was a doomed gameplan, one that will be second-guessed for months to come by the Ohio State fan base. Meyer made one call that should make the Buckeye faithful proud — he benched starting offensive guard Marcus Hall for his disgraceful tirade at Michigan last week after being ejected for fighting.

The Big Ten office cravenly passed on suspending Hall for this game, but Meyer silently made up his mind to do the right thing. There was no public announcement; Hall simply never left the sideline and entered the game. On the flip side, it probably wasn't right to blow off "Carmen Ohio" after the game. But the very fact that the Buckeyes walked out on their postgame tradition tells you how badly this loss stung them.

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Don't expect a January thaw. If we do not, that gives them life. I've just been on the other side of that ball, all you need is a field goal to tie the game as opposed to you need a touchdown. So I made that decision. And that was hard, because our offensive line wanted to go for it. And usually I do in that situation. But I just thought our defense was playing so good; let's let that quarterback and let our defensive line do what they do best and get after that quarterback.

But that was one of the toughest calls of the day. Notice earlier we went for it on fourth down and just barely got it. But to keep them from feeling it, if we don't get it there, now all they need is a field goal to tie it up. I really couldn't straighten my leg out being my meniscus popped out.

So I had to have the surgery. But I mean it was just a small procedure, really. And then just a lot of treatment. A lot of time in the training room. Tried to do my best to get my mental reps through film and then out there on the field as well so I'd be able to play today.

Q: Urban, you're not on the committee, I know. But philosophically for you, last year you guys were not a conference champion and you did make it. This year you are a conference champion. Just in your mind as a coach, how much should a conference championship matter in the playoff discussion when you're comparing teams? And I thought Penn State was very deserving.

The difference last year, we had those three, top, big wins, two of them on the road at Oklahoma, at Wisconsin, both top 10 wins and against our rival. So once again three top 10 wins. I would imagine that's the reason -- I never really asked, but that's why I think the conference championship should be huge.

But also we had two wins this year against top four teams, top four teams in America. And I can't imagine any other team doing that. When did you know exactly that you were going to play? Maybe you knew it before the surgery, I don't know.

But talk us through that whole process? On Saturday after we played the team up north, I said I was going to play next week. So if I didn't, I was kind of going to be a liar. And I wouldn't lie. Was that an exaggeration? And did you suggest earlier that you didn't take the field in practice? Was it strictly straight into the game? So, yeah, I mean it was about -- I would say that, about 14 hours a day. Getting treatment and then, yeah, I didn't -- I wasn't able to get the reps in practice just because I was trying to maintain or trying to, I guess, not get the swelling in my knee.

So the swelling at the beginning of the week, I was trying to make sure keep on reducing that swelling. I couldn't go out and practice, otherwise. We wouldn't be able to manage the swelling like we did. Q: Jerome, how important was it for you to stop Wisconsin's running game and limit Jonathan Taylor? And how were you able to do just that? We knew their running game was the main part of their offense.

And as a defense, as a whole, we took pride in it, in stopping the run. We did that. That was the main focus point, as you can see. Just the rest handled itself. Or did you know, you know what, I'm going to be able to do this? And I was just -- not a lot, but I took about half the Thursday reps in practice. And I was mainly throwing the football. Didn't run at all. And then yesterday before we took the bus ride here, I did a whole bunch of cutting and planting on my knee. And I had confidence in my ability to go out there.

So it wasn't like I was second-guessing at all. I told Coach Day, he asked me, how do you feel running the football? I said, you can call whatever play you want to.

BARRETT: I think it would mean a lot, not just to me but guys in the locker room, understanding the work we put in, the way we fought through the season. I think -- I mean we put ourselves in a good position of being the conference champions. Also the wins we had, the big-time wins and all the other stuff they consider. But I don't know, I think we did what we were supposed to do.

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