Urban Meyer Part of Ohio State Buckeyes Spring Game Broadcast Team

Former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer will be on the call for the Buckeyes spring game.

Matt Galatzan | Apr 9, 2024

Nov 25, 2023; Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; Former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer broadcasts from the / Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA

The Ohio State Buckeyes are set to kick off their spring game on Saturday at Ohio Stadium in Columbus with a familair face in attendance.

Per reports, former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer will be a member of the broadcast team, where he will be joined by Jason Benetti and Brady Quinn in the booth. Jenny Taft and Joel Klatt will also join the team as sideline reporters.

The Buckeyes will kick off at noon on Saturday, with the game set to be broadcast on FOX. It will be the first-ever nationally televised spring game on the network.

Nov 25, 2023; Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; Former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer broadcasts from the / Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA

Meyer was the head coach of the Buckeyes from 2012-2018, where he led the BUckeyes to three Big Ten titles (2014, 2017, 2018), five division titles, and a national championship (2014). He was also named the winner of the Woody Hayes Trophy in 2012, which is awarded to the best coach in the country by the Columbus touchdown club.

In his career with the Buckeyes, Meyer had a In his seven seasons with Ohio State, Meyer accumulated an astonishing 83-9 overall record and was 54-4 in the Big Ten. He also went undefeated against the Buckeyes are rival to the north, the Michigan Wolerines.

The impressive 7-0 record Meyer racked up against the Wolverines made him the first Buckeyes head coach since John Wilce in 1924 to finish his career unbeaten in the rivalry with the Maize and Blue. Meyer concluded his time at Ohio State with a 62-39 trouncing of Michigan on November 24, 2018.

Published Apr 9, 2024

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