Buzzzzz. Blink. Blink!
That was the lie detector going off during Urban Meyer's response to the media at the Big Ten football kickoff in Chicago on July 24.
Within seconds, in denying knowledge of a 2015 abuse allegation involving assistant coach Zach Smith, Meyer found his coaching status at Ohio State in jeopardy.
Really? For fudging on the truth (later recanted)? To the media? Shucks, when it comes to us, head football coaches routinely obfuscate. Fabricating or a kinder definition — verbal deception — is part of the game's culture.
Context is important
First, you must understand: Head football coaches handle 100-plus physically assertive individuals each year and are swamped by on- and off-field information they can't or won't divulge.