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Urban Meyer: I couldn't have retired if we lost to Michigan football

Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh speaks at the National Football Foundation’s Dream Team banquet in Dearborn on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. Nick Baumgardner, Freep

Congratulations, Michigan football, you pushed Urban Meyer to retirement.

Sorta.

In a 10-minute interview with WBNS-TV in Columbus on Thursday, the retiring Ohio State football coach – who'll lead the Buckeyes against Washington in the Rose Bowl in his final game on Jan. 1 – waxed nostalgic just after his final practice before the team heads to Pasadena.

Meyer, 54, announced his retirement on Dec. 4, 10 days after Ohio State decimated U-M, 62-39, improving the head coach's record with OSU to 7-0 against the Wolverines.