An online petition for Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer has gathered almost 25,000 signatures as of Sunday afternoon.
A Buckeye fan posted the petition on Change.org, which was created on Thursday and aimed at Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith.
"Urban Meyer is on the hot seat and can be wrongfully fired from Ohio State it is up to us Buckeye Nation to help him not just for him but for THE Ohio State University and the great state of Ohio,' the petition says.
Meyer was placed on adminstrative leave by the university last week after a report surfaced concerning allegations that he had knowledge of a former assistant abusing his ex-wife.