The first time Tony Alford met with Columbus media as the running backs coach at Ohio State, he made a few things very clear: He's his own man with his own style, and life is made a lot easier at a new job when you have someone like Ezekiel Elliott running the ball for you.
"I don't know — is it pretty easy to drive a Lexus? From driving a Volkswagen?" Alford asked a reporter April 2 following a question regarding the difficulty of deciding to make a job switch. "In all seriousness, though, it certainly helps. It helps to come in and have great players around and some guys that really understand how to work but I've been very fortunate in my career.