SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Those who have witnessed firsthand Urban Meyer's deftness at preparing a college football team for a postseason bowl game compare his methods to molding clay, navigating a new road or grandma's Italian cooking.
It is both an art and a science, and Meyer, just 52, has proved his mastery in his stops at Utah, Florida and now Ohio State.
He's 10-2 in postseason play, a ledger that includes BCS National Championship Games (2-0), a College Football Playoff semifinal (1-0) and the inaugural CFP National Championship Game (1-0). He has won a bowl game (2010 Sugar Bowl) after health issues pushed him to the brink of resignation and won another (2011 Outback Bowl) weeks after announcing he was resigning from Florida.