Mondays are an important day for Gene Smith to be on campus during football season.
Because that’s Ohio State’s day off for players, it’s a good time for Ohio State’s athletic director to spend time with the Buckeyes’ football coaches, evaluating their work and giving them feedback while assisting them with anything they might need.
During the latter half of the past two seasons, however, Smith wasn’t at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center on Mondays. Instead, he was in Grapevine, Texas, meeting with the other members of the College Football Playoff selection committee to put together each week’s CFP rankings.