Luke Fickell was in junior high on the day Woody Hayes died.
It was a Thursday in Columbus, the coldest day of that year regardless of whatever the temperature happened to be. That winter his future college coach and boss was hired to replace Woody's successor.
Fickell was only 14 in 1987. Wrestling was the sport that dominated his runway - he would end up participating in 108 matches in high school, winning all 108 of them. Some of his wins came via forfeit from guys who weren't interested at all in spending even a few seconds on the mat with him.