Columbus: As Patches O’Houlihan said in the movie Dodgeball, “if you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball,” — and apparently get a scholarship to play for the Ohio State football team.
Those who follow recruiting know the story of how Urban Meyer flipped defensive end Sam Hubbard out of Cincinnati Moeller from Notre Dame lacrosse to Buckeyes football, but there’s another side to the story.
Meyer always looks for athletes when he recruits, but Hubbard, who played safety for the 2013 state champion Crusaders, was on another level.
“I was with [football coach] John Rodenberg at Moeller in the gymnasium with Kerry Coombs, and we started just talking about their players,” Meyer said.