Corey Smith was summoned to coach Urban Meyer's office last week.
In the past, such a call would have been akin to a trip to the principal’s office. This time was different.
Smith, a talented receiver but often wayward on and off the field, was on the verge of earning his diploma from Ohio State.
Receivers coach Zach Smith was there to witness the meeting.
“He looked at me,” Zach Smith said of Meyer, “and said, ‘Do you remember what that looked like when he first walked in here?’ "
That instead of he.