ICYMI:
- Chris Spielman is leaving ESPN, where he's been since 2001, for FOX Sports.
FROM ALMOST WASHING OUT TO THIRD-ROUND PICK. Adolphus Washington, a former five-star signee from Cincinnati, wanted to quit Ohio State football once upon a time. That, however, was before he held a conversation with his father, Adolphus Washington Sr.
After Washington Sr. nixed the idea of Junior leaving the Buckeyes, the younger Washington approached Urban Meyer and asked for a meeting. Meyer acquiesced and told him to bring his father.
The straight talk that followed helped salvage Washington's career.