Following a report by Brett McMurphy this morning that former Ohio State assistant coach Zach Smith used a racial slur against former Ohio State wide receiver Trevon Grimes and that Urban Meyer was aware of an altercation between them, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said Tuesday afternoon that he was "disappointed" in McMurphy's report and that Meyer would never allow a racial slur to be used by anyone associated with his program.
"As a person who promotes diversity in everything I do, obviously being an African-American, I would never allow this to exist in our culture," Gene Smith told Eleven Warriors by phone on Tuesday afternoon.