Here we go.
Well, I was wrong.
No, not about him lying at Big Ten media days that he didn’t know anything about what happened with the Smiths in 2015. Or about being a sanctimonious bullshitter. Or about not going without a fight.
Not even about having to throw somebody under the bus to save his ass.
But I got the somebody wrong. I figured he would talk his loyal wife into taking one for the team in the name of plausible deniability. Instead, his story now is that he followed the usual protocols when he learned of it and reported it “to the proper channels”, i.e. his boss at Ohio State. So it’s Gene Smith, instead, who’s smelling the diesel exhaust fumes up close and personal.
Now there’s a lot there that doesn’t pass the smell test, particularly the fiction he invents about why he wasn’t honest at Big Ten media days. Regardless, Corch wants his job or in the alternative every penny he’s got coming under his contract and he just served notice he won’t go quietly.
The big issue now is whether there’s a paper trail with the higher ups at Ohio State. If there really is, Urban ain’t the only one who’ll be shown the door. You get the feeling this won’t end pretty for somebody.
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UPDATE: Zach Smith is backing Urban’s play.
The inevitable official statement coming from Ohio State is going to make for an interesting read.
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Interesting. So he’s saying he knew and did something about it but just decided to lie to the media rather than go through those details. Seems it’s 🍿 time.
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What’s funny, though, is that covering your boss’s ass is in public kind of expected in many jobs.
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That entire strategy will work if everyone keeps their lies straight. If everyone maintains that Urban et al was trying to “protect” Smith’s wife by lying at B1G Media Days and afterwards, they can cover it all up. They can claim that Urban knew of and reported the 2015 incident. That in 2015 we had not yet entered the #metoo era and that Smith was allowed to keep his job after agreeing to counseling (aka a cash payment in 2018) since the charges were dropped. The firing was for violating that agreement with the incident back in July. Everyone, and I mean everyone, would have to stick to the idea that everything was to protect Smith’s wife from media scrutiny. The real question is if their attorneys are good enough to plan everyone’s response to every question each person could be asked.
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Shorter Corch: I can shovel a load of self serving excrement, but I’m hiding behind the veneer of the investigation to avoid answering questions. The whole letter can be disregarded except the last sentence of the sixth paragraph.
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If Corch reported it and no one did anything about it, he should have blown the whistle or resigned. To allow this guy to stay on the staff is garbage. #top1%oftop1%
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Gonna get some popcorn & enjoy this. The only couple of schools I would enjoy more would be TN & Notre Dame. Can hear the Finebaum callers now…….”he’s a perpetrator, PAWL….a perpetrator”
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If it is true he reported it then he is off the hook. If you tell your boss of the allegation and they determine not an issue you did your job.
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Not if he and Smith are seen as conspiring to keep Smith on the staff.
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How do you conspire to keep your employer from firing you? If the employer does not talk to the alleged victim that is on them. Urb could not lie about what happened as he was not there. Only one that could lie is Smith. Only way this comes back on Urb is if he told employer alleged domestic violence but don’t look into it.
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Why would Smith be obligated to cover this up on his own? It’s what Meyer wanted.
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Smith lies about what happened to keep his job. That does not involve Urb. That seems pretty simple. occam’s razor.
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Which Smith are you talking about? Zach or Gene?
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Ahhh. Now I see the confusion. I am talking about a conspiracy with Zach and you are saying gene and Urb. Ok now that is a conspiracy I can understand. Lol
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Joe Paterno reported it to Curley and both went down because no one did anything.
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“If you ordered Santiago not to be touched, and your orders are always followed, then why was he being transferred?”
If Meyer reported it up the chain at Ohio St, then why would Ohio St suspend him during the (2nd?) investigation? Why wouldn’t they just release that information? And if they investigated it in 2015 and found nothing, why was Zach Smith terminated now?
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He was terminated now because he violated a retraining order by dropping off his kids at Courtney Smith’s house rather than at an agreed-upon location. That’s how it all blew up.
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He was terminated because it went public.
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Yep. Unlike the 8 other times.
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Maybe suspension is because osu unaware he reported it. Look out AD!!
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Best to wait on the facts. Things are often not as they seem. We’ll see.
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If you Facebook, look up Brett McMurphy. He broke the story and 11 hours later Zach is fired. But, he has the whole story on his timeline and it’s brutal.
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Sometimes things are exactly as they seem. And when a woman has bruises and marks all over her, it’s almost always EXACTLY what it seems.
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Twitter is exploding with condemnation. Seems like he is looking for money vs. keeping his job.
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I hate that this woman has to deal with what she had to deal with. But if this can do long term serious damage to “the” Ohio State University then sorry I g good came from it.
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There’s also a new video out about how he mistreated players at UF. Not sure I completely buy it, but it could be another thing he has to answer for.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/33979/new-undercover-video-hits-embattled-college-james-barrett?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=062316-news&utm_campaign=benshapiro
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Uh-oh, an O’Keefe video. Where you at boys?
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O’Keefe is a fraud. Wouldn’t waste a minute of my time watching his propaganda.
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Fake news! It isn’t just on the right.
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I have a sick feeling this dick head is going to work his way out of this. I can see his smug, arrogant face as he lectures everyone on integrity as he remains head coach. I hope I’m wrong.
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Remember Ray Rice had everyone convinced it was a simple disagreement that escalated….until the video came out.
Where are the photos? There must be photos.
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There are plenty of photos of her bruises and Zack admits the “possibility” he caused them.
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Feels like the cynical answer is if AnOSU decides it’s cheaper to settle a potential civil suit from Urbs or Mrs Urbs failing to report something than it is to pay out the balance of Urbs contract (plus lost revenue from no longer having a coach who never lost to Michigan), they’ll settle, and Urbs sticks around.
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I’m telling you, he’s Bashar al-Assad’s evil twin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashar_al-Assad
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LOL I’ve been saying that for years – it’s uncanny eh. As a footnote they are both scumbags of the highest order.
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I see him as Beeker from Sesame Street
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Frank Zappa – Tryin to Grow a Chin
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Don’t forget Urban’s early career as an MTV video icon.
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He’s a weasel …both in physical resemblance and sneaky actions
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But you gotta admit, the dude can dance.
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I was actually eating popcorn when I saw this post. Can’t wait until the next episode.
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Ahh..the old lying about lying strategy. Good choice Corch. Can sometimes work.
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“They (OSU) handled it exactly how they should have handled it. The police alerted them. They investigated it, and there were no criminal charges.”
How is it there were “no criminal charges”…because miraculously Corch’s Henchman and her husband’s Grandad (Earle Bruce-Former OSU Head Coach) “informed” her of the damage a criminal complaint would do to Zach’s career.
Nice Try
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Smith is covering for Meyer hoping good ole Urban will help him get another job later. While Ohio State sits back wringing their hands hoping it works. The real sad part is the media will be the ones to determine if it does.
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If Pretty Boy Empty Suit Herbstreit can help him, Urban and Shelley will be happy to cry on SportsCenter to save his job.
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I’ve been preoccupied for a couple weeks now, but at the very least, I can go on record as stating, I hope Kirby beats the crap outta the Ohio state suckeyes in the playoffs.
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A flashback to Jim and Tammy Faye. My Eyes, My Eyes!!!
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No one likes Urban. He should outsource the crying.
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And there it is 92. I want Kirby to call Time Out with less than a minute to go so CUM can look at the scoreboard and squirm like the worm he is.
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You have to love how OSU has impaneled a six person fact-finding committee to investigate the allegations…three from the school and three outsiders. SIX??? I can only imagine the logic, or lack thereof, behind the size.
This so reminded me of Mike Leach’s hysterical rant on how college football loves them a committee!
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Urb gone.
Shelley gone.
School ain’t gonna pay. (dig into the careers of the folks on the “investigation panel”)
Now the million dollar question is how much does Herbstreit want to pay Urb?
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This is the defense? “I knew about it, reported it, did not act on it, and randomly lied about my knowledge of it to everyone until today?” Maybe this is just me, but I would have opted for the “I did not know shit…my wife did not tell me anything” defense. This must go deep with papers attached. His goose is cooked.
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I just love how Urban Meyer released a statement at virtually the same time that Zach (I was just restraining her) Smith is doing an interview. I’m sure that’s not a coordinated effort at all. The sleazy pricks. Meyer appears to be doing everything he can to save his job or, in case he’s fired, make sure that his contract gets paid out.
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In addition to most of the good comments above, I have to wonder what the police aspect of this 2015 incident. The police “notified” who?…Meyer and Gene Smith, I guess…but yet it remains a secret within the football program. Hmmm, I have a sneaking suspicion that there might just be a “hot line” between Columbus/local police to the football offices where certain police matters are kept secret and handled “internally.” Basically the same way things were handled under Fulmer in Knoxville, Paterno in State College…..
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We’re probably being too hard on Corch. Remember, he has a heart condition that causes him lapses in judgment and honestly.
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Best case : there’s even more shit to come down, further disgraced, and pretty much goes away from CFB forever.
Worst case: he is able to cling to the toilet bowl, crawl out, and he’s right back in the Big 10 champ game.
Likely case: he’s gone from OSU but able to save enough of his rep, and find a new CFB home where he can still be a cock that wins games.
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check out this article in the Columbus Dispatch. Sounds like local media trying to provide air cover for Meyer…ready to throw AD under the bus to keep Coach.
http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180803/urban-meyer-says-he-reported-zach-smith-allegation
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There is zero division in Columbus Ohio- it’s all about Buckeyes football.I didn’t take the time to register to read article but I wouldn’t expect anything but defending Urban/the football team.
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It doesn’t surprise me at all, and fits the Corch caricature, that he is attempting to shift blame to Athletic Director Gene Smith. It further wouldn’t surprise me if Corch did this without consulting Gene at all. Start with the assumption that whatever Corch says is pure bullshit, made up from whole cloth. Add his probable feeling that he has more juice than Gene Smith. Simmer and voila, one expendable athletic director takes fall for winning coach.
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I think you’re spot-on here. It should be provable if AD Smith reached out to Assistant Coach Smith in 2015. Seems like the whole thing will hinge on that question. If AD Smith never made that call, and can truthfully say he doesn’t know what the fuck Corch is talking about … it’s already a shitshow, but that would be a shitshow squared. If AD Smith did make the call, he’ll be summarily dismissed, and it’ll be back to business for the Bucknuts.
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Ego. Ego gets you in trouble faster than anything else. UM should have recognized a potential future problem. He could have helped Smith find employment elsewhere. Either he didn’t because of blind loyalty to the Smith family or because he thought he was UM and could do anything. When you are making millions and you really only have a handful of employees, there the reality those employees represent you and the university. Urban may have followed procedure to the letter but the opinion of the public is that you allowed a wife beater to remain on your staff. Ego.
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Waiting to hear Courtney Smith’s reply to UM response.
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