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Urban also holds a master’s degree in sports administration from Ohio State University (1988). Under sophomore quarterback Gunner Kiel, the Bearcats have passed for 707 yards and 10 touchdowns in victories over Toledo and Miami, with Kiel distributing the ball to a fleet of talented receivers that Tuberville has called the best he has ever coached.He attended the University of Cincinnati as a defensive player and was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. Meyer and his staff view this game as the first true test of the Buckeyes' pass defense, which was a glaring weakness in 2013 and a priority for OSU during the offseason. They're going to come in with a little chip on their shoulder, (like) we're that Ohio team also. They're going to come in with a lot of enthusiasm. 'I stood on that sideline twice with the University of Cincinnati going against Ohio State (in 20),' Hinton said, 'and I know how special it is for those guys to come into this stadium and play us.

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Hinton and Coombs say they know the Buckeyes will have their hands full against UC. And Jon Carpenter, an OSU defensive graduate assistant, played at UC from 2004 to 2007 and coached under Kelly. Mickey Marotti, assistant athletic director for sports performance, was UC's strength and conditioning coach from 1990 to 1998. Kerry Coombs coached at UC from 2007-11 as a defensive backs coach, special teams coordinator and associate head coach under Jones. Tight ends coach Tim Hinton was the running backs coach at UC from 2004 to 2009. He's one of several Ohio State coaches with strong UC ties. In his third year at Ohio State, the 50-year-old Meyer has gone 26-3 with the Buckeyes. It's a very high-end academic institution.' 'My sister lets me know all the time that it's not that way anymore. 'When I was there, it had a U-College and open enrollment and was just a big state school,' he said. Meyer understands that there has been an academic transformation as well. When I played here, they weren't very strong.

You saw a transformation that really started with investing in the facilities. 'It actually started with Coach (Tim) Murphy. 'I was very aware of the transformation,' Meyer said. Meyer said he has been impressed by the commitment UC has made to football, a commitment that he says didn't exist when he played there and has made the Bearcats a formidable opponent. 'There's a strong tie,' Meyer said, 'a lot of respect.' GiGi is UC's vice provost for undergraduate affairs. And his sisters, GiGi and Erika, are UC graduates. His paternal grandfather and his father both have UC degrees. His wife, Shelley, received her nursing degree from UC. He played defensive back for the Bearcats – lettering in 1984 – and graduated in 1986 with a degree in psychology. Meyer, who will send his 22nd-ranked Buckeyes (2-1) against UC (2-0) on Saturday at Ohio Stadium, has more than a mild interest in the UC program. Watching film, they're certainly as good as a lot of other teams that we've gone against.' I don't know the whole story, but we certainly respect them as if they are. 'The coaching tree that has developed there in the last 25 years has been pretty remarkable and the success they've had,' Meyer said, 'so I was surprised that they weren't invited into a power five. Like many UC fans, Meyer can't understand why. Now coached by Tommy Tuberville, UC plays in the American Athletic Conference after it was passed over by the five power conferences when the BCS system was replaced by the new College Football Playoff. And most importantly, the Bearcats lost their BCS status when the Big East Conference dissolved in 2013.

Butch Jones put in three years as UC's head coach before moving on to Tennessee. Then-UC coach Brian Kelly is at Notre Dame. Meyer is now the head coach at Ohio State. COLUMBUS When he was the head coach at Florida preparing his team to face the University of Cincinnati in the 2010 Sugar Bowl, Urban Meyer called the Bearcats 'one of the great stories in college football.'Ī lot has changed since that game, which Florida won, 51-24.