Ohio State Football: Five Reasons to Dismiss Pizza-Gate

In case you haven’t heard, “news” broke last night that Ohio State defensive coordinator Luke Fickell got a Columbus pizza delivery guy fired after the man made a joke about Ohio State’s defense while taking an order from the Fickell’s last month.

There are some terrible things in this world—like people who keep giving Charlie Weis work—or the fact that this story is, well, a story.

To recap, Luke Fickell’s wife called Iacono’s Restaurant to place an order. The man taking the order, who remained nameless despite appearing on television afterwards, made a joke about how Ohio State’s defense needed to improve its tackling. Mrs. Fickell reportedly laughed about the joke before hanging up.

According to the nameless delivery man who took the order, Mrs. Fickell called in the next day to complain, inevitably leading to the man’s termination.

Apparently, the man thought taking this story to a television network was a good…

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