Ohio State Buckeyes on football’s problems: ‘How do you not see it?’

COLUMBUS, Ohio — That’s your sport, players and coaches. Lots of people love football. Most don’t live it every day. At the moment, when football is discussed, often the topics aren’t catching, running and tackling. Urban Meyer and the Buckeyes see that like everyone else. “How do you not see it? I go to work out and I put on the (TV) and every one of (the shows) for 20 to 30 minutes are issues, not just the NFL, but college,” Meyer said Wednesday. “They are all teachable moments. I think everyone in the country is using it.” It wasn’t long ago that every college in the country was using Ohio State’s problems as a “teachable moment” about not selling merchandise and the other NCAA violations that put the Buckeyes in the news three year ago. But from the suspensions of NFL stars Adrian Peterson and Ray Rice because of incidents of abuse, and the first-half suspension of Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston for jumping on a table at his student union and yelling a profanity, the issues at the moment are about real life, not NCAA issues. • FOX Sports on Jameis Winston’s first-half suspension • Yahoo Sports on Jameis Winston’s first-half suspension Primarily, the talk has been about the NFL. Florida State QB Jameis Winston is suspended for the first half against Clemson on Saturday after a series of issues, the latest standing on a table at the student union and shouting a vulgarity.Steven Cannon, Associated Press  But then Winston, off a Heisman Trophy and national title, continued a pattern of what at the very least has been questionable behavior and brought college football into the discussion. This incident doesn’t compare to Rice and Peterson, but Winston is college football’s most prominent star and was previously investigated after allegations of sexual assault. A Title IX investigation continues at Florida State over Winston’s sexual encounter with a former FSU student in 2012. …

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