COLUMBUS, Ohio — In Urban Meyer’s postgame press conference following Ohio State’s 42-27 win over Indiana last Saturday, questions predictably focused on the Buckeyes’ future opponent more than their most recent one.
“How does the pace for next week change around the Woody Hayes Athletic Center?” one reporter asked in reference to Ohio State turning its attention from the Hoosiers and toward archrival Michigan.
“Big time,” Meyer answered. “Players will get tired of hearing the song I always play. It’s nuts. Insane.”
“The fight song?” the reporter inquired.
“No,” Meyer said with a smirk. “It’s another song.”
That song, it turns out, is the 2008 LL Cool J anthem “It’s Time For War.” Not that Meyer could tell you where to find it on iTunes. He just likes the message that the song sends.
“LL Cool J?” the third-year Ohio State head coach responded when asked about the Buckeyes’ soundtrack for the week. “I just know the song’s name. He’s really good at it. It’s a good song.”
While Meyer claims that he can’t remember exactly how he stumbled upon the repetitive, bass-heavy banger—he claims it may have once been included in an OSU highlight reel—it seems to encapsulate everything that this week means to him. A native of Ashtabula, Ohio, Meyer grew up entrenched in “The Ten Year War,” idolizing Woody Hayes and rooting on beloved Buckeyes Archie Griffin and Cornelius Greene against “That Team Up North.”
“When I was real young I couldn’t understand it,…
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