Urban Meyer watches Ohio States Buckeyes get College Football Playoff berth from hospital due to grandchild's birth

Meyer points to nonconference slate as the difference (1:59) Urban Meyer believes that Ohio State’s win over Oklahoma was key to its spot in the College Football Playoff and shares the emotions of becoming a grandfather the same day as finding out the Buckeyes’ fate. (1:59) 2:07 PM ET COLUMBUS, Ohio — Urban Meyer was a little late to the office, but at least there was a television in the maternity ward at Riverside Hospital. After struggling to get to sleep with Ohio State’s playoff hopes hanging in the balance and his oldest daughter, Nicki, in the hospital about to make him a grandfather for the first time, Meyer had an early start Sunday, but he didn’t make his way to the Woody Hayes Athletic Center until after learning where the No. 3 Buckeyes were heading. “I watched the selection show from the maternity ward at Riverside Hospital,” Meyer said.…

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