When Urban Meyer was hired late in November of 2011 to be Ohio State’s head football coach, he said “I’m going to go about and try to assemble the best coaching staff in college football,” but according to him, Luke Fickell was not a favorite to be on that coaching staff. “I did not want to keep him when I got here,” Meyer said Thursday at Ohio State’s on campus Fiesta Bowl media day. “I met him a few times and he was a good gentleman, very nice guy. Our meeting went over the top and I had a lot of respect for him and his beautiful family. We weren’t very good on defense for a couple years and that stressed things out just a touch around here. “But one of the greatest things I’ve ever done was keep Luke Fickell. He’s a loyal, good man and a very good…
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