Urban Meyer to Jack Miller, the freshman QB Ohio State offered: 'Why the hell am I talking to you?'

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ryan Day went to Arizona to watch freshman quarterback Jack Miller of Scottsdale (Ariz.) Chaparral throw earlier this month. A week later, Miller had an Ohio State scholarship offer.  Day called Miller to inform him of the good news before Urban Meyer took the phone to do a little recruiting.  “Coach Meyer said, ‘I’ve never talked to a kid this young before, why the hell am I talking to you?’ ” Miller said. “I said, ‘I don’t know, I guess Coach Day saw something?’ ”  Clearly.  Though Meyer was playfully jabbing Miller, there is some truth to the oddity of this scholarship offer. A few short years ago, Meyer rarely would offer a quarterback until he saw him throw personally and usually that prospect was an upperclassman.  Miller, a 6-foot-3, 197-pound dual-threat, breaks that mold. Ohio State isn’t the only program to offer the quarterback, either. He also has…

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