So we probably have to talk about this pizza boy business, right? Kid finds out he’s delivering a pizza to defensive coordinator Luke Fickell’s house, meets his wife Amy Fickell at the door, makes some jokey comment about the defense needing to improve and the next thing you know, pizza boy is out of a job.
Here, the unnamed pizza boy’s and the Fickells’ stories diverge: He says Amy Fickell called the restaurant and complained, which got him fired. Per WSYX in Columbus, the owner and Ohio State both say no complaint was made, and the manager just found out about it from other employees.
At any rate, something like that warrants a write-up and that’s probably about all, but the pizza boy had a point. It was stupid and unprofessional of him to make that point and if I were Luke Fickell’s wife (note: this is the first and last time I am ever typing that), I sure as hell would have called to complain. But it’s true that defense could stand to improve.
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