Bob Hunter commentary | Rumblings: Urban Meyer relaxes ban on blue for special day

As coach Urban Meyer puts the Ohio State football team through four days ofseminars next week on the importance of voting and knowing the vagaries of the system ” somethinghe is calling ‘ Patriot week’ ” the climax will come Friday. ‘That’s going to be what we call a Memorial Day workout,’ Meyer said. ‘The players are going tobe wearing red, white and blue, and we’ll have some fun with it. They’ll also take a test on whatthey’ve learned the previous four days, and before they leave on Friday for the holiday weekend,they’ve got to pass that test.’ Red, white andblue? Isn’t wearing blue, a Michigan color, forbidden at the Woody Hayes AthleticCenter? ‘We’ll make an exception that day,’ Meyer said, smiling. It looks as though former Ohio State basketball player Austin Grandstaff will moveon from Oklahoma without having played a game there. Multiple reports say he has decided to leavethe Sooners program. Grandstaff, the No. 14 shooting guard in the class of 2015 according to 247Sports, played 10games for the Buckeyes as a freshman before deciding to transfer in December. When he chose Oklahoma, there were rumors he wanted to be closer to his son in Texas, but hetold The Dispatch he was making the move simply because Ohio State’s program wasn’t a good fit forhim. …

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