John Sommers II/Icon Sportswire In the ever-evolving world of college football, top programs must add pieces to both create contacts in all corners of the country and keep things fresh. It is a necessary move in order to stay in the upper-echelon of the sport. Urban Meyer and Ohio State took a step to doing that Wednesday when they announced the hire of two former head coaches, Joker Phillips and Brian Knorr. Phillips and Knorr both are set to work in quality control for the Buckeyes, a program spokesman confirmed Wednesday evening. A quality control member researches and analyzes anything from trends in the game to things that could potentially go awry if not accounted for come game day. Basically, they are there to do grunt work so the nine assistant coaches have more time to scheme and plan for their next game. However, they cannot physically go on the field and coach. “You’re a guy that checks for potential landmines for things that might go wrong. You help get stuff where it needs to get,” Rutgers special teams coordinator and former Ohio State quality control coach Vince Okruch told nj.com in January. “Urban said, ‘I’d like to try this,’ so we did and it worked out great. “Some places have like 8, 10, 12 guys that do this. Its goal is to assist the full-time coaches and allow them to have more time to be creative in their game-planning and it also allows them to spend more time with the players.” Phillips and Knorr both have significant coaching experience and…
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