A football program in tumult. A new coach in charge. Questions abounding. As it pertains to Ohio State in the wake of Urban Meyer being placed on paid administrative leave as an inquiry begins into what and when he knew of allegations of domestic abuse brought by the ex-wife of former assistant coach Zach Smith? Yes, that, too. But back in 2011, the Buckeyes were dealing with another upheaval as preseason camp approached. Ten-year coach Jim Tressel had been forced to resign two months earlier primarily because of not being forthright with an NCAA investigation. Luke Fickell had been named interim head coach, the longtime assistant’s first head coaching job. Fickell was 37 then; OSU’s current acting OSU head coach, Ryan Day is 39. “As players, we really didn’t know much about what was going on in the situation with coach Tressel,” said Zach Boren, who played fullback for Tressel…
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