PASADENA, Calif. — Urban Meyer was scared at the start, and he stayed a little scared all the way through. Ohio State’s head football coach finished his seven-year tenure in Columbus with Tuesday’s 28-23 win in the Rose Bowl over Washington, ending his career with the Buckeyes at 83-9. That’s a remarkable winning percentage of .902, and it’s what Meyer expected of himself when he was hired at Ohio State after the 6-7 season of 2011 that was thrown off track by NCAA issues that led to player suspensions and later NCAA sanctions. “This has always been very personal,” Meyer said after the victory. “I’m from the great state of Ohio and I’m very proud of my state. I’ve been a Buckeye fan, like I said, as long as I can remember. And I operated — it’s not healthy all the time — but I operated under the…
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