COLUMBUS, Ohio — Kerry Coombs is a great recruiter, enthusiast and position coach, a tremendous husband, father and grandfather. This matters because he has been a great Buckeye, a fundamental part of the Urban Meyer era of success with his recruiting and teaching of future NFL cornerbacks, and his infectious energy that lifted everyone around him. You know Coombs and like him, and so do I, and so does Ryan Day, and that makes it more difficult when the defense Coombs leads plays poorly and the Buckeyes lose as two-touchdown favorites as they did Saturday, 35-28 to Oregon. It is one thing to give up 52 points and 621 total offensive yards in the national title game to Alabama and a quarterback in Mac Jones that Bill Belichick is ready to turn into the next Tom Brady. It is another to give up 35 points and 505 offensive yards in…
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