On the day before Urban Meyer announced his retirement as Ohio State football coach, he nestled into a familiar spot at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. Meyer sat in the black leather chair inside Mickey Marotti's office. In seven seasons leading the Buckeyes, Meyer appeared often in the seat to confer with Marotti, as much his right-hand man as the team's strength and conditioning coach. They discussed every aspect of the program, from practice plans and player health to personnel decisions. Before Meyer hired Ryan Day, his eventual successor, as a co-offensive coordinator in 2017, he floated the idea to Marotti...