{"id":276165,"date":"2025-05-12T15:05:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T15:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/12\/urban-meyer-recalls-threatening-to-leave-ohio-state-over-denied-request-for-a-bible-reading\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:08:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:08:31","slug":"urban-meyer-recalls-threatening-to-leave-ohio-state-over-denied-request-for-a-bible-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/12\/urban-meyer-recalls-threatening-to-leave-ohio-state-over-denied-request-for-a-bible-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Meyer recalls threatening to leave Ohio State over denied request for a bible reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"4914140\" data-slug-id=\"2515018\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Ohio State Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer reveals he once threatened to quit.<\/p>\n<p>Meyer is known as a religious person, and during his time as the Buckeyes football coach, he would hold a bible study for players who wanted to attend. However, he revealed before that happened, Ohio State tried to deny it, which made Meyer threaten to leave.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p><template id=\"bets-today-poll\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"preview-card-holder bets-today-poll\">\n<p><span class=\"date\"\/> \u2022 <span class=\"time\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"march-madness-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/skm\/assets\/march-madness-logo.png\" height=\"42\" width=\"99\" alt=\"march madness logo\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Every Sunday right before our team meeting, we are going to have Church service because you take the whole week, players don&#8217;t have time to go to Church. So, I want to bring Church to them,&#8221; Meyer said. &#8220;The school attorney came over to me and said, Coach you can&#8217;t do that. I said I can&#8217;t do what. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The person said you can&#8217;t have the bible study and you can&#8217;t have the church service. I said well we are going to do it&#8230; We are doing it, our athletic director came over and I said we are doing this, if not, you gotta let me go.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/college-football\/news-the-king-dirty-cfb-fans-react-35m-worth-urban-meyer-gives-bold-take-head-coaches-lying-ncaa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Meyer <\/a>said the compromise was that they couldn&#8217;t call it a bible study or a church, but instead had to call it a reflection time. The coach also said it wasn&#8217;t mandatory, but he wanted to let the players have the chance to attend if they wanted.<\/p>\n<p>Meyer ended up coaching at Ohio State from 2012 until 2018, going 83-9 and helping them win the national title in 2014.<\/p>\n<h2>Urban Meyer shares his prediction for Ohio State in 2025<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/college-football\/ohio-state-buckeyes-football\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Ohio State Buckeyes<\/a> won the national title last season, but Urban Meyer is expecting a slight step back this season.<\/p>\n<p>Meyer predicted the Buckeyes will go 10-2 on &#8216;The Triple Option&#8217; which he thinks would be a good season.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThat\u2019s actually a hell of a season with a new team,\u201d Meyer said. \u201cYou know what a new team is by the end of the year? It\u2019s not a new team anymore. It\u2019s an old team. They\u2019ll be a veteran team by the time they get to Ann Arbor.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meyer believes losing both coordinators will hurt the Buckeyes in 2025, as well as losing so many key players to the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>Ohio State has notable games against Texas, Penn State, Wisconsin, and Michigan, among others.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-post-rating-widget\">\n<p><template id=\"post-rating-feedback-modal-template\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-feedback-box\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-content\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-data\">\n<p>Why did you not like this content?<\/p>\n<p><textarea id=\"dislike-feedback-text\" rows=\"4\" placeholder=\"Please type your feedback...\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<button class=\"close\">Cancel<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"submit\">Submit<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-widget-parent hidden\">\n<div class=\"rating-parent-container\">\n<div class=\"rating-content-holder\">\n<p>Was this article helpful?<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-action-container\">\n<div class=\"like-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-like-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"like\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post-like-image post-rating-image\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" alt=\"like selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dislike-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-dislike-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"dislike\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"post-dis-like-image post-rating-image\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" alt=\"avatar selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nThank You for feedback\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-author-info-parent\">\n<span class=\"about-the-author\">About the author<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-info-holder\">\n<div class=\"author-pic-holder\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"author-pic\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,&lt;svg width=\" height=\"100\"\/><rect width=\"100\" height=\"100\" style=\"fill:rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\/>&#8221; data-lazy=&#8221;https:\/\/keedag.sportskeeda.com\/user-pic\/957157-1716736522-200.jpg?w=200&#8243;<br \/>\nalt=&#8221;Cole Shelton&#8221; height=&#8221;72&#8243; width=&#8221;72&#8243;&gt;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-bio-detail-holder\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p class=\"author-bio\" id=\"author-bio-text\">\nCole is an NHL, NFL and College Sports reporter at Sportskeeda with over 7 years of experience writing for publications like CBC, USA Today, SMG, BJPENN, Sherdog and SB Nation.<\/p>\n<p>An NHL fan his whole life, Cole played rep hockey in Canada from age 5 until 17 and grew up rooting for Martin St. Louis and the Tampa Bay Lightning. 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