Urban Meyer opened his first spring game at Ohio State with his players gathered at midfield for a series of one-on-one battles. It started with defensive tackle John Simon and offensive lineman Jack Mewhort pushing and shoving like sumo wrestlers until one appeared to have the upper hand. Even the top two quarterbacks, Braxton Miller and Kenny Guiton, went at it. Cheering and taunting teammates circled the combatants. "I've got a little bit of a quick whistle when some of those guys are in there," Meyer said with a grin. "I just wanted some good energy in there. Our quarterbacks, like anybody else, they've got to put their nose on people. You have to be very careful and very smart. And sometimes I'm accused of neither. But it was fun for the fans and I know that our players came out of their shoes when we did that." Rod Smith ran for a 7-yard touchdown with 5:29 left and Christian Bryant made it stand up with a late interception to lead the Scarlet to a 20-14 victory over the Gray. The crowd was announced as 81,112 on a misty, chilly day at Ohio Stadium, although there appeared to be far fewer. Read more:http://espn.go.com/college-football...an-meyer-coaches-first-spring-game-ohio-state
