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Those meetings are kind of private with our team, and I think that’s probably a good question for coach when he gets back.”

Ohio State interim coach Ryan Day, revealing on the Big Ten coaches call Tuesday that suspended head coach Urban Meyer met with the team during a 45-minute meeting Thursday. Meyer had been suspended for three games the previous day after being placed on administrative leave following questions about his handling of domestic abuse allegations involving a former coach. But he was given permission for a visit.

The players are excited to focus on football. We are going through a grieving process as an entire program. We’ve been there for two months now.”

Maryland interim coach Matt Canada on the Big Ten call saying that concentrating on football has been a welcome distraction for his players, who are grieving the death of 19-year-old lineman Jordan McNair and dealing with the fallout from his death from heatstroke after a preseason workout.