Ohio State suspends Meyer for three games

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Ohio State suspended coach Urban Meyer for three games, along with athletic director Gene Smith, for mishandling a domestic abuse case.

Meyer, who won’t be on the sidelines for games against Oregon State, Rutgers and TCU, will return to coach the Sept. 22 game vs. Tulane.

Meyer has been the subject of an investigation into the handling of domestic abuse allegations against former assistant coach Zach Smith. Meyer has been on paid administrative leave since Aug. 1.

The Ohio State trustees hired an outside law firm for $500,000 to do the investigation, which took two weeks.

The investigation centered on what Meyer knew and did about allegations of abuse against Smith, who was fired July 23 after his wife sought a protective order.

Meyer has said he handled the accusations properly when he found out about them, but acknowledged he lied to reporters at first when he said he hadn’t heard of the incident. – Appeal-democrat news services