ATHENS, Ohio – A program in myriad ways a model for college football – nay, all college athletics – because of its consistency, stability and, of course, winning now finds its roots growing from the asphalt and concrete of a Florida amusement park.
Some 900 miles from the historic, brick-lined streets and stately buildings of Ohio University, the present and future roots for the Bobcats football program trace to the asphalt and scream-filled sidewalks beneath a superhero roller coaster inside Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.
Here, Brian Smith learns he is going to be offered the opportunity to Tim Albin’s successor and a full-time FBS head coach for the first time in his two decades of college coaching, long on offensive innovation.Read More
