Over the weekend, former Ohio State defensive back Marcus Williamson made a number of serious accusations about his former program and his previous head coach, Urban Meyer.
In a series of tweets during and after the Buckeyes appearance in the Rose Bowl, Williamson alleged that Meyer had threatened him and used a photo of the late Trayvon Martin to illustrate the program’s “no hoodie indoors” policy, while he was in charge of the Ohio State program.
The jarring accusations led to a widespread pushback on social media from former Buckeyes players, including Cardale Jones. After first giving his thoughts on Williamson’s comments, the former national champion started to defend his old program from those that seemed to subscribe to the sentiments in Williamson’s original tweets.
That included going back-and-forth with journalist Jemele Hill.
Man, where do I start about Williamson comments about the OSU football program. Trying to paint the program & it’s leaders out to be racist is mind blowing! I can’t speak on his experience but I’m sure a LARGE number of players who played at OSU would disagree with his comments.
— Cardale Jones (@CJ1two) January 2, 2022
The conflict began when Hill first amplified Williamson’s original thread that contained a number of accusations against Meyer. She added he own thoughts, writing “Urban Meyer is a terrible guy.”
The former Ohio State quarterback fired back the following day, blasting Hill for spreading a story with “false...
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