The Urban Meyer years at Ohio State were damn good.

Any Buckeye fan can tell you that. Meyer had his team winning and winning often. There wasn’t much that could stop the scarlet and gray.

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Back in 2014, only Virginia Tech stopped Ohio State. The Buckeyes moved on from that Week 2 loss to eventually win the national title, beating Alabama and Oregon in the College Football Playoff.

How did the Buckeyes do it?

Look no further than Cardale Jones, a quarterback who figured to have no chance of starting a single game for Ohio State when the season first started.

Here’s Meyer telling a hilarious story about Jones and what unfolded down the stretch of that memorable season from Lori Schmidt of 610 WTVN: