College football reporter Brett McMurphy was one of the most public faces around Ohio State’s Zach Smith scandal Youth Alex Mack Jersey , which led to Urban Meyer’s suspension for three games at the start of the 2018 season. Reporting by McMurphy was part of the impetus for Ohio State to fire Smith, who’d been accused of repeated domestic violence, and to commission its own investigation into how Meyer handled allegations against his longtime receivers coach. As the 2018 season winds down, McMurphy’s made news about Meyer, Smith, and Ohio State again. On Tuesday, he reported for Stadium the 2017 transfer of a blue-chip Ohio State receiver might have been related to Smith using the N-word in a confrontation with that player. That runs counter to what Ohio State, the player involved, the player’s mother, and apparently the NCAA have agreed happened: that he transferred because of a family medical issue. Here’s what we know is true about four-star receiver Trevon Grimes’ transfer from the Buckeyes in 2017: After the season, Grimes, then a freshman Womens Ricardo Allen Jersey , transferred from Ohio State to Florida. He had left the team that October, due to what Meyer called “family health issues.”His mother, Leah Grimes, had been diagnosed with cancer, UF later revealed. The NCAA gave Grimes immediate eligibility to play in 2018, declining to make him sit out the usual one year for underclass transfers. He got a hardship waiver, which is the NCAA’s usual tool to bend its rules for players dealing with difficult family issues. The player’s estranged father, LeBron Grimes, now tells McMurphy his son didn’t actually transfer because of his mom’s health issues.There’s a lot in McMurphy’s new story, but here’s the key passage: LeBron Grimes alleged to McMurphy that Meyer knew of Smith’s “alleged racially-charged altercation in September 2017 with his son Trevon and helped keep it quiet.”McMurphy’s report challenges whether Leah Grimes was really as sick as the NCAA believed she was when it granted Trevon Grimes a hardship waiver. He also wrote Leah “has had her share of past legal issues” and goes on to list a few of them. In turn, Leah Grimes provided McMurphy with this statement: Trevon Grimes did not confirm McMurphy’s report. Zach Smith denied it.McMurphy wrote: A number of Ohio State players have refuted the version of events described by Grimes’ dad and reported by McMurphy. These are all members of Ohio State’s offense. All were on the team in September 2017, when Grimes’ father says the incident with Smith took place:Ohio State’s administration took the unusual step of denying the report by name. That included Meyer Youth Deion Jones Jersey , the president, and the AD.Meyer suggested legal action by the school was possible: In a statement from the school, which president Michael Drake — who’s butted heads with Meyer over the Smith story before — tweeted out: Athletic director Gene Smith added: We’ll update this post as needed. Week 11 was among the least exciting college football weekends in memory, but we anticipated that. Now some are worried we could have a repeat in Week 12, considering it’s SoCon Saturday in the SEC (and, quietly, cupcake week for the Power 5’s other top teams as well). There are some bad games. Alabama’s gonna destroy a lesser team this week, but so what? How is that different from every other week so far this year? Look beyond the filler content. True, there are also very few WATCH THIS games. The strength of Week 12 lies in the middle. Below, the Watch Grid plots every national FBS game by watchability. Also, quite a few FCS games are on ESPN+ and elsewhere, and this is the Saturday right before Selection Sunday at that level. Weeknight games removed Youth Grady Jarrett Jersey , for your Saturday convenience. Also, note below that Stanford-Cal has been moved to Dec. 1 and Nevada-San Jose State to noon PT, due to the California wildfires. Saturday, November 17 college football schedule Look at all the totally fine middle-tier games of interest! See? There’s more to life than expecting almost anybody in the top 10 to exert themselves whatsoever! Several conference races could be on the line as well. Cuse-Notre Dame could be straight up great, orrrrr it could be the Irish exposing a team that S&P+ would rank well below the committee’s spot. After reviewing resumes, this is probably a must-win for the Irish -- 11-1 doesn’t seem likely to do it, no matter how much help they get. GameDay is at UCF, as expected, and Cincy-UCF could be spectacular. The winner’s atop the AAC East and in the New Year’s Six driver’s seat (what a weird thing to have a driver’s seat) and all that, but just watch the stuff on the field. UCF’s again mostly driven by its offense, and Cincinnati has the best defense the Knights will face until bowl season. The other all-ranked game is on a channel I don’t get. Y’all have fun! Your Week 12 S&P+ picks for every FBS game are here.