Urban Meyer describes Woody Hayes doing weird things with a turtle.

Submitted by MGoData on

This is just bizarre:

 

"He reaches down and grabs this box, slides the top and there was something in the box moving around. He reaches in and he pulls out this turtle. He reaches down, this turtle's snapping and he says, 'I'm going to show you toughness.' He unzips his pants and takes out whatever he takes out. The turtle reaches up and snaps at him. You see the veins and the sweat (on Hayes). He screams at the coaches, 'That's toughness! That's f'n toughness!'"

 

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/2/12/3978682/ohio-state-buckeyes-urban-meyers-woody-hayes-turtle

saveferris

February 12th, 2013 at 11:30 AM ^

Just to be absolutely clear, Urban is telling a story about Woody Hayes letting a turtle snap at his crank?

I would call bullshit, except how could you possibly make shit like this up?

TWSWBC

February 12th, 2013 at 11:32 AM ^

I wonder how many times Hayes did that stunt if kept a box with a turtle in it.



Also, his name shouldn't be Woody after getting his stuff gnawed on by turtles. I vote for Flaccidy or Limpy

Doctor Wolverine

February 12th, 2013 at 11:37 AM ^

If a Michigan coach ever did that, I don't think I would want that story shared! Toughness is taking a hit like a man, stupidity is hitting yourself. I'd say this is an example of the latter.

1201SouthMain

February 12th, 2013 at 11:52 AM ^

The OP just left off the punchline:

He reaches down, pokes the turtle right in the eye and it falls off. He wipes the sweat off his forehead and says, 'That's the problem. We don't have anybody in this room tough enough to do that right there.

"(One assistant) raises his hand and says, 'Coach, I'd do this. Just promise not to poke me in the eye.'"

Urban trying to be funny.

markusr2007

February 12th, 2013 at 11:54 AM ^

The most fucked up story I've ever read related to Hayes and Ohio.

But the fact that this narrative would only be relayed decades, not years, later, and by Urban Meyer, seriously WTF man.