Published: Thursday, 3/10/2016 – Updated: 2 minutes ago BY TOM TROYBLADE POLITICS WRITER Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer, left, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, right.ASSOCIATED PRESS Enlarge Urban Meyer, head football coach at The Ohio State University, today endorsed Ohio Gov. John Kasich for president, the Kasich campaign announced. In a video released by the Kasich campaign, Mr. Meyer says, ”we wish you the best, go win this darn thing.” In the video, Mr. Meyer says before he made his decision he did some research ”about the great work, the great leadership you’ve shown our great state.” The endorsement comes less than a week before Ohio Republicans will vote for a Republican presidential nomination. Mr. Kasich, who is lagging behind three other GOP candidates, has staked his campaign on winning Ohio’s 66 delegates. RELATED ARTICLE: Kasich weighs options as huge Ohio vote looms The endorsement of an OSU head football coach could sway the outcome in Ohio. Richard Nixon credited the support of Woody Hayes — the venerable former Buckeyes coach — for his upset win in Ohio over John F. Kennedy during the 1960 presidential election. It remains the only post-World War II presidential race in which the winner did not carry Ohio. …
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