COLUMBUS, Ohio — After wrapping up an in-home visit with La Grange, Texas, running back J.K. Dobbins on Nov. 29, 2016, Ohio State coach Urban Meyer had one more question. On that November night, three days after beating Michigan in double overtime, all was well for Meyer. There was just one problem: Ohio State running backs coach Tony Alford was leaving at a different time, so Meyer needed to get a ride the next morning to Fayette Regional Air Center, the tiny airport a couple miles west of town. He asked whether La Grange had Uber or a cab service. “We were like … this is La Grange, Texas,” La Grange coach Matt Kates said. “There ain’t no Ubers, there ain’t no taxis. I said, ‘I guess we’re the Uber.’ My little brother and I got up at 7 o’clock and ran taxi service for Coach Meyer to get him…
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