Ohio State has a bye week after a 7-0 start to the season, which allowed coach Urban Meyer to go on a media tour Monday to promote his new book, Above the Link: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Season. In a lengthy inteview on The Dan Patrick Show, Meyer opened up on the lessons he learned while at Florida — where his obsessive behavior ultimately led to health problems — and revealed that after winning the national championship in 2009, he was sending emails to recruits while his team celebrated after the game. Meyer has changed his ways at Ohio State, and now makes it a point to enjoy wins with his team.

“I’m not going to let the expectations on the outside drain , because the expectations are higher within the facility. Enjoy the darn win, and we do. ’09, we were — Florida had never been undefeated. I remember Tebow and I, Tebow was our quarterback obviously, all we would talk about is ‘we have to be undefeated. We have to be undefeated.’ And we kind of drained the enjoyment out of it. I don’t want to do that to these guys.”

Meyer also was complimentary of new Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh.

“I think he’s good for our rivals. I think he’s good for the Big Ten. I don’t really personally know him, I’ve just seen his teams and his teams are much improved.”

Patrick then boldly asked Meyer if he could beat Harbaugh in a cage match.

“Could you take him if you had to? Just you and Harbaugh in the cage?”

Meyer quickly and unsurprisingly changed the subject.