From the fan base that roared as proven cheater Jim Tressel was carried off the field on the shoulders of his former players, this shouldn't come as much of a surprise.

Some Ohio State fans are planning a rally for embattled coach Urban Meyer.

ABC6's Jackie Orozco says a Buckeyes supporter known as "Tennessee Jeff" wants to hold a "peaceful" on-campus rally in support of Meyer.

"A peaceful rally at Ohio State University for Coach Urban Meyer just because I thought, I was thinking there's been so much negative press with Coach Meyer," Jeff Hamms said on his Facebook page.

That "negative" press comes from Meyer being caught in a lie from Big Ten Media Days, when he said -- repeatedly -- that he was unaware of a 2015 incident involving then-assistant coach Zach Smith, and domestic abuse allegations against him.

Well, Friday, Meyer walked that back, saying he was not "adequately prepared" to answer questions surrounding Smith, and was indeed aware what happened in 2015.

He also said he reported it to Ohio State's administrative staff, an obvious attempt to shift some of the focus to AD Gene Smith.

So while Meyer fell on his sword for lying to the media, he also admitted to willingly keeping a coach on staff who had been accused of domestic abuse, and more than once. (College assistants are fired for far less, like being a lousy recruiter.)

Urban Meyer said he didn’t intend "to say anything inaccurate” about Zach Smith incident. He was asked 9 questions about it at B1G Media Days & said: “I know nothing; never had a conversation about that; who would create a story like that & If I (knew) I would have made a change" — Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 3, 2018

Can we agree that "not being prepared" for a question and "lying through your teeth multiple times" are slightly different things?



His quote: "I was never told about anything, anything never came to light, never had a conversation about it, so I know nothing about that." https://t.co/uwJF7D1pnE — Steve Politi (@StevePoliti) August 3, 2018

So, when's the parade?