Urban Meyer Promised to Get a Tattoo If Buckeyes Won National Championship

What'll it be, Urban? A butterfly on the ankle or the Mandarin character for "prosper"?

Ohio State's head coach will have to decide soon, as he promised his players he'd get a tattoo if they won the College Football Playoff National Championship Game.

USA Today's Nicole Auerbach reports that a number of Buckeyes players brought up the subject of ink in the aftermath of their national title-winning victory over the Oregon Ducks on Monday night. 

According to Auerbach, several members of the Buckeyes team said Meyer had made the promise after Ohio State defeated Alabama in the CFP semifinals.

"He promised us after we beat 'Bama in the locker room that if we won the next one, he'd get a tattoo," said OSU tight end Jeff Heuerman. "The first thing that went through my head [after defeating Oregon] is, Coach Meyer's getting a tattoo."

Defensive end Joey Bosa said he will personally make sure Meyer gets an Ohio State Block O somewhere on his body.

"I'll be here bugging him about it until he gets it," Bosa said. "I'll go with him [to the tattoo parlor]. I've already got my Block O."

Reneging on the offer is not a possibility. After all, as Bosa says, Ohio State has a standard to live up to.

"We have core values, and honesty is one of them, so he better not be lying," Bosa said.

While the Block O is a fitting tattoo for the occasion, there's no information out there indicating Meyer specified the design he would get. Rick Pitino went with the Louisville L, and Rex Ryan took the wife-Mark Sanchez approach. Meyer has plenty of options, not the least of which is "In Zeke We Trust."

No matter what you get, Urban, just remember: It's not a tattoo. It's a tradition. 

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