Ohio State football: Watch video of Urban Meyer's news conference previewing Rutgers

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State couldn't navigate through its bye week without avoiding injuries. The Buckeyes lost receiver K.J. Hill to an ankle injury, and linebacker Justin Hilliard to a torn bicep.

Urban Meyer touched on that and more during his Monday news conference previewing Saturday's game against Rutgers. Watch the videos below to see Meyer's full news conference.

If you'd rather read everything Meyer said, we have that here.

The first part of Meyer's news conference is in the video above. The remaining portions are in the videos below.

Part 2: Meyer talks about his views on players protesting the national anthem, and facing a former assistant in Chris Ash.

Part 3: Meyer talks about linebackers Dante Booker and Jerome Baker, and how he handles assistant coaches moving on to head coaching jobs.

Part 4: Meyer talks about the business of college coaching, injuries to Rutgers players and having some Glenville players starring on his defense.

Part 5: Meyer talks about the bye week, and about how much Rutgers' defense mirrors Ohio State's.

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