You can now rest easy, citizens. Our long national nightmare is over.
Well, technically, their 36-hour delay has come to an end, but still.
On a cruise to raise money for cancer research over the weekend, Urban Meyer, his wife and daughter, several current and former Ohio State players and a couple of thousand Buckeye fans were expected to arrive back in port in Tampa Monday morning. Instead, heavy fog kept the Royal Caribbean ship out at sea for an additional 36 hours, with those on board finally docking and getting back on dry land Tuesday night.
All’s well that ends well, though, as Meyer has since taken a charter flight back home to Columbus after helping to raise more than $2 million for the OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Thanks BuckeyeNation for supporting the Cruise to beat cancer raising over $2 million!! Back on land-on way home.
— Urban Meyer (@CoachUrbanMeyer) February 25, 2015
4 day cruise turned into 6 day cruise... Can't complain! Coming home with over $2 Million for The James! #BC4C #GoBucks #BeatCancer
— Gigi Meyer Pruett (@gigimeyerfit) February 24, 2015
Some Buckeye fans who took part in the Buckeye Cruise for Cancer leaned on levity to pass the time, with some finding humor in the juxtaposition of one of the most powerful coaches in college football morphing into a simple stranded passenger like everybody else.
“I saw Urban a half an hour ago,” OSU alum Tom Thiry told the Cleveland Plain Dealer Tuesday night. “He was standing in line with [wife] Shelley and his luggage. It shows that no amount of prestige or money could have gotten you off this ship.
“Someone said that Urban can win a national championship with a third-string quarterback, but he can’t tackle the fog.”
On a completely unrelated note, the 2015 college football season kicks off in exactly 190 days. Please hurry. Please.