Ohio State coach Urban Meyer, along with his childhood friend, Eastern Kentucky coach Dean Hood, hosted a youth football camp at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva on Thursday.

They said they wanted to give back to their native Ashtabula. Charge for the camp? Zero dollars.

Kudos to both. More than 200 from Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula counties in grades 1 through 8 participated in the camp Meyer and Hood want to make a tradition at SPIRE.

Thursday was a start, and an excellent one at that.

- Mark Podolski | @mpodo