with three games to go, thats just not the way Im wired, Kelly said. I think some guys do it. I would never do it.I dont know why college questions ever come up with me because I would ne

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- With all the fervor of a Baptist preacher, Ohio State defensive line coach Larry Johnson paces in front of the players and delivers a passionate explanation of The Edge, the programs latest motivational mantra.To be elite, youve got to take a free fall, but you cant be afraid to go to the edge! Johnson booms in a speech that made the rounds on social media. Coach says `jump! and you say `how far, coach, where do you want me to go? Every guys got a chance to do that today. If youre elite, grab somebody today, take `em with you!Looming over that scene at the Buckeyes indoor practice facility, a huge video screen runs a loop of a snarling wolf, an image thats supposed to remind players to stay on the attack. Be the aggressor or the victim. That was the overriding theme during spring practice.These are among Ohio States latest tactics to motivate millennial players in an age of social media, digital flash and diminished attention spans. They are easy-to-remember buzzwords and catchphrases, with bold imagery accompanied by hype videos usually set to hip-hop music. Last season it was The Grind. The year before, when Ohio State ended up winning the national championship, it was The Chase.We have to think like an 18-year-old and thats the challenge for our staff all the time, coach Urban Meyer said. Im not trying to appeal to the 52-year-old assistant coach. The 18-year-old who has to go do his job, who has to go do very uncomfortable things, we have to appeal to them.Meyer develops the messages with a group that includes performance coach Mickey Marotti and Tim Kight, a pastor-turned-leadership development consultant who the coach hired several years ago to help refine the programs message and impart it on coaches and players.Its not one of those things, `hey, lets try this, said Meyer, who is 50-4 in his four seasons at Ohio State. Theyre extremely well thought out. How do we get that human spirit, how do we solve that mystery of getting them to go as hard as they can?Quarterback J.T. Barrett said the team has embraced the essence of The Edge, which is defined as the line where average stops and elite begins.For me, and I think a lot of my teammates, its something that really hits home being that everybody can be pushed to a certain point, but wherever that point may be -- and its different for each individual -- you have to find a way to get through that. And you cant do it by yourself, Barrett said. The definition is very narrowed down (for) the young guys, so its easy for them to understand.Counting down to the opening game, the coaches are pushing the players to get to Code Green, which designates them as game ready. Code Green replaced the wolf as the message on the video board this week.Defensive end Sam Hubbard said the players who dont subscribe to the programs mantras are going to be left behind.In the past, stuff like that weve seen the results of it in the national championship, said Hubbard, who backed up All-American Joey Bosa last year and will have a starting role this season. If you act too cool for something like `Code Green, then just forget about it. Youre never going to improve.Youve got to really buy into it. The results speak for themselves, when guys are going to the NFL and stuff like that. So it really does work, and I buy into it.---Follow Mitch Stacy at http://twitter.com/mitchstacy . For some of his other recent stories: http://bigstory.ap.org/content/mitch-stacy Marvin Jones Jr Jersey . 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Hockenson Jersey . -- James Young couldnt wait to apply those tweaks to his jump shot, and the first one he made against UT Arlington told him it could be a good night. SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- One day after his father was buried in San Francisco 49ers gear out of devotion to his son, coach Chip Kelly invoked a lesson in loyalty from his dad in explaining why he didnt leave for the head-coaching job at the University of Oregon.I think with all those questions, and hopefully this is the end of it for me, is that I will never leave my job for another job while a season is going on, Kelly said. I dont think thats fair. I didnt do it when I was in college. I never talked to anybody in the National Football League until after our bowl game was over.I think in the NFL they have a great rule; youre not allowed to leave your job. If youre in the playoffs you cant go until your season is done. Its tough with the cycle that goes on in college. So, when Ive said that Im not going back to college, theres never going to be an opportunity for me to go back to college, because I have a job. I will not leave a team with three games to go because I got a bigger, better deal somewhere. Thats not the way Im wired and thats not what I would ever do.The way Kelly is wired is a reflection of E. Paul Kelly, his 87-year old father who died Friday night and was laid to rest in Portland, Maine, on Tuesday afternoon.Thats one thing I did learn from my dad, Kelly said. They (the 49ers) made a commitment to me. I made a commitment to them. Im not searching around and looking for other jobs while I have a job. I have a job to take care of, and I would be disingenuous and wouldnt be loyal to the players I coach, and those are the most important people that I deal with on a daily basis. I talk to them about making sacrifices all the time and being all-in and doing all that, and then Im looking to try to go find a job while all this is going on?I will never leave my job. I never have in the past and Im not going to leave my job if I still have games to coach. Thats what my deal is. I have a commitment. I learned that from my father. We can talk about my dad. I made a commitment to -- whether it was a university I was at, I made a commitment to a football team that I was at, and I just wont do that.Despite rampant speculation to the contrary, Kelly insisted for the better part of the past two months that he didnt have any interest in returning to Eugene to coach the Ducks despite his past success there and the Niners current struggles.ddddddddddddSince the 49ers are 1-11, amid an 11-game losing streak, Kelly would have had reason to depart for a better situation. But he made it clear Wednesday that he had no interest in following in the footsteps of former Atlanta Falcons coach Bobby Petrino, who left for Arkansas with three games to go in the 2007 season.Before Wednesday, Kelly had mostly stuck to simple a no when asked about his interest in Oregon or any other coaching vacancy, but he had never so forcefully and thoroughly explained why.After Oregon on Wednesday morning?tabbed South Florida coach Willie Taggart to replace Mark Helfrich, Kelly was compelled to go in-depth about how he disagrees with the idea of abandoning a team in the middle of the season for another job.I could never look (safety) Antoine Bethea or (tackle) Joe Staley in the face again and talk to them about commitment, and then if I was the guy that had a job that was offered that I thought was better than the one I had and I took off on them with three games to go, thats just not the way Im wired, Kelly said. I think some guys do it. I would never do it.I dont know why college questions ever come up with me because I would never leave my players before the season ended, and thats what Ive said all along and thats the way Ill always be. So if that precludes me from ever being involved in a college job, then that precludes me from ever being involved in a college job. So hopefully you guys dont ever have to ask that question again.Kelly returned to the Bay Area on Tuesday night after attending his fathers funeral. His players greeted him warmly?Wednesday. Kelly stopped to give a few players a hug as he walked on the field for practice.Minutes earlier, Kelly shared fond memories of his father, providing a rare glimpse into a private life he has doggedly protected.My dad is loyal now, Kelly said. He knows where his son was. So he actually got buried in 49ers gear. He did not want to wear a suit in the coffin. He wore a suit for his whole career as a trial lawyer, but he wanted to wear a 49ers sweatsuit when he passed away. ' ' '