 Widdoes, despite having the highest two-year winning percentage of any Buckeye coach, asked to return to an assistant's position.Offensive coordinator Paul Bixler and Widdoes switched positions, and Bixler endured a mediocre 4–3–2 season.Bixler resigned and talk of Ohio State being a "graveyard of coaches" became commonplace, a reputation that lingered for decades.