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I think i saw this somewhere, but can’t dig it up now.

Zach Smith has hd his contract renewed / re-negotiated three different times in the last 5 years.

That’s what perplexes me. Assistant coaches get fired for calling one play wrong. For Smith, and knowing what they knew about his personal life, his social media antics, and his lack of player development; they didn’t even have to fire him. They could have non-renewed him three times, but didn’t.

That's close to the center of my attention too. If he did something wrong (unlike his recent interview, Zach Smith does appear to completely fess up in published texts with Courtney) and we give the benefit of the doubt that it was properly reported by Meyer ... then why wasn't Zach fired (or at the very least not renewed) until it went public all these years later? 
There are no straightforward (or satisfactory) answers to that question yet.

I think for Urban it will all come down to whether he actually reported up, as he's suggested in his public letter. 

Originally, his remarks to the press looked BAD. But if he has evidence that this was reported properly and he can fall on the excuse of "I was blindsided by the question at media days and handled it badly, not wanting to drag their private matters into the public eye more than they already were."

I think for Urban it will all come down to whether he actually reported up, as he's suggested in his public letter.

Originally, his remarks to the press looked BAD. But if he has evidence that this was reported properly and he can fall on the excuse of "I was blindsided by the question at media days and handled it badly, not wanting to drag their private matters into the public eye more than they already were."

If he properly reported, I agree. 
I think the definition of that is broader than typically published, though: he will have had to have (1) promptly reported the 2015 incident *and* have (2) provided the context of the 2009 incident upon hiring Zach to OSU *and* have (3) reported any other credible events, even without criminal charges, that he is documented to have learned about.
If he did that, then he did enough to stay. I'd still be confused why he didn't fire the guy who admitted to his own DV allegations, though. So a bad PR scar will stick around for the foreseeable.

I think for Urban it will all come down to whether he actually reported up, as he's suggested in his public letter.

Do I have my info wrong? I thought we were past did Urban report or not.
I thought I read the Powell Police sent the redacted report to Gene Smith Directly. Gene notified Urban, and called Smith back from a recruiting trip to ask him about it.
Zach Smith claimed he only touched her in a defensive manner, she was the one attacking him.

Do I have my info wrong? I thought we were past did Urban report or not.
I thought I read the Powell Police sent the redacted report to Gene Smith Directly. Gene notified Urban, and called Smith back from a recruiting trip to ask him about it.
Smith claimed he only touched her in a defensive manner, she was the one attacking him.

Did it ever get reported beyond Gene Smith and Urban Meyer? What are OSU's guidelines on where it needs to be reported?
Or did they just "handle it" internally?
Because if it's the latter, I think his goose is still cooked. 

Did it ever get reported beyond Gene Smith and Urban Meyer? What are OSU's guidelines on where it needs to be reported?
Or did they just "handle it" internally?
Because if it's the latter, I think his goose is still cooked.

It is a key distinction. Though even if handled internally, Meyer can probably stay IF GSmith takes the fall instead.

Completely agree. It's also relevant to whether Zach Smith was fired for cause and, if so, whether that firing was unreasonably delayed until 2018.