benson_will_lead_the_way
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Rumor on twitter says it's a 7 year deal for 35 million.
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Urban Meyer to be Ohio State coach? (1 Viewer)
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knowledge dropper
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He won with Zook's players and left the cupboard bare at Florida. OSU better hope he cloned Tebow.
PlasmaDogPlasma
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How many of Zook's players do you think were still around in 2008? Harvin, Murphy, Demps, Tebow, Hernandez, Rainey, the Pounceys, B.Spikes, Joe Haden, Janoris Jenkins, Jermaine Cunningham, Carlos Dunlap, Major Wright, Ahmad Black were all Meyer guys along with many other key players to both titles.
gandalas
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I can only hope that this is true...Meyer is an Ohio State guy through and through. I don't know if we have ever had a potential hiring this big for the foot ball program....certainly not since I started watching.Luke Fickell - certainly not a great coaching resume prior to becoming our head coach. Great defensive coach, but not sure he can handle the whole picture.Jim Tressel - was a BIG deal on the 1-AA level with youngstown State, but not a huge presence on the BCS level.John Cooper - Sure, he made the rose Bowl with Arizona State and did rather well with Tulsa prior to that, but certainly not on the level of an Urban Meyer.Compare this to:Urban Meyer - 17-6 record at Bowling Green, that Football powerhouse.22-2 record at Utah.2004 Coach of the year at Utah, beating Pitt in the Fiesta Bowl and going 12-0.2 National Championships at Florida, total record of 64-14 over 6 seasons.also:
All in all, this would be a GREAT thing if we could get him as our coach. Just please keep the majority of the defensive staff around, as they have been the only way we have been staying in games this season.
sandlotshrink
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Meyer to OSU has been long rumored, even to the point that it was going to be announced during the Duke-OSU basketball game. Regardless of who becomes HC at OSU, I just hope they bring an offense with them that involves the forward pass and is entertaining to watch. The past years, despite the wins, have been very painful to endure from an offense perspective.
Luke will hopefully land on his feet somewhere as he had no hopes of being successful with Bouman as the OC and the players he lost.
Luke will hopefully land on his feet somewhere as he had no hopes of being successful with Bouman as the OC and the players he lost.
notdarkyet
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Who on twitter? Would help determine if this is rehashed unsubstantiated rumor or new rumor that might have legs.
Bobcat10
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I believe @elevenwarriors is the source.LeCharles Bentley and others have been piling on the quotes from there. Bentley seems to have another source, although he's trying to build up his new internet radio venture and he said it's not truly a source just somebody he knows. ???
Krush Groove
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I follow elevenwarriors on twitter and they are on point when it comes to Ohio State football
PlasmaDogPlasma
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Honestly I don't think Meyer is ever going to be a college head coach again. I don't think his family will let him.
Krush Groove
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A guy from bucknuts.com was just on 97.1 the fan. He said the deal was close to being done. Take it for what it's worth but he seemed pretty sure about it
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Bobcat10
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You really think Ohio State, and because of that Urban Meyer, doesn't know the gist of what the sanctions are going to be?edit: More just posted from Eleven Warriors -- "Both parties are on the same page with regards to what they expect to hear from the NCAA. Both parties believe the NCAA's punishment will not be an obstacle to Meyer taking the job."'GDogg said:
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wiscstlatlmia
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Ohio State? I wouldn't go there if i knew the way.
JFurby
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You must have missed the memo that this is now the Tebowpool for all things Tebow. The Florida connection makes this topic acceptable among all the other Tebow topics.
Hairy Snowman
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I doubt Urban is going anywhere near Ohio State. I doubt he is going to Penn State, but that would be more likely. If and when he ever comes back to coach, he will go to Notre Dame. Even while he was here at Florida, he has always said that is where he wants to coach someday.Meanwhile, people forget that he left coaching due to health issues. He may not coach again anytime soon.And why IS this in the Shark Pool??? It really doesn't belong here.
PlasmaDogPlasma
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He already turned down Notre Dame once because they wouldn't change their admission requirements for athletes. He's from Ohio and he got his Master's degree from Ohio State. If he were going to coach again, which I don't think he will, OSU is as likely a spot as any.
Krush Groove
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I'll stand by what eleven warriors and bucknuts are reporting. I know they are well connected with the Ohio State football program.
Former Buckeye player Dustin Fox said on 92.3 The Fan that it was a 95% chance Meyer is coming to Ohio State. Meyer was quoted somewhere saying he would love the Buckeye job. There is also an important announcement coming on Nov. 27th which is believed to be Meyer introduced as the new head coach.
chickenlittle
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that photo in the link looks badly photoshopped
J Giles Band
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Wrong...By taking the job now he gets a significant jump on recruiting. If you wait until later in December or January you lose an entire recruiting class. Hiring a coach now is a huge advantage for the incoming coach.'GDogg said:
ClevelandRocks
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Buckeye Nation is back and in a big way!!! There has been multiple reports of this, say it will be announced first week of December an plans too keep Fickell on board. He wouldnt take the job if the sanctions where that bad, my guess is they know something we dont. OSU plus Meyer is a formula for the winnest program in college football 
.....Braxton is going to be molded into the next Tebow but better.....get on board now!!!
.....Braxton is going to be molded into the next Tebow but better.....get on board now!!!
Hairy Snowman
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He turned down Notre Dame to come to Florida. Just a better opportunity at the time. Unless he has turned them down again this year?
notdarkyet
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I wonder if holding off on signing would allow him to get around any recruiting rules... since he isn't associated with a university.
BroncoFreak_2K3
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the would be tOSU way, so yes.
J Giles Band
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Actually, no...If he were to purposely contact potential recruits and pitch Ohio State with the premise that he will be taking the job there, he is considered 'an agent of the university' and therefore bound by the NCAA rules which apply.
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PlasmaDogPlasma
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Don't kid yourself. If ND had made the changes he wanted we would have never gotten him in Gainesville.
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Hairy Snowman
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Stop. Show me anything - ANYTHING FROM ANYWHERE (short of your post) - that supports that. He came to Florida because we had better training facilities and a better chance of competing for National Championships. Just like he said when he came.http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/sec/2004-12-03-florida-meyer_x.htmhttp://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4682614The media and Notre Dame fans had Meyer going to Notre Dame right up until he said he was coming to Florida. It has nothing to do with their admission requirements.Just like this thread of OSU fans saying he's on his way to Columbus. He probably isn't going there either. He'd choose Notre Dame first BECAUSE EVEN WHEN HE WAS HERE HE SAID IT WAS HIS DREAM JOB.Esit to add: I found this blog which supports some of your reasoning. Problem is, Meyer never said any of it.http://sportsprof.blogspot.com/2004/12/choosing-florida-over-notre-dame.html
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PlasmaDogPlasma
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Gotcha Snowman. Notre Dame is his dream job above all others but I'm wrong for saying that they could have had him in '05.
notdarkyet
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Seems like this very scenario played out recently... I think it was after Huggins was fired from UC he was still on the recruiting trail to play for him wherever he ended up.'J Giles Band said:
Hairy Snowman
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Yup. Hard to beat 7 million a year and competing in the SEC for a chance at the National Title. He even said he did it for the money too (what was "best" for his family). Read the first article. I think it was pretty clear. And he was consistent about his reasons while he was here. Seemed to work out for him. He also said repeatedly while he was here that Notre Dame was his dream job. Not OSU. Not Penn State. I'm not making this stuff up. I think he will coach at Notre Dame one day (assuming his health lets him - which supposedly was teh reason he left UF in the first place).But believe what you want. We'll see won't we. I will say this - he went on an interview with Arizona, which may indicate he is on the market. I jsut doubt he goes to a school that is going to get heavy NCAA penalties, regardless of what OSU fans think.
Bobcat10
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Also heard locally that he's going to be given/offered ridiculus money to put together the highest paid staff in the country. Names already being strongly rumored are Studwara (LSU OC), Speilman, Herbstreit, and a few others I can't remember. Fickell is also very likely to stay on board...he wasn't even a coordinator before taking the interim coach position.
GridironMenace
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Why is this in the Shark Pool? This should be in FFA instead.
Krush Groove
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ESPN is finally reporting the Urban to Ohio State story
Hairy Snowman
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Yes, reporting that earlier today Meyer denied stories written by Buckeyes blog Eleven Warriors that he going there. It is confirmed they have contacted him.http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/2011/11/19/2574179/urban-meyer-ohio-state-reports-rumors-news-espnEdit to add: Also denied reports by another blogger that half of ESPN's broadcasters will be joining him! LOL!"Urban, I just want to ask you, there have been reports indicating that you have accepted the Ohio State head coaching position," Pasch said.Urban replied quickly and emphatically."Well there's no truth to that," Meyer said of the rumors. "I know it's that time of year, but I have not been offered any job and I have certainly not accepted any job."This probably won't stop the rampant rumors from circulating until the Ohio State head coaching position is filled on a permanent basis. For those claiming it isn't true, however, at least there's now a public denial on the record from Meyer.
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Hurl Bruce
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So you think that staged cut-away from the game to ask Meyer wasn't done to benefit Meyer and to let Meyer say something to be fair to the current coach?
I'll eat a bucket of buckeyes if Meyer isn't named HC for OSU.
I'll eat a bucket of buckeyes if Meyer isn't named HC for OSU.
bengalbuck
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Wasn't much of a denial. Said he hasn't been offered the job and the rumor that he has already agreed to be the coach is untrue. Obviously semantics.I actually believe the rumors but don't think that there is anything official yet. But there could be some general understandings in place that the job is his with some parameters as far as salary and assistant coach salaries, etc.Also, anyone who thinks OSU is looking at major NCAA violations hasn't been paying attention at all. They recently made a recommendation that the punishment stemming from the joint OSU/NCCA investigation be 5 scholarships lost total over 5 years (2 per year the first 2 years, 1 the 3rd). They aren't going to propose something so small on a joint investigation without a pretty good idea that it's basically acceptable to the NCAA.
Krush Groove
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It was the kind of denial Saban gave right before he took the Alabama job
Hairy Snowman
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First, regarding Meyer, OSU is also denying the reports that Meyer has been offered the job. So everyone involved is denying the report, except your guy.Chris Speilman was quoted today as saying he and Meyer were both in Bible study together two days ago, and that was the first either had heard of any of it. And that it was just a rumor.And regarding NCAA penalties, OSU has been low balling the penalties since this all started. First was a self imposed suspension of some players. Then more players. Then more games. Then they fired the coach to avoid the appearance of a loss of institutional control. OSU is the poster child for corruption in college football right now. Along with Miami. There has been violations going clear back to last year (including Pryor pledging to miss games this year before skipping to the NFL) and have continued throughout the investigation with OSU trying to mislead the NCAA. To think they are not looking at a loss of scholarships over a period of time is ridiculously naive. Go back to the OSU message boards. Denial isn't just a river in Egypt. I hear it runs through Columbus too.http://www.ghanamma.com/2011/11/meyer-ohio-st-job-hasnt-been-offered-ap/
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It's been reported many times that Meyer had outs in his last two contracts for OSU job.
Hairy Snowman
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Give me one link, any link, (besides from an OSU blogger). Anything that substantiates your assertion. In the years he was here at UF, and I was here the entire time, it was never reported here that he had any "outs" at all in his contract. Plenty of reports on his contract though. Almost every year. Plenty of reports about his love for Notre Dame. At least an article every few months. Talk about his connections to Ohio. But, in fact, he repeatedly made it clear he would stay here as long as UF wanted him. When he left, he specifically stated he left for health reasons and to spend time with his family. To get away from coaching. To watch his daughter compete in sports. Made that very clear also.
IMO This is just a classic case of the tail wagging the dog. OSU fans write about it on their blogs, media reports the OSU rumors - which are denied immediately by all parties involved or close to the situation, and then OSU fans feel substantiated by mainstream media coverage, except the part where it rebukes what they are saying. Like its a conspiracy.
Its weird. Like OSU fans believe their own generated BS over anything anyone else says. The University itself, Meyer himself, ESPN, NBC Sports - all have denied the reports are true.
Obviously just a conspiracy. Clearly, Meyer has already agreed to be the coach of OSU. What person wouldn't want to be named head coach of OSU? Secretly, he has always cherished the OSU job above all others. How could he not? He once worked there for a couple of years, so obviously, he has just been waiting to come back.
NCAA sanctions? Not even a factor. In fact, just because the University was using recruiting camps to pay coveted recruits through rigged lotteries, not to mention the charges of actual cash payments being handed out by the starting QB to players WHILE they were players, and then misled NCAA investigators REPEATEDLY while it was being investigated, why would anyone think there were going to be any sanctions handed down? That is just crazy talk. Every blog in OSU says so.
I'm done. Believe what you want. Apparently, OSU fans will believe whatever they themselves write anyways. Even when all the parties involved tell them otherwise.
Krush Groove
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I wonder how Gator fans are going to feel when Urban comes home to coach the Bucykeyes one year after leaving Florida?
Hairy Snowman
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I know how OSU fans will feel if he doesn't. They will just pretend it never happened. Par for the course.Edit to Add: Personally, I wouldn't care one way or the other. I wish the man nothing but the best. He has nothing but my respect. But I expect he will do what he said he was going to do. He has at least another 1 or 2 years out of coaching. That way he can spend time with his daughter while she is still competing in college athletics. That is not even considering his health problems.
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gandalas
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The only person who seems genuinely upset in this thread is you, man. You have posted a good 5-6 times at LEAST in this thread. Obsess much? I would be super-excited if he came, but if he doesn't, are we any worse off than we already are? Meyer already left your school...get over it.
Hairy Snowman
Footballguy
Honestly, Meyer going to OSU isn't what upset me. Willful blindness is the pet peeve.Also, Gator fans got spoiled with Spurrier and Meyer. We deserve what we get for not treating him better. I will always root for my school, but I expect we have a few years of down years. I'm ok with that.The only person who seems genuinely upset in this thread is you, man. You have posted a good 5-6 times at LEAST in this thread. Obsess much? I would be super-excited if he came, but if he doesn't, are we any worse off than we already are? Meyer already left your school...get over it.
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