Urban to USC looking strong
1. Urban hasn’t commented about USC job despite huge noise.
2. Shadow twitter account proclaiming his innocence/ virtues as usc candidate: he was theIt first follower. It is suspected to be a family member running it.
3. Previous relationship with new AD Bohn.
November 7th, 2019 at 5:58 PM ^
if u skrong then we skrong
November 7th, 2019 at 8:57 PM ^
I think you guys have that all skrong.
November 7th, 2019 at 5:58 PM ^
Something shadowy for sure.
Hoping for the most miserable failure imaginable
November 7th, 2019 at 8:00 PM ^
I agree because urban is scum but him doing well and taking his coaches from osu would be good for Michigan
November 8th, 2019 at 12:32 AM ^
Eh, who is there to take? Day's existence means the offense will be fine even if Urban hired Kevin Wilson. Yurcich is a Day hire and would almost certainly stay as the full OC if Wilson left. So a Day/Yurcich combo would be just fine.
And Hafley and Mattison were Day hires as well. Can't imagine either of them leaving for USC.
Day has done a very good job of hiring his staff. And even if one or two left, no reason to think he wouldn't replace them with equally good hires.
November 8th, 2019 at 3:49 PM ^
Curious about Ryan Day's aspirations. He's already on NFL shortlists, I would imagine. Obviously he could probably have a long run at Ohio State if he wants it, but before Urban hired him he had no ties to the school. I think college football is going to go through a very weird and murky transition in next 5 years with UIL, etc. I think a lot of coaches are going to find it not worth the headaches.
November 7th, 2019 at 5:59 PM ^
Shitbag coach for a shitbag school
Seems like a match made in heaven
November 7th, 2019 at 6:01 PM ^
Welp... There goes California recruiting. It was already hard enough fending off downtrodden USC, Stanford (come on Myles!!!!) and UCLA...
Hopefully Helton wins out and wins the Pac12. Then they can't fire him.
November 7th, 2019 at 6:16 PM ^
You and Maizen would have quite the battle for mgoblogs most negative poster.
November 7th, 2019 at 6:45 PM ^
The dude with the Pitbull avatar and the all caps username has them both beat.
November 7th, 2019 at 6:46 PM ^
Don't forget "northernmich"
November 7th, 2019 at 7:18 PM ^
I love the fact you care enough about me to remember my username. It makes me feel special :))
November 7th, 2019 at 7:34 PM ^
Also 'Cube, being not the worst is not really good.
November 7th, 2019 at 6:51 PM ^
Troll cave does wonders for the board experience. I'm using the shit out of it.
November 7th, 2019 at 8:17 PM ^
Then why do you reply to everyone?
You are a fucking liar. You read ALL of them.
November 7th, 2019 at 8:29 PM ^
Added.
No, I'm not a liar. But to answer your question, you can still see that "namewhicheverfuckwit" posted something, just can't see the post content. It's much better. So, have a nice life!
November 7th, 2019 at 8:03 PM ^
There this other guy, he doesn’t post often, maybe a couple times a day, who has been really negative this season. I think his name is Brian.
November 7th, 2019 at 6:01 PM ^
SoCal: Hide ya kids, hide ya wives
November 7th, 2019 at 6:33 PM ^
Maybe Urbs can bring back OJ as the Running Coach.......
November 7th, 2019 at 6:41 PM ^
That would be the most Ohio State thing ever.
November 7th, 2019 at 7:01 PM ^
I laughed at that, but then immediately felt bad.
November 7th, 2019 at 9:04 PM ^
I laughed and had no regrets
November 7th, 2019 at 7:33 PM ^
Money, fame, good looking co-eds, powerful alumni, bag men, moral ineptitude, perfect weather....let’s be honest, if he doesn’t take the job, he’s crazy.
I’m sure sitting next to Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush every Saturday has nothing to do with all the speculation either.
November 7th, 2019 at 6:05 PM ^
https://twitter.com/spinnershells/status/1192152852485070849?s=20
The USC 247 board finds this interesting as well...
Also, holy hell she tweets like 100 times/day
November 7th, 2019 at 6:10 PM ^
She still uses the X in Meyer... what an assclown.
November 7th, 2019 at 6:58 PM ^
I love how Urbans initials are UM lol
November 7th, 2019 at 7:10 PM ^
Urban Frank Meyer. UfM
November 7th, 2019 at 8:16 PM ^
Yeah i hate that dumb bitch
November 7th, 2019 at 6:46 PM ^
They bought a house in Siesta Key about 4 months ago. She has been gearing up to spend the winter there.
November 7th, 2019 at 6:07 PM ^
None of this amounts to "strong".
November 7th, 2019 at 6:18 PM ^
Should also add:
USC insiders saying talks have been going on for a while
Their entire 247 board is of the opinion "when not if"
The only hold up seemed to be USC president saying no
The rumored delay for the announcement of AD Bohn was that he would walk if not allowed to hire Urban. His quote today on it: Bohn acknowledged the delay and said it was because they had to make sure they "were aligned"
Urban has been rumored to have recently purchased a house in Manhattan Beach (ya, he films there now but still)
On another note: USC plays Bama first game of next season(!)
November 7th, 2019 at 7:14 PM ^
Did the school president change her mind?
November 7th, 2019 at 8:05 PM ^
The alumni put her in her place.
November 7th, 2019 at 8:48 PM ^
She just hopes Urban doesn’t fire her
November 7th, 2019 at 10:38 PM ^
She just needs to beat her husband and she'll be fine.
November 7th, 2019 at 6:08 PM ^
Was his wife spotted in Sherman Oaks with a realtor?
November 7th, 2019 at 7:28 PM ^
No, she was spotted at Twelve Oaks in MDen.
November 7th, 2019 at 6:09 PM ^
How about this spin. Maybe Urban steals some Ohio recruits from OSU?
November 7th, 2019 at 6:26 PM ^
This would be a certainty. To what degree would be the question.
November 7th, 2019 at 6:47 PM ^
That'd be great, as long as the first isn't CJ Stroud. They don't have a QB yet in that class. Let's hope they axe Helton after the early signing day and he decides Blue.
November 7th, 2019 at 7:45 PM ^
You mean kind of like how this year they were going to be doomed because Burrow left? Yeah, don’t you worry, they can pull an immediately eligible 5-star transfer out of their hat at will.
November 7th, 2019 at 7:23 PM ^
Yes but OSU owning the state of Ohio recruiting is pretty far down the list of reasons why we haven’t beaten them in...well let’s just go with “a while” - ancillary benefit perhaps but a modest one
November 8th, 2019 at 5:56 AM ^
I don't care where they are from Urbz taking a few top recruits from OSU would help.
November 7th, 2019 at 6:10 PM ^
Someone want to try explaining how all of this adds up to "Urban to USC looking strong"? All I got from the OP was something about a possible shadow twitter account, that might be ran by a family friend, and a link to a Twitter post that didn't really provide anything of substance.
November 7th, 2019 at 8:34 PM ^
Reportedly the new AD was going to back out of the job if he wasn’t allowed to hire Urban. The school President basically just said he can hire whoever he wants. So he’s definitely going after Meyer. Urban leaving OSU was more about the handling of the Zach Smith situation than it was his health. This may not add up to being strong, but there’s definitely smoke.
November 7th, 2019 at 9:43 PM ^
Most Ohio State fans are expecting Urban to get back into coaching after a year or two off, but USC seems like such a stretch.
I believe that USC would have to offer Urban literally the largest contract of his career ($7+ million/year) to get his attention.
Otherwise, Urban is pretty rooted in Ohio right now. Both of his daughters have settled in Columbus, and the younger one just had Urban's 3rd grandchild. Urban is opening a new restaurant in Columbus. Shelley and Urban's charity organization that they started is based out of Ohio State and their medical center. Plus, Urban's youngest child, his son Nathan Meyer is a sophomore on the UC Bearcats baseball team in Cincinnati.
If Urban takes a new job, I personally believe it'll be a position within a reasonable traveling distance to Ohio (i.e. Notre Dame? Cincinnati Bengals? Cleveland Browns?)
Urban does have a lot of respect for the "blue-bloods" of American Football, which is why he said he wouldn't rule out coaching the Dallas Cowboys if approached... He probably dreams about the chance to coach "America's Team."
November 8th, 2019 at 6:17 AM ^
$7 + million dollars a year seems very doable for USC.
You seem to buy into the whole Urbz family thing. That was the reason given for leaving coaching at Florida (more time with family) yet a year later he is back coaching. Realistically, how how time does a college coach spend with his family? This IMHO is mostly eindiw dressing.
With respect to staying within reasonable travel distance, it doesn't seem like a distance thing but a time thing. Consider that Cincinati or Cleveland is around 2 hour drive to Columbus. LA to columbus is like a 4 hour flight. Given the money involved private jets are certainly within the realm of possibility, which functionally mean LA is not really that much further away.
As far as the restaurant, it will be interesting to see how much OSU fans still love Urbz if he takes another coaching job (especially in college). I gotta believe the restaurant depend pretty heavily on that love.
Would be pretty easy to set up a new charity foundation not tied to OSU.
That is, with a little negotiation you the issue you bring up are fairly easily addressed.