ESPN Insider: Meyer to succeed Tressel at OSU

Submitted by Blue Blue Blue on

as reported tonight on ESPN Insider.

 

this is why we cant pay attention to the national rumor mill.

MGoShoe

December 31st, 2010 at 11:23 PM ^

...will succeed RichRod next year.  So there.

The fallback position might be Urban Meyer now that the Florida coach is showing signs of that burnout being B.S. Keep Rodriguez for another season and make him revamp the defensive staff while Meyer recharges his batteries doing color commentary. The year-long deep breath has been done before. Ask Tommy Tuberville.

It's all crap.

blueheron

January 1st, 2011 at 7:46 AM ^

That article is lousy even by Dodd standards.  Still, I found this interesting:

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Rodriguez's supporters say the blame should be on Carr because of his final two recruiting classes in 2006 and 2007. In Michigan's five losses this season, the winning team had an average of 11.95 more starting fourth-year seniors than the Wolverines, according to the stats. If Michigan doesn't have a player drafted in 2011, only five will have been drafted in Rodriguez's first three seasons. The previous Michigan low over a three-year period was nine from 1984-86. Again, this is being blamed on Carr.

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Now, RichRod's detractors would (justifiably) add Mallet, Mr. Plow, and *maybe* a couple other guys (Clemons?) to that list.  They'd probably use "run off" in a sentence or two.  Still, it does support the idea that Rodriguez was dealt a mediocre hand of cards.  Whether he played it well or not is the important question.

Dezzy

December 31st, 2010 at 11:27 PM ^

Michigan has proven they can beat Urban Meyer with the greatest, most wonderful, amazingest, best person/quarterback ever Tim Tebow.  Seems like it'd be a lot easier beating him with the typical trash at OSU.

IPFW_Wolverines

January 1st, 2011 at 4:30 AM ^

I have to chuckle every time I see people bash Tebow on here. It is hilarious that this one young man can make so many feel insecure about themselves. Ya lets bash the guy that does the right thing, how dare he not torture dogs and beat women. Those are the guys we need to hold up as role models!

For a fan base that never fails to point out their "classiness" to any and all who will listen. I am finding more and more on this forum the exact opposite when it comes to reality. 

blueheron

January 1st, 2011 at 7:32 AM ^

I don't think you understand.

I rarely, if ever, see Tebow *bashed* here.  I'd bet that most posters, if asked, would concede that he's basically a good guy who has "walked the walk" (however quaintly old-school that walk is).

No, the problem is that the press has lifted him up to (as someone else here put it) Jesus v2.0.  That's a bit much, isn't it?  Of note, this has all taken place in the setting of the Family Values crap that Mike Boren started.

Cope

January 1st, 2011 at 9:02 AM ^

of respect for Tebow. He certainly walks the walk and is a man of honor. We would do right to elevate such men in our society. Of course, not to a level of Godhood. I hope he is very successful at the next level, and blessed.

asquared

December 31st, 2010 at 11:33 PM ^

The ESPN Insider column was answering a question on where they thought Meyer would coach next. The answer was stated as a "hunch" that he would end up at OSU. It was never stated as a fact or even a rumor, just idle speculation.

clarkiefromcanada

December 31st, 2010 at 11:31 PM ^

Headline in Ohio Mid January:

Woody Hayes to succeed Tressel: "Satan can't keep me out of Columbus"

SubHead: Professor Hayes vows to return to teaching mandatory vocabulary and English to his freshmen players.