Meyer Asks Off The Game

Or he's just trying to avoid the press.  I just love it when the media speculates when he misses calling a game do to HIS FATHER'S DEATH!!!  And it won't end until Ohio hires a coach, but it's possible he is just letting the firestorm calm down or that ESPN is asking him to not comment on a game that could be a conflict of interest.  It wasn't that long ago when Les Miles was "a lock" to be the Michigan head coach.  I'll believe Urban is their coach when I see it.  Until then just BEAT OHIO!!!

But...but. he's neither accepted nor been offered the job. He wouldn't lie would he?

The whole Meyer pursuit by Ohio smacks as desperation.  Fickell is being tossed under the bus and has had to deal with this talk all week. I have no sympathy for either of those guys, but Ohio is not handling this properly.  Its not like Meyer is going anywhere and they could have waited until after The Game to approach him.

Beat Ohio.

Yes, yes. He's going to coach Ohio next year. We all knew this. Beat Ohio.

Aw man, Spielman is calling the game? I have to be subjected to another 3 hours of him bitching about Michigan's offensive playcalling and generally sounding like he would rather be anywhere else in the world? Mute button, ho!

Beat Ohio.

We pretty much already know he's going to be the coach.  This tidbit doesn't mean much - even if he weren't intending on taking the job, the circumstances are such that him being the announcer would be REALLY awkward.  It was bad enough last week.

Sigh I had forgotten Spielman was going to calling the game.... don't know if I can deal with bias for the whole game. May be one to mute and listen to Beckmann and Brandy

wants to spend time with his family.
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Yay! More time for me to feast on Spielman's delicious tears.

I emailed ESPN about this issue (Meyer, future OSU coach, having special access) and got a message back:

"Thank you for your  letter.  Conflicts of interest or apparent conflicts are an impediment to credibility and something that ESPN takes very seriously.  When the complaints are specific to a show or to an article on espn.com, I forward them to the producer or editor in charge of that content. When there are several complaints on the same topic,  I do a weekly tabulation that becomes part of a report sent to all of ESPN's top management.  (I do the same for positive comments.) I cannot assure you that your complaints or mine will result in action, but I can assure you they are not lost in some cyberspace void.  They are read, thought about, disseminated."

You won't hear a negative word about Ohio out of him either.  My gawd I can't believe I'm wishing for Matt Millen right now.  What about Nessler and Blackledge?  They have done the Game in the past.  Just because everyone thinks it's a foregone conclusion what the outcome will be and that Ohio is down so the game is not as big of a deal.

I think even Pasch is biased against MIchigan and Denard.  With those guys, it's like they are just waiting for Michigan to make a mistake so they analyze it to death and show how "non-Michigan" that play was.

I'm glad I'll be at the game and I'll watch the recording on Sunday morning.

has a conflict of interest here.  The man lives in Columbus, outwardly supported Tressel thru TatGate and is obviously a Buckeye fan.  Having this team do the Game is an insult to Michigan fans everywhere.

Now if only Spielman would ask off too

but not because of the LSU game, it's because our conference is slower and plays a kind of defense that the top SEC teams would destroy.

The B1G will not be able to compete with the SEC on the field as long as Bama, LSU and the rest of the SEC recruit by different rules.  The coaches skirt the rules in recruiting, whether it's gifts and accomodations for recruits, to over-signing to way too much contact with recruits.  The B1G follows the rules in general and each year they fall a little farther behind.  Hell, even with USC having sanctions they are ahead of the B1G because they have access to all the best 5-star athletes in California.  The weather, climate and social life in AA, South Bend, EL etc is no match for Southern California.  I'd say the disparity between the elite programs Bama, LSU, Oklahoma, USC; and the next level is widening every season.  How else can you explain the top three teams are all from the SEC and the NC game will include a team that's not even in its conference championship game?

I listened to two guys on ESPN radio yesterday and they were talking about Meyer taking the job and it was a done deal and that coaching in the B1G will be much easier for him because while ther B1G is a good conference and serious about football, it's light years from the SEC.  They stated that being a coach in the SEC, including assistants is a 24/7 job.  There is no family time, coaching is their life, not a job.  They stated that Meyer will be able to be just as successful in Columbus as he was at Florida while working less and seeing his family.  They mentioned that the assistants at Oklahoma are usually home by 6 pmp every night to have dinner with their families.  It's much more work/life balance there.  In the SEC it's all football all the time.

Stop obsessing with Meyer - there is a game tomorrow that is way more important than what Meyer is doing, saying, or having for breakfast.

This really comes as no surprise to me.  Last week he was asked on air by his partner about the situation and he denied it.  Whether or not things have changed since then, it's probably better for his sake that he does not call the game or work in the studio.  My guess is that whomever calls the shots at the Mothership probably knows what's going to happen any way and is building up drama for the BREAKING NEWS on Monday.

one has a clue what he is going to do. I mean wouldnt he wanna wait till December 10th to get the results back from the NCAA before he decides? I wouldnt take the job if they get USC type problems hit against them. 30 schollies and 3 year bowl ban. So I am thinkink untill that whole decision is made in December Urban will not be taking the job any sooner than that.

OHIO