August 19th, 2022 at 4:39 PM ^
Shameless.
Edit: the *correct* link https://mobile.twitter.com/slmandel/status/1560712471605694464
Link in the OP is actually to a different (and much better) tweet.
August 19th, 2022 at 5:15 PM ^
When you have to Friday afternoon news dump an anchor for your show… maybe it should be a sign not to hire him.
August 19th, 2022 at 4:48 PM ^
He does do a good job demonstrating the QB/Center exchange
August 19th, 2022 at 4:51 PM ^
That's something else. Urbs only uses the gun.
August 19th, 2022 at 6:29 PM ^
"Is that a Vienna sausage in your pocket or are you happy to see me, grandpa?"
August 19th, 2022 at 5:02 PM ^
Something tells me that he practices that pretty often…
August 19th, 2022 at 6:39 PM ^
More crack insight coming our way.
August 20th, 2022 at 12:41 AM ^
"You had me at 'more crack in sight.'"
- Urban Meyer, probably
August 19th, 2022 at 8:36 PM ^
Looks like he's using 3 of his 5 tools.
August 19th, 2022 at 4:49 PM ^
Step 1 on the road to Lincoln
August 19th, 2022 at 4:54 PM ^
Ugh you're probably right
August 19th, 2022 at 5:05 PM ^
I would say Step 2... Given that he has already done some exploring in Nebraska
August 19th, 2022 at 5:41 PM ^
I spend a lot of time in the Cayman Islands, and I gotta say I'd prefer he is in Nebraska.
August 19th, 2022 at 7:59 PM ^
Oh no... I can totally see that happening. That is melting my brain right now. Damnit!
August 19th, 2022 at 4:53 PM ^
Oh, man, do I hope they allow signs in the crowds.
August 19th, 2022 at 4:53 PM ^
This makes me more likely to tune into Gameday before switching over at noon. Granted, I have a kid so I usually don't watch the pregame show. But while I loved Woodson last year, I'm not going to tune into Urban's nonsense.
Probably the 2nd best CFB coach of the last 20 years, but he does not deserve to be on camera.
August 19th, 2022 at 5:42 PM ^
I'd say he is the best. Your second point is spot on.
August 19th, 2022 at 6:58 PM ^
The best? I would love to hear your argument on that one. No one is close to Saban for #1. Saban might have a case for best all-time.
There have been 8 College Football Playoffs so far starting in 2014. Saban has qualified for all but one, reached the Championship Game in 6 of the 8, and won 3 CFP titles. Alabama and Saban have 9 CFP wins (6 SF wins and 3 CFP Final wins). The rest of the college football combined has 15 CFP wins and 5 titles. If you subtract Clemson and Dabo's 6 wins and 2 championships, Saban has as many CFP wins and championships as the field minus Clemson. That means Saban has as many CFP wins and championships as Ohio State, Georgia, LSU, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Michigan, and FSU combined (could even throw USC, Florida, and Texas in here but they haven't made a CFP yet).
Saban won 4 BCS National Championships (3 at Alabama and 1 at LSU), the most all-time, and went undefeated 4-0 in BCS Championship Games.
Saban is the best coach in both the CFP era and the BCS era. Among coaches with over 200 career wins, only Tom Osborne has a better career winning percentage. Meyer has a better career winning percentage but has coached far fewer games. Not sure how you can make a case for anyone else as #1.
August 19th, 2022 at 8:08 PM ^
Yes. Gotta be Saban who makes a bid for all time. (Not that I like that)
August 19th, 2022 at 8:11 PM ^
Yeah, Saban is, I think pretty clearly number 1. The only argument I think you could make for Urbs is he took Florida, and OSU from very good to elite and dramatically improved the Utes and took Bowling Green from like 2-9 to MAC champs in his first year. I would also say that he was ahead of the curve with his QB Option focused offenses that has now taken over much of the CFB landscape.
If you look at Saban at MSU, you can say he improved Sparty but not in the same way Urban has more or less instantly turned around every team he's taken over (in college).
I fucking hate Urban Meyer (even before OSU), so it pains me to give him any props whatsoever, but his accomplishments speak for themselves. I wouldn't put him above or even particularly close to Saban, but if someone wanted to have that argument I think that is probably the only place they could reasonably make a case.
August 19th, 2022 at 10:36 PM ^
Urban has never had a job as tough as Saban's MSU job in the late 1990s when the Big Ten was especially loaded. Urban has always taken a job at a program that was usually or already a power in their conference. And the OSU program Tressel left behind was already the best and most talented program in the Big Ten as Tressel was not fired for performance reasons. Ron Zook left the Florida in decent shape as well--a top 25 team for the three years he was there.
Add in that Urban's best years were in the years when Saban left the SEC for the NFL. Saban took the Alabama job, and within 2 years, his program had surpassed Urban's. Urban then retired for "medical reasons."
August 19th, 2022 at 4:54 PM ^
Go figure--a hypocritical narcissist lands on his feet. You never see that shit.
August 19th, 2022 at 8:12 PM ^
Love this. Tip of the hat sir.
August 19th, 2022 at 5:01 PM ^
Meyer back looking for a fox?
August 19th, 2022 at 5:05 PM ^
The fact this man continues to be employed is insane. The lying, the crime enabling, the abuse enabling, the cheating on his wife, the player abuse, etc, etc.
No matter how bad of a person he continues to prove he is, he continues to get jobs
August 19th, 2022 at 5:28 PM ^
Most publicity is mostly good publicity, I guess.
August 19th, 2022 at 5:56 PM ^
And not just any old job...high profile, top dollar jobs. Hard not to be cynical these days...when the worst keep falling up its not much of a 'meritocracy'.
August 19th, 2022 at 6:23 PM ^
Hmmm, there is an analogy here in our current political landscape, but his name escapes me.....
August 19th, 2022 at 6:41 PM ^
Not to defend Urban Xeyer at all, but I'd bet you the sum of his escort service bills that Shelley (who is a terrible person in her own right) signed off on all his cheating a long time ago.
August 19th, 2022 at 9:49 PM ^
Maybe she just knows how to do her dirty business more discreetly.
August 19th, 2022 at 7:25 PM ^
Way of the world. Especially in this current day and age.
To many people, you can be a lying, narcissistic, sociopathic criminal and yet somehow you’re the equivalent of Jesus to millions.
The world we live in is a grossly imperfect one.
August 19th, 2022 at 5:14 PM ^
Might I just say.......fuck urban meyer
August 19th, 2022 at 6:25 PM ^
^^^^^^^^^^^ +1,000,000 up votes
He is the slimey-est of all slimeballs 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
August 19th, 2022 at 5:20 PM ^
If I'm going to be honest, he's a POS as a human being but does know his football.
August 19th, 2022 at 5:42 PM ^
Didn't see this before I chimed in but I co-sign this. He's a straight football savant.
August 19th, 2022 at 5:28 PM ^
If there is any justice, each time he is on screen, a shirtless man will wander onto the set and start looking for a beer. Fox Sports should also give him a commentary segment - "Urban Grinds It Out".
August 19th, 2022 at 5:40 PM ^
To be honest, I think he's an excellent analyst. Wouldn't recommend anyone get married to him but he knows his X's and O's better than basically anyone.
August 19th, 2022 at 6:31 PM ^
He really is. It's just gross.
But really everything is gross upon a close inspection, anymore.
August 19th, 2022 at 6:29 PM ^
Urban Liar and Fox are a match made in heaven (or hell depending on how you look at it).
August 19th, 2022 at 6:32 PM ^
It’ll be a bit awkward when they bring on Charles Woodson as a guest for the Michigan Big Noon games. Woodson seemed like he was ready to swing and fight Urban back on the 2019 big noon UM-OSU show and that’s before his Jax stint or the result of the 2021 game
August 19th, 2022 at 6:38 PM ^
Well, we'll always have Jacksonville.
August 19th, 2022 at 6:51 PM ^
Must be nice to be an absolute shithead with one skill that people will overlook all your dumbfuckery and lying for.
There's really no one else that can talk about football?
August 20th, 2022 at 6:00 PM ^
Fox isn't employing him to give marriage advice. He is collecting a paycheck to talk about college football, something he seems to know something about. You may not like the person but he knows his stuff.
August 21st, 2022 at 3:07 PM ^
Everyone really good at breaking down film, assessing overall talent, and translating complex schemes into simple football tactics is employed as a a coach on some level. The rest of the commentators are generally ex-players with solid football knowledge or the rare gem like Joel Klatt.
Urban is too big a scumbag, narcissist and liar to hold down a head coaching job for long without creating ridiculous collateral damage…so we essentially get a brilliant coaching mind in his prime breaking down football as an analyst because he’s too big a pos to be employed as a coach.
He’s a brilliant analyst and was great on Fox before… but not sure I’ll be able to listen to him without thinking came in Nebraska or Kicked a player this time around.
August 19th, 2022 at 6:58 PM ^
Because of course he is. Dude just can't go away.
August 19th, 2022 at 7:07 PM ^
This has no impact since I don’t watch that pregame show.
August 19th, 2022 at 7:12 PM ^
He’s a POS but he knows the game.
I don’t watch enough Big Noon Saturday pregame shows to know if they allow signs, but if they do, my god will the signs be guh-lorious.
August 19th, 2022 at 8:58 PM ^
One more asshole on the FOX Big Noon pregame show. I'll be sticking to Gameday.