Urban Meyer believes the team that controls the line of scrimmage should prevail
Urban Meyer feels that the team that controls the line of scrimmage is likely to win and should be the team the CFP Committee prefers.
https://youtu.be/3qjvCp0fFsU?t=1572
also
https://youtu.be/3qjvCp0fFsU?t=1035
Paradoxically (but it would be weird if this weren't the case), he also feels that anOSU will win.
From this interview
November 24th, 2022 at 1:38 AM ^
It's not weird or surprising for any football coach to say that the team that controls the line of scrimmage is likely to win. Anyway, who'd he predict would win last year's game?
November 24th, 2022 at 9:35 AM ^
In other news. Water is wet.
November 24th, 2022 at 9:46 AM ^
Also how did he predict we would do against Penn St?
November 24th, 2022 at 10:01 AM ^
Yeah, poll 50 coaches and 49 of them will say "controlling the line of scrimmage' is the key. Just a standard answer
November 24th, 2022 at 10:50 AM ^
Who is the outlier? Leach?
November 24th, 2022 at 12:47 PM ^
I think on offense, both teams should try to score. On defense, both teams should stop the offense. On special teams, be extra special
November 24th, 2022 at 1:45 AM ^
he gets paid how much a year to come up with this?
November 24th, 2022 at 7:45 AM ^
He's holding back
November 24th, 2022 at 8:16 AM ^
He gets paid because regardless of what he says someone will post it on message boards
November 24th, 2022 at 11:06 AM ^
Yep, he's a total scumbag but no dummy
November 24th, 2022 at 1:46 AM ^
What does Urban feel about Nebraska this weekend?
November 24th, 2022 at 2:17 AM ^
Urban is always up for feeling Nebraska... allegedly.
November 24th, 2022 at 6:21 AM ^
His hand stinketh
November 24th, 2022 at 8:04 AM ^
hey, a video in a bar isn't proof of anything.
They could have been rehearsing a ventriloquist act.
November 24th, 2022 at 8:38 AM ^
If I was Nebraska I'd be after him, but with some morals clauses in that contract. If he did go there it would be great for the conference, as that team would be legit within a couple years
November 24th, 2022 at 11:09 AM ^
The problem is that Nebraska has absolutely a zero recruiting base and his strength is obviously recruiting. Hell, they only have 1.9 million people in the whole state
November 24th, 2022 at 11:30 AM ^
They used to do well cranking out powerful farmhand linemen by the brigade. They need to get back to a sustainable model of power football with a running QB (which happens to be Urban's schtick). They should actually be able to recruit the midwest better now that they're in the B1G. Frost had decently talented teams, he just, personally, sucked.
November 24th, 2022 at 6:57 AM ^
Maximum penetration is the key.
November 24th, 2022 at 1:59 PM ^
If you can make it work
November 24th, 2022 at 7:43 AM ^
If he wants to coach again, the Texas A&M or Auburn jobs seem like much more likely landing spots.
November 24th, 2022 at 8:36 AM ^
I would think A&M is stuck with Jimbo right? He has a Mel Tucker like contract for ten years or something
November 24th, 2022 at 9:02 AM ^
A&M is much more likely to buy out Jimbo if they aren’t winning. It could even happen this off season, but I don’t think it will because of their recruiting prowess. A&M has a ton of oil money, and so does its boosters. For example, they bought the #1 recruiting class last year. Jimbo has also been losing for a couple more years than Tuck.
November 24th, 2022 at 8:50 AM ^
There are two states Urban won’t speak of by name anymore. One is Michigan, and the other is Nebraska.
November 24th, 2022 at 10:55 AM ^
It’s not a state but don’t forget the Cayman Islands.
November 24th, 2022 at 2:14 AM ^
Beat Ohio!
November 24th, 2022 at 2:16 AM ^
Well guess we’re f’d cuz he’s prolly wrong again
November 24th, 2022 at 9:28 AM ^
No amount of up votes or Tuck contracts can reward this enough.
November 24th, 2022 at 10:43 AM ^
Is the top of his head the end of a hotdog or a butthole? I think it's the latter.
November 24th, 2022 at 2:20 AM ^
What a novel thought.
November 24th, 2022 at 2:24 AM ^
Urban of Sage.
November 24th, 2022 at 3:08 AM ^
He's not wrong. That's why we kicked their ass last year, on both sides of the ball.
How is Ohio State so magically better this year?
November 24th, 2022 at 6:29 AM ^
I don’t believe OSU is any better this year.
November 24th, 2022 at 7:43 AM ^
While OSU's raw talent in the trenches is about the same
a) They have been working all year to figure out a way to recover their dignity (wouldn't you?) Their coaching staff has been preaching mental toughness for 42 weeks and 27 days.
b) They have a new defensive coordinator (who doesn't have a terrific track record in my view) that brings an attacking defense that lends itself to more variety, so the players are not asked to repeat something that hasn't been working.
If OSU got just one stop in the second half it is probably a 1-point game. So maybe this year the Wolverines win by one.
November 24th, 2022 at 8:27 AM ^
42 weeks and 27 days??? Wouldn't that be 45 weeks and 6 days?
November 24th, 2022 at 8:45 AM ^
Do you even Michigan football?
November 24th, 2022 at 9:43 AM ^
Doh.
Although 45-6 would have been even better.
November 24th, 2022 at 10:53 AM ^
I don't think they are, but it helped having two All-American caliber pass rushers. I actually think Michigan is better equipped to defend the run this year (the year's version of Mazi > last year's Mazi, Jenkins > Hinton, Graham > last year's Jenkins), but unfortunately against this team the pass rush is a bigger priority.
The fact that Iowa and PSU had success with blitzes, especially with what Minter has been able to show in the games where they've diversified. Michael Barrett on blitzes could be a big x factor.
November 24th, 2022 at 11:11 AM ^
The question isn’t how much better they are, but rather how Michigan’s 2022 D-line will perform compared to the Hutchinson-led 2021 group.
November 24th, 2022 at 3:27 AM ^
Boy are these headlines.
November 24th, 2022 at 4:13 AM ^
Urban also believes the a female that publicly twerks on his crotch will win the honor of playing center for him in his hotel room.
November 24th, 2022 at 5:10 AM ^
WE’VE LANDED ON THE MOON : Loyd Christmas
November 24th, 2022 at 6:24 AM ^
But what does Lloyd Brady have to say about this?
November 24th, 2022 at 5:37 AM ^
Urban Meyer is a piece of garbage.
November 24th, 2022 at 6:37 AM ^
I realized this when I first started watching football on TV 50 years ago. How much are they paying Urban for this analysis?
November 24th, 2022 at 6:10 AM ^
I would rather hear what a bag of dog shit thinks than him. I have more respect for the dog shit anyways.
November 24th, 2022 at 9:40 AM ^
I thought Urban Meyer was a bag of dog shit with a face drawn on it?
November 24th, 2022 at 6:21 AM ^
"Baseball is a simple game: you throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the ball." -- Skip, from Bull Durham
I'm trying to think which is the more common coach-ism: this 'control the line of scrimmage' one, or 'avoid mistakes' one. I guess if a team plays mistake-free ball while controlling the line of scrimmage they're gonna win.
November 24th, 2022 at 7:13 AM ^
correctomundo - I think they sometimes use the word turnovers for mistakes.
November 24th, 2022 at 7:01 AM ^
Urban is a narcissistic sociopath, and I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if internally he wants Michigan to win. His hatred of Michigan or love for OSU I don’t think supersedes his love for himself and he doesn’t want Day to do better than him. 1-2 vs Michigan would go a long way in satisfying him