Urban Meyer stepping down from OSU
December 4th, 2018 at 9:09 AM ^
Kelly kept his job after a student died from falling from the platform in high wind condition. Kelly has done a lot of shitty things at ND yet ND didn't blink.
December 4th, 2018 at 8:00 AM ^
He can't get his kind of players into notre dame
December 4th, 2018 at 8:11 AM ^
Agree to disagree. The guy is a fantastic recruiter and has won with players at every stop throughout his career.
December 4th, 2018 at 8:18 AM ^
This is true. A buddy of mind is very plugged into the ND football program. Said a Letter of Intent was on the table for Meyer years ago before he took OSU.
The one Meyer demand that ND refused to agree to was allowing Meyer 2-3 recruits annually into the school “no questions asked”. ND refused. Meyer turned down the offer saying he couldn’t guarantee success without getting his guys & walked away.
As much as we hate Notre Dame, that rivalry is qualitatively different. With them we are two dogs fighting over the same bone. With OSU and MSU it’s cats & dogs.
December 4th, 2018 at 8:24 AM ^
Eh, Brian Kelly created a situation where a kid died. I don’t think they’re all on the up and up
December 4th, 2018 at 10:21 AM ^
I mean, wasn't that because they were practicing in windy conditions? Certainly a terrible mistake by Kelly, but I don't get the impression he's scum like Urban is. A purple faced asshole to everyone? Sure. But not a skeeze like Urban
December 4th, 2018 at 8:27 AM ^
That's a big part of why I always liked having ND as a rival. Although I hate them, they were the only other school I really considered to be a peer. They did things the "right" way and gave more than a single fuck about academics.
December 4th, 2018 at 9:46 AM ^
Good observation Paul Wall
December 4th, 2018 at 8:04 AM ^
Hell go back to work for ESPN, and then work his way onto the gameday set.
December 4th, 2018 at 8:39 AM ^
Hate to break it to you, but we out coached them in 2016 and 2017.
December 4th, 2018 at 7:54 AM ^
Byeeeeee
December 4th, 2018 at 7:54 AM ^
Say what you will, that man underachieved given the potential they had the past 5 years
December 4th, 2018 at 8:28 AM ^
This. UM never beat him but he definitely underachievered. I think as ppl in Columbus get more distance from his tenure they’ll start to say the same. Especially if his replacement isn’t good. Then they’ll start to realize the opportunities they missed the past few years.
December 4th, 2018 at 10:10 AM ^
Underachieved my ass.
Who else besides Clemson and Bama have been better than his program over these seven years.
As others have said it would have been nice for Harbaugh to beat him and now this makes next year’s game critical. Yes, Day has been on staff but not as the head man for the game. Need to set the next iteration of the game in our favor.
December 4th, 2018 at 10:17 AM ^
The problem is every year they had one weird loss and other than 2014 it happened to be the one loss they couldn't afford. 2013 conference loss to MSU, 2015 loss to MSU, 2016 loss to Penn State, 2017 blowout by Iowa, 2018 blowout by Purdue. 9 losses in 7 years is disgusting, but 5 of those losses are the reason Urban will retire with 3 conference titles and 1 national title instead of 6 conference titles and possibly 2 or 3 national titles.
December 4th, 2018 at 7:55 AM ^
Too bad Harbaugh didn't get to beat him, but I suppose he had his chance(s).
Let OSU's Florida-eque, post-Urban downfall begin!
December 4th, 2018 at 7:56 AM ^
Would have liked to have seen Harbaugh beat him
December 4th, 2018 at 7:57 AM ^
A great coach, wish him all the best. Would have been nice to beat him in recent years but thankfully Lloyd Carr was able to best him when he coached at Florida.
December 4th, 2018 at 9:11 AM ^
You wish Urban Meyer all the best? Like, he grows a soul or something?
December 4th, 2018 at 7:57 AM ^
Stepping down? Hard to step much lower than the gutter! Classic scumbag just like Tressel. Typical for that school that wants to win at all costs. Good riddance.
December 4th, 2018 at 7:58 AM ^
Where are all the fools who said "beating Michigan cured all his health problems"
December 4th, 2018 at 8:32 AM ^
It cured his image problem
December 4th, 2018 at 7:58 AM ^
The world is a cleaner place
Screw OSU.
December 4th, 2018 at 7:59 AM ^
Nice try, football gods. I'll believe this when next season starts and he isn't on the OSU sideline. Still plenty of time for a change of heart since he's apparently still coaching the bowl game.
December 4th, 2018 at 8:05 AM ^
He has no heart
December 4th, 2018 at 8:38 AM ^
This is a legit point especially when you consider that his first retirement at Florida didn't stick. Actually if I recall correctly the situation was similar where he "retired" but coached their bowl game and then came back in the spring. History repeats itself?
December 4th, 2018 at 7:59 AM ^
godbless America
December 4th, 2018 at 8:00 AM ^
Fine by me. Good riddance. Maybe this will be the nudge this program finally needs to get over that hump and beat them.
OSU is going to be good no matter who they hire, but whoever replaces Meyer is an automatic downgrade.
December 4th, 2018 at 8:01 AM ^
Dammit boys, he's getting away!
December 4th, 2018 at 8:01 AM ^
Must be something happening. More to the story.
no OSU coaches ever step down voluntarily.
December 4th, 2018 at 8:14 AM ^
Health/Mountains of Anxiety (ostensibly) played a role. Maybe the 3 game suspension included an escape hatch for Urbz at the end of the season. Whatever. Coach Day really barely missed a beat from Urbz plus he coached one of the best offenses in the country. True, he had a once a generation talent at QB, however they looked inspired, if nothing else, against TCU. That was the one challenge for Day (at least from the mile high view of a fan of their archrival). Right now, we have to prep for a Florida team with a similar offense to what just pounded us. If Don Brown can change and evolve into a world beater against the spread we saw from IU, OSU and now FLA (which I think we will) then we are in good hands. After the Peach Bowl Don Brown can start having nightmares about 62-39.
December 4th, 2018 at 8:02 AM ^
Damnit. I wanted to beat this man while he was at OSU just once.
No matter, we'll simply need to hope Ryan Day is the new John Cooper. A vain hope, to be sure, but hey, I am open to suggestions....
December 4th, 2018 at 8:15 AM ^
I wish we had beat him this year but college football will be a safer place without him around. Should have been gone in the summer.
December 4th, 2018 at 8:02 AM ^
Yeah!!!!
December 4th, 2018 at 8:03 AM ^
Wish we could have beat that piece of shit, but him stepping down can only mean good things for us in terms of competing for a Big Ten Championship.
Now the next question is, who will replace him?
December 4th, 2018 at 8:14 AM ^
Ryan Day. That was easy!
December 4th, 2018 at 8:23 AM ^
I mean long term. You really think he's going to coach long term? They can do better.
December 4th, 2018 at 8:42 AM ^
No I think they really like Day and are going to give him a shot for a couple years. If it doesn't work (ie he loses to us more than once) then they try to get Stoops out of retirement.
December 4th, 2018 at 8:03 AM ^
Good riddance. Would’ve been fun to beat him on the field, but we beat him in life, and he is lucky to be leaving now before getting disgraced on the field repetitively.
December 4th, 2018 at 8:10 AM ^
No thanks, though, on any sort of "Life Champions" rings.
December 4th, 2018 at 8:05 AM ^
Oh happy day!
December 4th, 2018 at 8:06 AM ^
I’m pissed we never beat him
December 4th, 2018 at 8:59 AM ^
Lloyd beat him in his final game, the bowl game win against Florida with Tebow! Urban was depressed after that game.
December 4th, 2018 at 10:00 AM ^
We actually opened up the offense for that game too! Crazy how even back then that worked...who'da thunk?
December 4th, 2018 at 8:06 AM ^
I cannot accurately describe how I feel about this news, or can I?
December 4th, 2018 at 8:06 AM ^
Good riddance
December 4th, 2018 at 8:08 AM ^
Packers bound
December 4th, 2018 at 8:11 AM ^
Brady Hoke is looking for work
December 4th, 2018 at 8:51 AM ^
I believe Rich Rod is also. Co-head coaches. What a staff that would make.