Urban Meyer stepping down from OSU
December 4th, 2018 at 7:39 AM ^
The cyst has spoken....
December 4th, 2018 at 7:39 AM ^
I wanted to beat that smug summbitch so bad!
December 4th, 2018 at 7:53 AM ^
Yeah well we didn't.
December 4th, 2018 at 8:27 AM ^
Yeah, no kidding. Just be happy he's leaving. I'll be as pleased when Saban steps down too. I'm a Harbaugh fan, but the program was playing catch up with two thoroughbreds.
December 4th, 2018 at 9:05 AM ^
The reality though is that even after Meyer and Saban are gone, there will be several other (at least) dirt bags to take their place. The cesspool of corruption within college football and all the money that drives it will ensure there are always coaches willing to sell their pathetic souls for success. Yeah, that's the jaded, cynical way of looking at it, but it's reality. I'd like to think a program can win the "Beilein Way" in college football, but I'm just skeptical it can. I really hope I'm wrong though.
December 4th, 2018 at 10:33 AM ^
True. And they might win national championships. I at least just look forward to the day when our rivals play on a somewhat level playing field instead of cheating to win, being huge moral turds along the way, and bragging about it.
December 4th, 2018 at 10:35 AM ^
True, the dirt bags will never die off. But, dirt bags who are also ridiculously great coaches are kinda sorta rare.
December 4th, 2018 at 8:06 AM ^
Don’t worry. We will when we beat him in 2022 when we smoke USC in the National Championship game.
December 4th, 2018 at 9:57 AM ^
"when we smoke USC in the National Championship game."
Don't hold your breath on that. The last time we "smoked" USC was seventy years ago.
December 4th, 2018 at 10:21 AM ^
huh? beat rodney peete's usc team in the rose bowl in bo's 2nd to last year. shoulda been back to back to finish bo's career.
December 4th, 2018 at 11:00 AM ^
Beat them. Didn't smoke them.
December 4th, 2018 at 11:30 AM ^
Fucking Charles White phantom TD!!
December 4th, 2018 at 10:09 AM ^
I have no confidence in Harbaugh leading us to a national championship
December 4th, 2018 at 7:40 AM ^
B1G if true
December 4th, 2018 at 7:41 AM ^
Good riddance.
December 4th, 2018 at 9:33 AM ^
I want him to stay. Now they'll always be able to hold that record over our heads. Good for the B1G and good for Michigan if he stays. It makes us raise our game.
December 4th, 2018 at 7:41 AM ^
Local news is reporting it too, citing the athletic department and a news conference.
December 4th, 2018 at 7:41 AM ^
Goddamnit. That motherfucker gets to "retire" undefeated by us at OSU.
Fuck.
December 4th, 2018 at 7:50 AM ^
Agreed, it sucks that JH will have never beaten him. Maybe we can start a new streak with JH beating Day!
December 4th, 2018 at 7:55 AM ^
I doubt that. Day will just hire competent staff and they will get even better. It is written.
December 4th, 2018 at 8:44 AM ^
This comment makes me so mad because there is a legit chance due to the bullshit luck they have.
December 4th, 2018 at 9:17 AM ^
And they'll have spit out the contagion, so dysfunction decreases and team unity increases
December 4th, 2018 at 9:52 AM ^
i know you want to be all dark-side on this, but there's almost zero chance ohio state under ryan day wins OVER 90% of their games, unless you think knute rockne was hiding out as an nfl qb coach and boston college / temple o.c. until urban meyer found him.
December 4th, 2018 at 11:46 AM ^
Ara Parseghian coached at Northwestern with Bo Schembechler. Just sayin'.
December 4th, 2018 at 12:36 PM ^
Agreed. But it is possible that Day is almost as good. And OSU does have a big recruiting advantage over us still. It is very significant:
Recruting ranking by year
Year UM OSU
18 22 2
17 5 2
16 8 4
15 37 7
December 4th, 2018 at 1:56 PM ^
Yeah, OSU beats everyone. On the field, off the field; they beat you up, beat you down, beat you on, beat you off. Man, woman, child. It's their way.
December 4th, 2018 at 7:55 AM ^
As far as I’m concerned he did in 2016. It took a bunch of bucknut refs to pull that one out of the jaws of defeat.
December 4th, 2018 at 8:10 AM ^
or Wilton Speights 3 turn overs. But let’s blame 4 bad calls.
December 4th, 2018 at 8:22 AM ^
I was referring only to the last and most egregious call and that buckeye loving refs have no business being a part of that game.
December 4th, 2018 at 8:29 AM ^
Speights 3 TO's were mistakes and unintentional (part of any game by any player).......the refs weren't.
December 4th, 2018 at 8:31 AM ^
It was both...neither one excuses the other. But, contrary to the popular belief of the ignorant couch potatoes, bad officiating is a reason for a loss...and should never be so. The momentum changed and the opportunity taken away can not be underestimated-especially in football.
December 4th, 2018 at 8:38 AM ^
no there were some terrible calls I agree, the refs had no business refereeing that game. I just hate when people use that as the reason why Michigan got beat. We all know JT was short, but that fact that Wilton threw a pick 6, fumbled on the goal line, and had another terrible pick is the main reason Michigan lost. Without his turn overs the game would of never been in the refs hands.
December 4th, 2018 at 9:21 AM ^
Stop typing, jackass. You're wrong. Give it up.
December 4th, 2018 at 10:20 AM ^
Woah, sorry. I didn't mean to upset you so bad. Butthurt little bitch.
December 4th, 2018 at 11:03 AM ^
This argument is so common and always wrong. If Jim Delany just decided at the end of the fourth quarter to capriciously tack on three points to OSU's score and break the tie that way, it would be asinine to suggest that we should just win by seven next time to avoid that. Michigan did enough to win, even if it was just 51% to 49%, and shouldn't have to make it 55%-45% to avoid garbage-ass refereeing while OSU can win if it's 53%-47%.
December 4th, 2018 at 11:24 AM ^
The game is often in the refs hands when it comes to rivalry games that are close and hard fought. However even with Speight's bad choices, Michigan was still in a position to win that game and the refs took it away.
December 4th, 2018 at 9:42 AM ^
Also the momentum factor is magnified considerably at home field. B1G officiating has been noticeably better this year - although we got smoked, officiating had nothing to do with it (solve one problem at a time I guess?) anyway I don't think Meyer wants any part of coming to Ann Arbor with a level officating field. Good riddance to the scumbag successor of the scumbag Tressel.
December 4th, 2018 at 10:11 AM ^
I have news for you, the officiating stunk in the game this year. You guys got all the calls, especially in the first half. OSU simply didn't allow the game to come down to officiating. You can make excuses all you want, but you had plenty of opportunities to put the game away, and you didn't.
December 4th, 2018 at 8:18 AM ^
Am I maybe the only one who doesn't care about that very much? I mean besides the fact that we haven't beaten them in a while. It's Ohio State I want to beat, though, not necessarily Urbz. Urbz is just a lying shitbag I don't care about very much and us beating him doesn't make him any less of a lying shitbag than, say, Purdue beating him.
December 4th, 2018 at 9:16 AM ^
This is a completely rational response. I wish I could share it. I want to beat that bastard, and ideally beat him both home and away. Ain't gonna happen now though.
December 4th, 2018 at 9:59 AM ^
agree 100%. 1000%. good god, i wanted to beat that piece of shit, but i will take a win over ohio state if it's ryan day's grandmother on the sideline.
i absolutely loved beating luke fickell. if ryan day turns out to be columbus' brady hoke, i'll love beating him, too.
December 4th, 2018 at 8:51 AM ^
The narrative had we won would have been too damn good.
December 4th, 2018 at 9:32 AM ^
Who gives a shit. I just want to win. I could care less if Sponge Bob fucking squarepants is the coach. Win the god damn game. Urban leaving helps.
December 4th, 2018 at 10:37 AM ^
This was my first reaction to hearing the news too. Good for him if he's doing this to really take care of his health. Sucks for us to not mangle that UM-OSU record for him.
December 4th, 2018 at 11:34 AM ^
It's unfortunate, but does it really matter?
I mean if we beat OSU next year will it be important to you that we didn't beat Meyer at OSU?
And more importantly, will it really ease the discomfort of the Buckeye fans?
December 4th, 2018 at 7:42 AM ^
Sucks we never beat him while at OSU, but whatever GTFO
December 4th, 2018 at 7:43 AM ^
We should start a campaign to name the cyst the coach of the year.
December 4th, 2018 at 7:43 AM ^
I think this was in the works before the season. I think Urban begged the OSU regents to let him go on his own terms for all he had done. I think OSU wanted to fire him for the Zach Smith stuff and he begged to finish the season. I also felt the team knew before the Michigan game which is why they came out and played like they did.
December 4th, 2018 at 7:46 AM ^
That game reminded me of Florida-Michigan for the final game of Lloyd Carr's career. Although everyone knew Carr was retiring.
December 4th, 2018 at 7:49 AM ^
That is an interesting theory about the team knowing in advance. My only reluctance in agreeing with you is that it would be very difficult for that many people (100+), most of whom are young and tied to social media, to keep that secret this long. Maybe we will learn more.