Columbus Dispatch Cofirms Meyer as Coach

The Urban Meyer who won two National Championships in the strongest conference in college football is our worst nightmare.  The Urban Meyer who walked out on Florida twice doing the same at Ohio is a best-case scenario because it would cause at least five years of agony in Columbus.

At any rate, I guess we are going to find out if the spread "works in the Big Ten."

This is like when your big rival gets a game-changing 5* recruit.  You have a tendency to want to go all sour grapes on it:  "It's just a rumor, and it won't work out anyway, and everyone knows he's just a thug, and . . . "  It's cheap and a little pathetic.

Urban Meyer is going to coach OSU.  He is an excellent, proven CFB coach.  He just is.  This is not good news for us, it will make our lives harder than if Fickle stayed or someone else less elite came in.  

My biggest concern is not so much Meyer's coaching (our guys can coach just fine) it's his recruiting, especially in Ohio.  He is the new shiny object and will be the media's darling.  Recruits will flock to the Meyer "brand", especially OH recruits who are predisposed to go there anyway.

What I wanted to see from Michigan at the beginning of the season was for us to "catch fire".  To take advantage of the chaos at OSU, and now PSU, to become the it program in the Big Ten.  

At the time I defined that as having an 8-9 game winning season, going to a New Year's Day bowl, knocking off someone big in the conference, and having our loses be close and competitive. Those were not outrageous goals, but they would be enough to say Michigan is back.

Well, we are on the doorstep of blowing those goals away . . . 10 wins, BCS bowl, wins over Notre Dame, Nebraska and Ohio State.  But we need to take care of business against OSU.  

With Meyer coming in, the window of opportunity for us is finite.  We don't just want to catch fire, we need to catch fire now.  We need to show that we are the elite glamour program in the B1G while Meyer is getting acclimated and working through sanctions.  If we can gain enough critical mass in the next 2 seasons, we can go toe to toe with whatever Meyer does in Columbus.

It starts on Saturday.  We win that and we are on our way, Meyer be damned.

 

when: shortly after the Game, Sunday or Monday, Tuesday at the latest.

He wants to keep the distractions to a minimum, that's not workin' very well.  Also, would it be some sort of tampering if he gave OSU some keys to beating Michigan b/c he has cover Micigan in three games, two of them losses?

I don't want Urban at Ohio, but it's a done deal.  He'll not control the B1G, but he'll get the lion's share of the media coverage from ESPN and he'll recruit Ohio very well.  I think the "spread" thing is highly overrated.  Hell, the Patriots run a version of the spread, much like what Michigan did to Florida in the Cap. One Bowl.  I see Meyer getting Dunn to stay at OSU, which is bad for us and he'll get a top lineman and WR too.  He may not recruit Florida as well based on the reports of bitterness he left behind, but he'll probably lock down Ohio pretty well, that's my biggest concern.

Beating Ohio won't get any easier than it will be this Saturday.  If we want to make a statement to recruits in Ohio, this will be the one year to do it.  As long as Meyer is there Ohio will be tough to beat.   We will get ours, but he will keep Ohio at or near the top in the conference while he's there.  It's too bad the NCAA sanctions will probably be very light.  It seems Meyer would want details of that before accepting.  His quick agreement tells me he "knows" the punishment will be very lenient.  So what goes around doesn't always come around.

do well at tsio.  Bring it on.  Renewal of the 10 year war.

Bo and Woody are getting their popcorn ready and getting new gear.

SB says Dispatch article is inaccurate.  As of 4:15 pm Nov 23, the insider report is that OSU and Urban are still far apart on any deal.  

NY times says a big factor will be the NCAA sanctions.  If so, and if OSU does not meet with the NCAA until Dec. 10, then OSU can expect a significant delay at best.  At worst for them, the so-called deal could completely  fall apart.  Since OSU has placed all their eggs in the Urban basket, they will end up with egg in their face.  They will have to give up an Urban coach and look for a subUrban one.
 

http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/2011/11/23/2583525/urban-meyer-ohio-state-hired-denial

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/24/sports/ncaafootball/meyer-closer-to-b…

Welp. Bring it on.

Welp. Bring it on.

gives a crap.  some of you act like a bunch pu##ys. who gives a crap

This was just posted on Yahoo.

 

Doesn't say he hasn't interviewed, just that he hasn't been extented an offer.  Someone in this sitiuation is clearly lying, but who? 

Ooooo the suspense is killing me!  /s