Official 2011 College Football Thread

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Scud what you thing bout Urban going to OSU? My feelings is hey he's a man and a great coach he can do anything he wants. But in the back of my mind I just dont like how he left Florida, health issues, more time with family and less than 2 years later at another program? Doesnt sit right with me. Dunno, glad he's back in ball...but I really hate OSU.

I absolutely love what Urban Meyer did for our football program for the 6 years he was in Gainesville. 2 National Titles, 2 SEC Championships, a Heisman, Tim Tebow, BCS bowl games galore, top recruiting classes, a brand new state of the art facility... the list goes on. He was amazing for the University of Florida.

But he quit. Flat out. He said health, family, blah blah. I think the main reason is he realized that with Tebow and two titles in a 3 year span, he could never hit that ceiling again. He set the bar so high.

He said he needed to get away to be with family and take care of himself. He said he was going to take some "significant time" away from coaching. So right after he leaves Florida, he takes a job in Bristol, CT, 1000 miles away from his family. And then a year later he's right back in the coaching game?

This whole thing has soured me on Urban Meyer for sure. But Ohio State is going to own the Big 10 for as long as he's there.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by GMScud

I absolutely love what Urban Meyer did for our football program for the 6 years he was in Gainesville. 2 National Titles, 2 SEC Championships, a Heisman, Tim Tebow, BCS bowl games galore, top recruiting classes, a brand new state of the art facility... the list goes on. He was amazing for the University of Florida.

But he quit. Flat out. He said health, family, blah blah. I think the main reason is he realized that with Tebow and two titles in a 3 year span, he could never hit that ceiling again. He set the bar so high.

He said he needed to get away to be with family and take care of himself. He said he was going to take some "significant time" away from coaching. So right after he leaves Florida, he takes a job in Bristol, CT, 1000 miles away from his family. And then a year later he's right back in the coaching game?

This whole thing has soured me on Urban Meyer for sure. But Ohio State is going to own the Big 10 for as long as he's there.

Yeah i feel ya...him coming back kinda hurts Florida because he has great recruiting ties to the state and the SEC area in general. He is gonna come down there and take a good number of very talented kids up to OSU. It will be interesting, I think OSU is going to be a challenging job for him and the Big Ten will provide more of a challenge than people are thinking.

Jim Rome made lol while driving at lunch on Urban Meyer situation and using his family as the reason to get out of head coaching and now Urban gathering the family around over the weekend and stating "All right guys, Im outta here"

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Yeah i feel ya...him coming back kinda hurts Florida because he has great recruiting ties to the state and the SEC area in general. He is gonna come down there and take a good number of very talented kids up to OSU. It will be interesting, I think OSU is going to be a challenging job for him and the Big Ten will provide more of a challenge than people are thinking.

Jim Rome made lol while driving at lunch on Urban Meyer situation and using his family as the reason to get out of head coaching and now Urban gathering the family around over the weekend and stating "All right guys, Im outta here"

Mmmm, possibly with the recruits. Jimbo Fisher and Bill Muschamp have some really solid recruiters on staff as well, and they're in their own back yard. Plus, with the sanctions soon to come down on Miami- and they'll be very severe- The U won't be competing with UF or FSU for top-shelf in-state players for a long time.

As far as Urban goes- the way I see it, if you're gonna quit, just quit. Don't stand there and piss on us and tell us it's raining.