Urban Meyer is a notoriously private person, so when it emerged that the Ohio State head coach was going to be the subject of a segment on HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel on Sept. 23, many were surprised.
In fact, Meyer himself can’t recall exactly why he agreed to willingly appear on the show.
“Oh, I don’t know. Good question. I don’t know why I did that,” Meyer responded Monday when asked why he conceded to the segment. “It came across my desk and I said, ‘No, of course not,’ and I got a couple of phone calls that said, ‘Yeah, it would be good for people to see.’ That’s why.”
Regardless of the reason why he agreed, Meyer will be featured on the monthly sports magazine show at 10 p.m. ET Tuesday in a 12-minute segment reported by Andrea Kremer. With a primary focus on the success and turmoil that he enjoyed and endured at Florida, as well as his career’s revival at Ohio State, there is plenty to take away from the in-depth look at one of the most fascinating figures in college football history.
The Making of a Meyer
Before Meyer was ever a two-time national champion head coach, he was merely a minor league prospect cutting his teeth in the Atlanta Braves organization. Although Meyer’s time on the diamond was short-lived from a professional standpoint, it helped provide plenty of insight into the upbringing that made the Ashtabula, Ohio, native the man that he is today.
Drafted at the age of 17 by the Braves in the 13th round of the 1982 amateur…
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