COLUMBUS, Ohio — It started with what seemed like a fairly innocuous question toward the end of his weekly call-in show. But when Urban Meyer was asked by a caller about Ohio State’s plans when it came to recruiting quarterbacks, he couldn’t help but share the Buckeyes’ sales pitch.
“There’s always guys on the horizon. That’s never going to change,” Meyer said on Thursday’s edition of The Urban Meyer Call In Show on the Ohio State Radio Network. “That’s the one position that’s so unique in all of sport, especially for what we do, and the quarterbacks I’ve been fortunate to be around, I mean it’s a who’s who now.”
That led to some discussion about what made Tim Tebow special and some banter with co-host Jim Lachey. From there, Meyer continued to sell his history with signal-callers, listing the “who’s who” that he’s coached.
“The unique thing we can sell is our offense has had more first-rounders. Along with Florida State, we’ve had three first-rounders come popping out out of our offense,” Meyer said. “We’ve had two Heisman Trophy winners—well I count Cam Newton because he was with us for a couple of years.”
Meyer’s answer continued, but this caught my attention. I tweeted it. Outrage and comments from national media members followed.
Newton, of course, earned his Heisman Trophy at Auburn, en route to leading the Tigers to the 2010 national championship. Prior to that, he spent two seasons with Meyer at Florida, backing up Tebow…
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