The Evolution of Post-Florida Urban Meyer
Urban Meyer was sitting on top of the college football world in August 2009. He had just won his second national championship and signed a lucrative six-year extension to stay in the Swamp for…
Recently offered WR Kief plans next step
Alabama’s courtship of receiver Derek Kief all happened fast, first making contact last week, followed by an offer on Thursday. So what’s next for the Cincinnati La Salle receiver? Kief is planning a visit to the Tide this month. The 6-foot-5, 180-pound standout spoke with Tide coach Nick Saban on Thursday morning. It was the first time the two spoke. “He said he liked my ball skills and my size and my aggressiveness,” Kief said.
Ohio State Offers Scholarship to Backup QB Recruit
Sometimes the road to building a championship program is the road less traveled, and in Urban Meyer’s case, that means extending a scholarship offer to a backup quarterback. Perhaps Meyer has lost his…
Ohio State Football: Why Urban Meyer Will Struggle to Reach Nick Saban’s Level
Nick Saban and Urban Meyer are arguably the two best college football coaches of the 21st century, though Saban has been on another level as of late. It will take time for Meyer to reach that level at Ohio State. Meyer took a year after resigning from Florida before moving north to Ohio State, where he quickly took the Buckeyes to a 12-0 season in 2012. Saban won his third national championship in four years with the Alabama Crimson Tide in 2012, his first coming after beating Meyer and the Gators in the 2009 SEC Championship Game. Saban got the better of Meyer the last two times their respective teams met, and the former has gone on to rule the college football world by a convincing margin. Meyer, on the other hand, has been trying to lay the groundwork to do at Ohio State what Saban has accomplished at Alabama. It’s going well so far …
SI Cover Shows Even at College Hoops’ Key Time, Football Is Still King
Sports Illustrated launched a salvo that resonated with college football and basketball fans alike. Both the Braxton Miller and Jadeveon Clowney covers made it pretty clear that heading into March, football is still on people’s minds. Sure, the “Sorry Hoops, Two More Weeks To Wait” at the top belies a sort of competition between the two sports, where an apology is needed. However, ultimately this is not about college basketball being bad. It’s not about ratings or scoring or even a true battle between the separate entities. Ultimately, like most things on the American sporting landscape, it’s about football taking the lead and everyone else playing the background. We’ve seen it for awhile with the NFL. The league locks down the news cycle for their schedule release. They televise their scouting combine and folks watch in droves, myself included. They force other sports to avoid Sunday competition for fear of losing viewers to the behemoth that …
Why Urban Meyer Should Worry Alabama Offered Ohio State Commit Marcelys Jones
Urban Meyer doesn’t have much to worry about on the recruiting trail. He’s one of the best of the best, and his name carries a ton of weight with recruits. That said, if there’s one coach in the country that is on Meyer’s level, it would be Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide—and he’s definitely a coach Saban needs to keep an eye on, especially if Alabama is coming after an Ohio State commitment. According to Bill Greene of Scout.com, 4-star offensive guard recruit and Ohio State commitment Marcelys Jones has picked up an offer from Saban and the Crimson Tide: The Cleveland Glenville offensive tackle has continued to add offers, and the 6-foot-4, 325-pound, lineman received a big one Wednesday. “This is a big offer for me and I was surprised to get it, to be honest,” Jones stated. “My principal came and got me …
Why Ohio State Is the Only Team That Can End Nick Saban’s Alabama Dynasty
Another season of college football results in another Nick Saban-led team raising the crystal ball after a dominating performance in the national championship. It’s becoming a bit of a pattern, and unless you…
Meyer not interested in the NFL – Ohio State (Rivals)
COLUMBUS, Ohio — With Oregon’s Chip Kelly, Penn State’s Bill O’Brien, and Alabama’s Nick Saban each being rumored to fill NFL head coaching vacancies in the past week, curious Ohio State fans have been left wondering if Urban Meyer would ever consider a jump to the ranks of professional football.
Where B1G coaches rank in salary
USA Today has come out with its latest college football head coaches salary database, which is always fun to scroll through. Using public records requests and other means, the newspaper calculated the pay…
The realignment cycle’s next spin
A few weeks ago, I asked Alabama coach Nick Saban what he thought about college football’s recent conference realignment, which altered the sport’s landscape like never before. Much to my surprise, Saban said…
