Farewell Urban?

He survived having a murderer on his team.

 

I think he survives it, and that thought disgusts me.

Most Ohio State fans won't care, and the ones on the fence will paint McMurphy as a liar with a vendetta. And #fakenews.

 

When you've got the ex-wife on the record, with texts and photos, how do you call it fake news?

They'll just focus on the last 25 of the 3,400 words of the story: “Zach once told me,” said Courtney, “if he ever got fired and this all comes out: ‘I’ll take everyone at Ohio State down with me.’ ”

 

My initial thought was that there's no way that Ohio State fires Urban Meyer.

But... Ohio State fired Jim Tressel and fired Woody Hayes. And the Meyer allegation certainly seems worse than Tressel.

 

Based on that story, it should take down Meyer, his wife, the wives of the other assistant coaches and their husbands. Probably won't. But it should.

 

I'm shocked. Truly shocked that this would happen.

 

If the Buckeyes miss out on the playoff and lose to the Michigans, I imagine Ohio State fans will be much less forgiving.
I realize Smith is the grandson of the guy who gave Meyer his first big break, but bringing him to Ohio State after the stuff in Florida? I don't get it. It says a lot that Meyer is the only coach he'd ever worked for and never risen above receivers coach.

 

As I said on the other thread, Meyer will say his wife never told him about it. He'll pull a Roger Clemens and throw his wife under the bus to save himself.

 

And if you think a coach's wife wouldn't tell her spouse about something that could hurt the program - you're kidding yourself. Job #1 for a football wife: protect the brand.

 

"At least this pizza will make me feel better. Always does. Won't judge me. Won't test my moral compass. At least pizza can't shame me. Yep, just a good old piece of...Papa John's. Fuck."

 

Those texts don't show Urban Meyer knew about this. They show his wife knew about it and said she would tell Urban. Even in the interview posted above, Courtney Smith says Meyer's wife never came back and said she did tell Urban about it. Just that she would. Brett McMurphy is misrepresenting what the texts say.

I think Urban survives it. But they did fire a coach over players getting free tattoos, so who knows.