The Urban Meyer Effect, Or The Importance of Being Earnest

The only coach whom I think could rival him recruiting wise would be Carroll, and in no way shape or form am I endorsing him to be the next HC at Penn State. I am praying Meyer treats this like the rest of his stops, 5 years and done. Bringing in someone for us who can weather that storm or at least deal with it for five years is key right now. Who best fits that, well that is open to discuss.

Why don’t we just give OSU the Big10 crown and forget about competing on the field.

After 61 years Joe is gone. No more bitchin’ about locking down Pa. or recruiting in general. No more bitchin’ about a program that has gone stale concerning the running of same program. The recommendations to hire a guy who has some, at least, feelings for PSU is a just plain stupid remkark to make, since those guys are either dead, out of coaching or talking heads and not interested. Trying to find somebody to run the FB program is something new for PSU and giving anyone a long term contract for the stingy salary that they are talking about just won’t do it. WE like to think (me included) that the next hire is just going to step in and win 10 games per year and contend for the MNC every year. Unless I am wrong, I would rather be the 2nd coach hired after Joe. If not Bradley(despite the committee saying that they will consider him and I don’t think he has a chance) then they are going to hire some unknown, with a 500 or less w/l record. No one, at least in their right mind and due to recent events is going to come here for Joe’s 1.3 mil salary. The disgrace will be when they have to start offering the big names ~4-5 mil. With the makeup of the search committee, they’ll be looking for a Div 3 coach that will live in the Lasch for 800 grand. AND urban was NEVER going to come here because of the salary, believe me or not and I haven’t led you astray yet.

I think Meyers is given a little too much credit. I know he won 2 national championships. However, I don’t buy into the SEC hype as being this great conference. He played in the eastern part with choker Georgia and South Carolina and a down and out Tennessee . Florida I don’t think has played an out of conference game outside of Florida in over a decade. The great Alabama team he beat early in Saban’s tenure to get his second title got dismantled by Utah a month later. His two titles were won against known chokers Bob Stoops and Jim Tressel. And his really greatest achievement was getting Tim Tebow to accept a local scholarship to Florida. If you want an idea at Meyer’s future term at Ohio State, look no further to Steve Spurrier. He too was dominate in Florida but is mediocre at South Carolina. Florida is like USC. An above average coach makes those programs national title contenders due to those schools huge advantage in recruiting.

I know this sounds like sour grapes from a Penn State fan but everything is circumstances. The SEC and Big 12 are hyped way more than other conferences due to espn. Look no further for an example of Auburn this year who is barely above .500 and only just recently fell out of the top 25. That is a product of espn hype and lazy national journalistic group think. The USC team that killed Penn State in the rose bowl would have killed Florida in the national championship. I do agree this year that LSU is by far the best team, but many of the SECs championships were won against overrated Big 12 teams by espn ( a two team conference for the past decade in Texas and Oklahamo) or a choking Ohio State team. Jim Tressel won a lot of big ten games on talent alone $$$ and not great coaching. It helps that your biggest competition are coached by an old coach looking to get out (Carr) and an older coach unwilling to leave ( figure it out) and that those two schools don’t pay their players.