Urban Meyer reacts to Landon Young's comments
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Oh, so now OSU is turning down five star players? LOL
Where did they finish in the standings last year, and I think I read that Bama would have NINETEEN five star players on their roster this year.
Oh, I just read somewhere that Young was clocked at 4.8 for the forty, amazing time for someone that big, wouldn't you say? If it is off a tenth, so what, still amazing.
I'm thinking they ended up 3rd behind bama and maybe FSU. Good year for OSU and they would've taken Young in heartbeat that's why they tried to get back on him later in the game.
Too much QB turmoil is my guess, and the running game should have played a bigger part.
So, what did OSU suffer from in 15, coming off an NC and supposedly with the best returning talent in the country (bad coaching??) when they signed ZERO five stars to Bama's four? In 16 Urbie signed two, but then Bama signed five.
So this year OSU has two so you project FIVE OR SIX? Doubtful, you have 13 commits to Bama's 7, and they are noted for holding off until the end when most of the five stars sign, why should they hurry?
So, just what did happen with all that NC talent that OSU had returning last year?
Is this what this is all about to you, just win baby.
You sound like a Transfer or TU fan.
No Jauk, the best thing that came out of this dust up was how much Urban really wanted Landon after all. He didn't just hate that this bad image got out out, he was upset that his people messed this one up because of how good Landon turned out to be.
He could have done that without trashing my alma mater, the whole state of Kentucky, and our football prospects, don't you think? How else do you interpret his statements? He is supposed to be a very smart man, with lots of experience with interviews, for example explaining how him letting players off with NO punishment had nothing to do with them thinking they could murder people on a whim and get away with it-----and his player did the first couple of murders. Young is still in high school, and I think he came off very well in the whole thing------I wouldn't have apologized for anything if I was him, nothing to apologize for, he just said what happened. And yes, I did read where Meyer tried to weasel out of his earlier statements. And, oh, by the way, I didn't see Young saying Meyer didn't make those stupid statements in his new statement.
Maybe he should fire some of his staff and hire some of this staff, didn't Young get offered (AND accepted by UK) BEFORE the first practice his SOPH year of football? He only weighed 250# at that time, IIRC. How long did it take for Meyer and his staff to recognize he was going to be a FIVE STAR?
Not that bad for such an "insubstantial" crew recruiting an "insubstantial" recruit for such an"insubstantial" state with such an "insubstantial" program.
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It is really insignificant to me whether OSU suffers or not for any reason. Urban shouldn't worry about anything other than UM and Harbaugh and obviously MSU. He has to make it past them before he sees The SEC.
A UK fan questioning any other team about "just win baby" with all the "one and done" players that are brought in every year by Cal. Thanks for teeing that one up for me!
Where to start...You asked a question on why OSU did not win the NC this past year with all the talent that was on the team? My answer is things happen that the team with the best talent does not always win. One bad game and all is over. Ask Cal why an undefeated UK team did not even make the title game in 2015 with all those 5* on the roster.
I see. Many of my friends in Cincinnati are UK basketball/OSU football fans. Oddly enough, none of them are UK football/OSU basketball fans.
Looks like we all have the same idea about this fan.
I am a UK basketball fan because I was born in Kentucky, raised in Kentucky, my family and friends were all UK fans, UK was the only University I wanted to go to, and I graduated from there, etc, etc.
Unfortunately (in some peoples opinion) I am also a UK football fan, for the same reasons.
I didn't switch to ND, Southern Cal, Bama, etc, in fact I would never ever consider it.
Let me guess, did you become a Cincy basketball fan when Oscar was there?
I am a UK basketball fan because I was born in Kentucky, raised in Kentucky, my family and friends were all UK fans, UK was the only University I wanted to go to, and I graduated from there, etc, etc.
Unfortunately (in some peoples opinion) I am also a UK football fan, for the same reasons.
I didn't switch to ND, Southern Cal, Bama, etc, in fact I would never ever consider it.
Let me guess, did you become a Cincy basketball fan when Oscar was there?
Lets see, I was not born when Oscar played at UC,so that is out,so maybe it's because I grew up in Cincy went to and graduated from UC and then got my Masters at OSU. I have been a fan of OSU since the early 70's and the same for UC.
Cal doesn't make the rules, he just abides by them------and there is NO proof that he himself hasn't always done so, in fact the NCAA went to the extraordinary step of specifically exonerating him of wrongdoing in BOTH the cases where his players "supposedly" did wrong. Actually I think you fell flat on your face after I "teed it up" for you, you obviously don't know what you are talking about here. And in fact, Cal is constantly pushing those players out the door if that is the best thing for them, which is NOT the best thing for him.
LOTS of football teams go undefeated, I can remember only one in basketball that went all the way in basketball, and that was way back in the seventies, hard to win 40 in a row. And a VERY good team beat UK in the Final Four, one that played a great game and had the revenge factor from the previous Final Four going for them------great players, and a TON more experience, including the Final Four the previous year------still a great game that UK coulda/shoulda won------you should know something about that. It is VERY difficult to go 40-0 in basketball, the only other team besides Indy I know of that went undefeated was UK's team on probation that went 25-0 that had THREE All Americans (and great NBA players) on it AND won their games by an average of 25 points.
OSU fans claiming Meyer is the best and then making Bucknut excuses for him. OSU had one bad game two years ago. They had more than one last year. No team in the Big Ten was close in talent. The rest of the college football world is happy that Meyer was coaching.
Probably went to UC, but got tired of sucking at everything, so you cheer of Ohio to feel like a winner.
Did I say Cal broke any rules? I was commenting on your "just win baby" comment about OSU. If bringing in "one and done" players is not "just win baby" I don't know what is.
You're right, it is very difficult to go undefeated and it's very difficult to repeat as NC. OSU lost one game against another playoff team and it cost them just UK lost to a team that played in the finals. Was it bad coaching on Meyer and Cal's part with all the talent that was on each team, you tell me?
OSU had loss 1 game last year against another playoff team that they should've beaten, but it happens. The real OSU team showed Michigan and Notre Dame just how good they were!
Bringing in one and done players is the definition of "just win baby"? Could have fooled me. I would think bringing in elite players and talking them into staying more than one year would be more of a "just win" mind set than letting them leave when they could stay and help the program WIN. We're just recruiting the best players, simple as that. UK will do right by the kid and let him go if he needs to go. While they're here, they go to class, both semesters. That's expected. UK has passed on taking chances on kids of questionable character who could have helped the team as well. The notion that how UK operates because of the players they bring in is a just win mindset is moronic, but coming from someone like you, it's not surprising.
Maybe you should rethink what just win programs are like. Everyone wants to win, but those that put EVERYTHING else aside in order to win are "just win baby" programs. Look at Louisville..hire scumbag after scumbag as coach of multiple teams, take players who have been kicked out of bigger programs but are talented, break the rules and cover them up, break more rules, do what's best for the program, not the kid, operate on a phony attitude that they are "doing it the right way". Ignore scandals. Don't punish anyone. Sweep scandals under the rug. There are tons of schools like this. OSU is no different. Hell, Urban Meyer ran Florida when they had what 80 something guys arrested in a short period? Guys like Aaron Fernandez, Riley Cooper? Yeah, your leader sure gets people of character, but UK recruits one and done so they're the bad guys and it's all about winning? Of course it's about winning but come up with something better.
Talking them into staying for more than one year was an example of what other programs do, not UK. UK doesn't talk them into staying if it's not best for them.
Yes, they completed the semester. I'd love to see proof from you they're not in school. The semester only has a few weeks left after the final 4 (something a UC fan knows nothing about) and yes, they still go to class or the APR gets hit. They finish the semester. Daniel Orton is the only one who did not years ago and Cal and UK still dislike him for that and other reasons. "Is Murray, Skal and Ullis still in school?" Are they in school? Is they in school? LOL. You got a masters degree with that kind of grammar? Umm, you can go to draft camps and still finish a semester of school. Apparently at UC and OSU they'll give degrees to just about anyone seeing as how you're an idiot and you claim to have one from both.
Yeah, I was wrong, Urban Meyer was a great leader at UF. What, 80-something arrests in 4 years? Nice.