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05-17-2006, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by BCSBust
I personally am not sold on Urban Meyer. The guy just supposedly got involved in recruiting violations in Florida,
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Are you referring to the contact between Tim Tebow, who had enrolled at Florida in early January, and C.J. Spiller just being NLOID?
This got reported as a possible violation, but Spiller said he had invited Tebow to attend his last home basketball game. Tebow was a good friend of Spiller's, and was the only Gator player who came to the game, so it wasn't a violation. And Spiller committed to Clemson.
Florida reported the visit to the SEC the next day, and I'd say that for this incident, Urban Meyer wasn't involved in anything unseemly. I don't believe that this thing with Spiller and Tebow should be cited to tarnish Meyer's reputation. Are you aware of anything else?
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05-17-2006, 10:31 AM
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Remember though that Urban Meyer's Utah teams absolutely pasted their opponents! The "level of competition" and "weak conference" arguments went out the window in 2004 when Utah beat all 12 teams they played by two TDs or more, scored 40+ points in nine of their games, and broke 60 a few times too. Texas A&M and Pitt, with all their warts, weren't pushovers either, especially for a program like Utah.
Utah was goooood. Bowling Green was goooood.
Remember, Zook's Florida teams went 8-5, 8-5, and 7-5, were 0-3 in bowls, and 1-5 against FSU & Miami.
Meyer took over, juggled the square-peg/round-hole talent problem, and promptly went 9-3, won his bowl, and dismantled FSU 34-7. There's no shame in losing to LSU or Alabama either.
Meyer is one hell of a coach.
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05-17-2006, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by R0CK3TM4NN
They put something similar in his contract at UF?
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Thats the rumor from a gaggle of lawyers. I wouldn't bet my life on it, but from everything else we've heard in the media since his hiring it makes a bunch of sense.
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Originally Posted by Dryden
Remember, Zook's Florida teams went 8-5, 8-5, and 7-5, were 0-3 in bowls, and 1-5 against FSU & Miami.
Meyer took over, juggled the square-peg/round-hole talent problem, and promptly went 9-3, won his bowl, and dismantled FSU 34-7. There's no shame in losing to LSU or Alabama either.
Meyer is one hell of a coach.
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Zook was, and is crap. That I won't argue. But Urban has not played Miami. Urban played a week FSU and Tennessee this past year. A friend from Dublin flew down for the FSU/UF game, and it was great to see a 34/7 victory at home, but I don't expect something similar this next year.
Urban got very lucky this year, and even then we lost to South Carolina, and have to host them this year. Zook was very unlucky to get Miami in his years for the first time since the early 80's.
That being said, Urban is one hell of a coach. The NCAA violation story has gone nowhere, and we have a great team looking ahead in years.
I know Tim Tebows brother Peter quite well. His girlfriend is a friend of mine and we hang out regularly and play poker. Peter Tebow is on my flag football team as QB(even though he played LB and other stuff in High Schoo) and I can assure you that if Tim has the talent in running that Peter has, and Tim is also taller(and bigger in general), that UF will be something to watch out for next year when Leak retires and Timmy has some time under his belt.
If we had lost Timmy to Alabama as was expected, Gainesville would have gotten ugly, quickly.
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Originally Posted by Dublin Buckeyes
Urban Meyer has 2 out clauses in his contract with UF after I believe 5 years. One is for the head coaching job at Notre Dame, and the other is to go back to where he grew up and coach for OSU.
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Here are details of his contract obtained via a FOIA request last May. There is no mention of specific schools he can go to, and it specifically states that there is no 'out clause' like his Utah contract had.
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May 7, 2005 <!-- HEADLINE --><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=600 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><MAP name=Maptools><AREA shape=RECT coords=2,2,84,16 href="**********<b></b>:mailpage()"><AREA shape=RECT target=_blank coords=102,1,179,17 href="/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050507/SPORTS/505070331/1002&template=printart"><AREA shape=RECT coords=187,-1,311,17 href="http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=REGISTER01&ForceUserreg=1"><AREA shape=RECT coords=323,-1,424,17 href="https://ssl1.gmti.com/floridatoday/forms/icon/step0.html"><AREA shape=RECT coords=439,0,536,23 href="mailto:community@flatoday.net"></MAP>
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Gators to pay Meyer average of $2 million
BY DAVID JONES
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</TD></TR><!-- MAIN FACT BOX --><TR><TD vAlign=top></TD></TR><TR><TD class=padleft vAlign=top bgColor=#efebe0> Meyer's deal
Just for 2005</B> Base salary: $225,000
TV, radio: $300,000
Personal appearances: $200,000
Apparel: $500,000
Bonuses: $500,000 signing when hired
Investments: $100,000
Expense account: $60,000
Educational expenses for family: $100,000
Total: $1.985,000
Tickets: 12 complimentary to each home game and a similar block at other games on the road, plus can buy 40 more a game at face value.
Also: Two medium-priced cars, one for the head coach and his wife, with auto insurance.
Complete deal, 3D. </B>
</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top></TD></TR><!-- ADDITIONAL PHOTOS --><TR><TD vAlign=top></TD></TR><TR><TD class=padleft vAlign=top bgColor=#efebe0> Meyer's deal, by the numbers
2005 through 2007 Base salary: $225,000 in 2005; $231,750 in 2006; $238,702 in 2007.
TV, radio: $300,000 each year.
Appearances: $200,000 each year.
Apparel: $500,000 each year from Nike deal with UF.
Bonuses: $500,000 signing bo | |
