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ESPN analyst Paul Finebaum had a controversial take on Urban Meyer’s tenure with Ohio State football. While appearing on “The Matt Barrie Show,” Finebaum revealed that he believes Urban Meyer “underachieved” during his time as head coach for Ohio State, per Daniel Bates of The Spun. Finebaum said, “I would argue going back in time, […]

Netflix announced that they will be releasing a documentary on the Florida Gators football team, focusing on the Urban Meyer led years primarily from 2006-2009. The popular streaming service will release the documentary, Swamp Kings, on August 23, according to former Florida star Brandon Siler, via an Instagram post that was later tweeted out by […]

Former Ohio State head football coach Urban Meyer made a bold prediction regarding junior wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr for the 2023 season and beyond. “I think he’s the best player in college football even last year,” Meyer said of Marvin Harrison Jr., via Buckeyes Now. “I don’t think it’s going to be close this year. […]

Urban Meyer led three teams to national championships in his 17 years as a college football head coach (two with Florida, one with Ohio State). Meyer is regarded as one of the best coaches this century. He has stayed in the game as a commentator, offering takes that carry a great deal of credibility. Thursday, […]

The Ohio State Buckeyes can live with losing to any team — except the Michigan Wolverines. That’s why the loss of Ohio State football to the Wolverines last season still stings for Buckeyes nation. Speaking about the rivalry between the two Big Ten schools, former Ohio State football head coach Urban Meyer revealed one key […]

The college football season is approaching slowly, but Spring Games are taking place nationwide. The Ohio State Buckeyes have theirs on Saturday, but quarterback Devin Brown is set to miss that contest. Nonetheless, one name that keeps surfacing in coaching rumors across the sport is Urban Meyer. Meyer was with Utah, Florida, and Ohio State […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars downright stunk under Urban Meyer in 2021, posting a 2-11 record before he was canned for not only a lack of success, but some inappropriate behavior. 2022 was a much different story for the Jags though as Doug Pederson rejuvenated the organization, leading them to an AFC South title and an appearance […]

Urban Meyer has been a popular potential coaching candidate for a number of different teams. His last coaching job came in 2021 with the Jacksonville Jaguars, which certainly did not end on a high note. Nevertheless, Meyer has been linked to various NFL and NCAAF teams in rumors. But Meyer recently admitted that he has “no […]

Jim Harbaugh replaced as Michigan football head coach by Urban Meyer? Look away, Wolverines fans! Ex-Michigan football wide receiver and former first-round NFL Draft pick Braylon Edwards floated this wild Harbaugh-Meyer scenario that will make Wolverines fans rethink everything. Edwards said he “wouldn’t” be opposed to a potential Urban Meyer hire by Michigan football during […]

With every passing day, Urban Meyer’s tenure with the Jacksonville Jaguars looks worse and worse. Meyer’s stint in Duval was full of dysfunction, further amplified by an ungodly amount of losses. It was clear that Meyer was not cut out to coach in the NFL-level. The Jaguars clinching a playoff spot one year after his […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars are the 2022 AFC South champions. Just one season removed from looking lost under the poor leadership of Urban Meyer, Doug Pederson has helped turn the revamped team around. They are bound for the postseason for the first time since the 2017 season following the worst record in the NFL in 2021 […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars are starting to get it together. After a 3-7 start to the 2022 NFL regular season, the Jags have won three of four games and are now on a two-game win streak following a 40-34 overtime takedown of the Dallas Cowboys at home in Week 15. Clearly, the Jaguars are doing better […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars are unlikely to make the playoffs this season, but they can say that they have more wins in 2022 under Doug Pederson than in 2021 when they were helmed by Urban Meyer. It’s also safe to say that the Jaguars are enjoying their time with Pederson more than with Meyer, at least […]

One of college football’s most intense rivalries will renew on Saturday, as the Penn State Nittany Lions will clash with the Ohio State Buckeyes in a battle of Big Ten powers. Both the Nittany Lions and Buckeyes are clearly looking for any edge they can get to emerge on top in this contest. One prominent […]

Jackson State Football head coach Deion Sanders has impressed plenty of people around the college football world with his coaching. Sanders was the subject of discussion on FOX’s college football show, and he received lofty praise from both Urban Meyer and Reggie Bush, per FOX College Football on Twitter. “I’ve been friends with Deion for […]

UCLA football has been a pleasant surprise this season, as Chip Kelly’s program is undefeated and currently ranked inside the top 10 of the AP Top 25 poll. With huge Pac-12 aspirations- and possible even bigger goals, the Bruins can get one step closer to such hopes with a win over the rival Oregon Ducks […]

The Nebraska football fanbase made some serious noise on Saturday night during their game against the Oklahoma Sooners. While they didn’t win against their opponents, they made their feelings known about a certain college football legend. The Cornhuskers fans chanted for Urban Meyer to come to the team amid their head coach hunt. Well, it […]

Nebraska football has reportedly reached out to Urban Meyer amid their head coach search, per CBS Sports. However, athletic director Trev Alberts cautioned against believing every name tied to Nebraska’s coaching search is a legitimate option for the position. “You’re gonna hear about a lot of names. That’s good,” Alberts said. “That means we’re going […]

Nebraska football is looking to turn around their poor start to the season when they face Oklahoma on Saturday in a classic rivalry. After firing Scott Frost recently, the team is also still looking for a new head coach. It appears their fans want a certain somebody taking over the Cornhuskers program: Urban Meyer. Just […]

Ex-Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer is making his return to the college football scene, but not with his former team. After a rather chaotic stint with the Jacksonville Jaguars in his first season in 2021–one that ended prematurely amid a slew of controversies–Meyer is getting back to the broadcasting booth to cover college […]

The 2022-2023 NFL season is quickly approaching, and it marks the Jacksonville Jaguars’ first season under new head coach Doug Pederson. He joined the team in February and replaced Urban Meyer, who was fired in December after less than a year with the team. According to Josh Allen, there’s already a huge difference between Pederson’s […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars’ hiring of former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer will go down as one of the most colossal failures in NFL history. Not only did Meyer have a terrible season on the field, as the Jaguars finished 3-14, but they also endured a trying season off the field in the locker room […]

The name Urban Meyer elicits many different reactions from NFL fans. Some look back on his tenure with the Jacksonville Jaguars as rather amusing, in the same way a dumpster fire is interesting. Other fans (mostly Jags fans) remember him with contempt, as they believe he’s the root of all their team’s problems. Well, at […]

Months removed from their historic national championship-winning season and the 2021 Georgia Bulldogs are still not done yet in setting records. The 2022 NFL Draft culminated on Saturday, and overall, Georgia’s coaching staff sure must be pleased to see a multitude of its now-former standout talents find new homes in the NFL. From Travon Walker […]

Earlier this offseason it was reported that Urban Meyer was unaware of who Los Angeles Rams defensive lineman Aaron Donald was. After weeks of speculation, Meyer recently responded to the claim on a recent episode of the “Tim May Podcast”. Did Urban Meyer really really? not know @AaronDonald97 or was that a case of crossed […]

Earlier this week, a very lengthy article was published in The Athletic detailing the very numerous problems inside the Jacksonville Jaguars facility while it was home to former head coach Urban Meyer. Such issues included incredibly harsh treatment of players and staff, The Ohio Steakhouse Incident, and, most puzzlingly, allegedly not knowing who certain star […]

Former Jacksonville Jaguars receiver DJ Chark shed light on Urban Meyer’s scare tactics that he resorted to over his brief tenure in charge. Chark, who left the Jaguars and signed a one-year, $10,000,000 contract with the Detroit Lions this week, was one of several current or former players and staffers to speak out on the […]

Former Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer had an infamous stint with the team in 2021, failing to last more than one year into the five-year contract he signed with the franchise. Meyer’s tenure was marred by the team’s struggles, outside distractions, and a number of scandals that reflected poorly upon the organization. It didn’t […]

Just one look at the Jacksonville Jaguars and Doug Pederson already identified one of the biggest issues that hounded them under Urban Meyer in 2021: inconsistency. While there were a lot of things that went wrong for the Jaguars with Meyer at the helm, Pederson still sees some positives on both offense and defense. The […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars had yet another disappointing season. They finished at the bottom of the league with a brutal record of 3-14. The only other team with just three wins was the Detroit Lions, but they lost one less game than the Jaguars with a tie to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Jacksonville hasn’t made it to […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars’ season was mired in controversy, particularly surrounding embattled former head coach Urban Meyer. Meyer recently appeared on the Dan Dakich podcast, and spoke about his experiences coaching in the NFL compared to college football. Some of what he said was shocking, yet not surprising, as captured by Mike Florio’s NBC Sports. “It […]

Consistency is a word NFL front offices love to throw around when discussing what their ideal candidates are for their head coach. But for the Jacksonville Jaguars, they would not get more consistent with their next head coaching hire than grabbing Doug Pederson. The former Philadelphia Eagles’ head coach is set to rejoin the coaching […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars defeated the Indianapolis Colts to deny them a spot in the playoffs. Jacksonville, seemingly with nothing to play for, shocked the world with the win and kept the Colts out of the playoffs. Indianapolis had every reason to show up and show out. Let’s get into some takeaways from this game. Jacksonville […]

Due to Urban Meyer’s own stupidity and ignorance, he ruined 2021 for himself. He was exposed badly as the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, one-upping the team’s ineptitude with his own sideshow of ridiculous decisions and abysmal displays of leadership. Embarrassing details about Meyer’s stint as the head coach at Ohio State University recently […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars are currently searching for a new head coach, as it didn’t quite work out with Urban Meyer. Jacksonville has already reached out to several candidates in their search, one of them being Dan Quinn. However, the current defensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys has other plans. According to Adam Schefter, Dan Quinn […]

By now, everyone in the sports world knows that the Urban Meyer partnership with the Jacksonville Jaguars was a failed one. What people might not know, is just how enamored the Jaguars were with Meyer during the head coach hiring process. In an appearance on the Pat McAfee Show, NFL reporter Peter Schrager revealed shocking […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars are already looking ahead towards the 2022 season, and one of their top priorities will be finding a new head coach to replace Urban Meyer. Reports indicate that the Jaguars are actively requesting permission from teams to interview staff members for their vacancy, and it looks as if they’ve identified two teams […]

With Urban Meyer’s Jacksonville Jaguars tenure coming to an early end, less than one full year into his five-year contract, the franchise is set to conduct a new head coaching search this offseason. Already a few candidates have emerged as potential replacements for Meyer, and there are some intriguing options at the forefront of the […]

Urban Meyer’s NFL coaching tenure was over just as quickly as it began, with the former Jacksonville Jaguars head coach getting the boot less than one year into his five-year deal with the team. Meyer’s stint with the Jags was a disaster from start to finish, so much so that one former Ohio State star […]