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Related: About this forumJust for MIM: Urban Meyer's words ring hollow
Urban Meyer thinks highly of himself. He does. Heck, just listen to him. And he doesn't just think highly of himself as someone who can win college football games, which his two BCS titles and two other undefeated seasons in 11 years serve as undeniable proof.
No, it's more than that. He thinks of himself in that grand, if often illusionary, role as a teacher-coach, someone who mentors young men to be the best they can possibly be off the field while also occasionally teaching them how to play the game. Remember his self-congratulatory claim that he conducted "daily Bible study sessions" with Aaron Hernandez, which sounded like a bit of an exaggeration (Daily? Really?) and, in the end, obviously didn't produce the desired results.
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Now Meyer is dealing with four more incidents involving his Buckeye players. On Monday, Ohio State suspended star tailback Carlos Hyde after the player was considered a person of interest in an assault on a woman in a Columbus bar. The program also dismissed incoming recruit Tim Gardner for the season and suspended freshman tight end Marcus Baugh through the season opener for legal issues.
Additionally, the school announced that it is still looking into the arrest of starting cornerback Bradley Roby, who was picked up in Indiana for "battery resulting in bodily injury" after a bar incident over the weekend....
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaaf--urban-meyer-buckeye-arrests-bar-fights-200448285.html
No, it's more than that. He thinks of himself in that grand, if often illusionary, role as a teacher-coach, someone who mentors young men to be the best they can possibly be off the field while also occasionally teaching them how to play the game. Remember his self-congratulatory claim that he conducted "daily Bible study sessions" with Aaron Hernandez, which sounded like a bit of an exaggeration (Daily? Really?) and, in the end, obviously didn't produce the desired results.
(snip)
Now Meyer is dealing with four more incidents involving his Buckeye players. On Monday, Ohio State suspended star tailback Carlos Hyde after the player was considered a person of interest in an assault on a woman in a Columbus bar. The program also dismissed incoming recruit Tim Gardner for the season and suspended freshman tight end Marcus Baugh through the season opener for legal issues.
Additionally, the school announced that it is still looking into the arrest of starting cornerback Bradley Roby, who was picked up in Indiana for "battery resulting in bodily injury" after a bar incident over the weekend....
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaaf--urban-meyer-buckeye-arrests-bar-fights-200448285.html
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Just for MIM: Urban Meyer's words ring hollow (Original Post)
El Supremo
Jul 2013
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bluedigger
(17,087 posts)1. The Pats better keep their eyes on these guys.
Prospects.
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)2. Probably not. Those guys are only at the level of the Broncos!!
bluedigger
(17,087 posts)3. They're still young.
They show a lot of promise!
Berlum
(7,044 posts)4. You are not figuring in the Tebowser Sinful-noise cancellation factor
The Tebowser's excess holiness factor totally cancels out the excess sinfulness factor.
Do the math.
bluedigger
(17,087 posts)5. I think the Tebow Effect will be long gone in Belichickistan by the time these guys are eligible.
His days are numbered...