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Great article. I will be really interested to see if and how he does things differently at OSU. He at least seems concerned with the image he got during his time in Florida. OSU fans will gladly tell you how important character is to him and how that's why he cooled on Diamond and Neal. May be true, but I'm still willing to bet he'll act the same way he did at Florida when faced with a dissatisfied or misbehaving star player.

Meyer is the kind of guy that winning is the most important thing at any expense. If he doesn't do well in the next 1-2 seasons, you can rest assure he will revert back to the same meyer that he was at FU. Ohio State will see another dark period, buckle up bucknuts. And if he can't win, he will just quit. The guy does'nt have one good bone in his body!

I just became a huge Gator fan (secondarily speaking). Here's hoping that they meet up with Ohio in 2013 in the Gator bowl again. It maybe my maize-colored glasses, but I believe every word of that story.

Yeah, I meant 2013 season, not the bowl game next january.

I found this to be the most interesting part of the article:

"According to sources, Wisconsin accused Meyer and his staff of using former Ohio State NFL players to call high school recruits. Wisconsin also accused Meyer and his staff of bumping into offensive lineman Kyle Dodson, who was committed to the Badgers but eventually flipped and signed with the Buckeyes. The practice of “bumping” occurs when coaches accidentally “bump” into players during recruiting dead periods. "

How long does a guy like Urban keep a program like OSU (who is alreay on probation) out of trouble? This is the question. If the above is true, then these are 2 NCAA infractions that took place in the first two weeks of the guy being hired.

I'm sure Urban is a great coach, it's proven, but if I was an OSU fan (of which, thank the Good Lord I am not), and I just saw the hell my program that I know and love go through in the past year and a half, I would be begging for someone quite similar to Pope John Paul to lead the team and not someone like Urban Meyer. But hey...he said in his opening presser that he knows now how to control the amount of time he puts in to being the HC...he's showing how he's going to do it....break the rules.

this is exactly what Dave Brandon meant by : "all that glitters, is not gold". I'm very grateful we had someone like Brandon pull the trigger on a coach and not someone like Gene Smith. How many people (coaches) do you think Smith interviewed for the job? Not saying he didn't make a good hire, but seriously? you don't think to talk to ANYONE else? I can see it now....Smith will have his head ripped off in less than 2 years for this hire.

I'm already waiting for the excuse when they lose this season about "New offense, getting the right pieces, etc etc etc"

Around here, we know that excuse pretty well

Hoke never complained about the so called "gentleman's agreement", he also never recruited during non-contact periods. Michigan college? What are we 12?