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WATCH: Urban Meyer smitten by crystal national title football on Big Noon Kickoff

Former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer likes him some football-shaped crystal. Watch as he is drawn to the Coaches Trophy on the FOX set.

If you’ve followed former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer’s career, you know he has an affinity for crystal. But not the kind you likely think of that goes with dinnerware and fancy home furnishings, but of the national title variety.

While the College Football Playoff trophy was a shiny, new gold design, the Coaches’ Trophy for all three titles won at Florida and Ohio State were the famed crystal-shaped footballs we’ve grown accustomed to.

So it should be no surprise then that Myer was drawn to the crystal football on the set of FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff set Saturday. As the show came back from a break, Meyer was not seated in his usual spot on the right end of the studio desk. But no worries, the camera soon found him cradling that crystal football as he carefully walked it back up to the set.

“Like a magnet.” tweeted Meyer afterward. Watch the scene below.

Yes, some habits die hard is seems — especially those that involve high-end crystal and high-end performance on the football field.

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FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff featuring Urban Meyer expands to two hours this fall

FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff show featuring former Ohio State football head coach Urban Meyer will expand to a two-hour show this fall.

We’re still waiting to see whether there will be any sort of a fall Big Ten season after it was shelved last month, but the majority of the college football world is moving on.

Last season, FOX launched its Big Noon Kickoff Show featuring — among others — former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer. It was a resounding success. FOX also experimented with pitting its biggest televised game of the week right after the show in the Noon window and that too resulted in ratings’ gold.

With former USC players Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush, along with Central Ohio native Brady Quinn and host Rob Stone, the crew meshes well with Meyer for a result in chemistry and analysis you can’t force.

And now, the show was so popular in its first year that the network has announced plans to expand the show form one-hour to two beginning this fall.

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There’s a depressive nature to this announcement too, however. Normally most of these games would be Big Ten affairs no doubt highlighted by Ohio State in the window several times this fall. But, with everything in doubt in the Big Ten, we’ll all get to see Meyer and gang talk for a couple of hours without analysis of the Buckeyes.

Not ideal.

Unless that is … something materializes with the renewed talks and potential reversal of course by the Big Ten. Either way, Big Noon Kickoff now being a two-hour long show give college football fans in general something to look forward to.

 

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Urban Meyer goes scorched-earth on the Big 12 Conference, compliments Chris Ash

Former National Championship winning coach Urban Meyer didn’t have anything pleasant to say about Big 12 defenses and lack of talent.

We have all heard the comments at one point or another. The Big 12 Conference is all offense and no defense. You can point to those 45-38 football games, or 66-58 all out track meets between explosive offenses. So where are the defenses? Kansas State, Iowa State and TCU have shown to play good defense. Unlike the SEC Conference and a handful of other teams, there are no elite defenses. No units that can go out and shut down the opposing offense and get the ball back for your team.

Recently on the Big Noon Kickoff on Fox Sports, Urban Meyer ripped into the Big 12 for their lack of elite talent. The former National Championship winning coach at Florida and Ohio State proclaimed that isn’t a lack of talent in Texas since they were able to get players like Jeff Okudah out of the DFW area. He goes on to say that they need change.

“You’re telling me between 2008 and 2020, that’s 12 years, you’ve had two first-rounders on defense?” Meyer asked in disbelief. “Most schools are disappointed if you don’t have two first-rounders per year. To me, I knew it was bad. I didn’t know it was that bad. That’s terrible. That needs to change. I think Chris Ash going to Texas, he’s not a good defensive coach. He’s an elite defensive coach with an elite reputation and can develop players. Alex Grinch, I would anticipate the same. You’re going to see some movement, hopefully, in the Big 12. I’m going to tell you right now, there won’t be a national champion out of the Big 12 as long as that continues.” – via 247Sports

Meyer gave new Texas defensive coordinator Chris Ash a great compliment during his rant about the Big 12’s defenses. The lack of first-round talent isn’t something that has gone on unnoticed, for the Longhorns it has been five years since their last opening round draft selection. During the Mack Brown era at Texas they had plenty of talent go in the first round, however with Charlie Strong and then Tom Herman it just hasn’t come to fruition.

That isn’t to blame Herman seeing as how this is his fourth year so the guys he recruited to Austin haven’t been eligible yet. The talent in the recruiting classes have been there but as we often say it has been the development. Todd Orlando and his staff haven’t been able to get the most out of their guys and preparing for the next level of football. Things might change with Ash. Meyer made a point to go get Ash after his defense shut down Meyer’s offense at Ohio State. The Texas defensive coordinator was instrumental in bringing a National Championship caliber defense to the Buckeyes.