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Watch: Urban Meyer shares memory of coaching at Notre Dame

Urban Meyer is back to the grind at Notre Dame this weekend

With Fox Sports in town with “Big Noon Kickoff” for the first time this weekend, a few familiar faces that don’t often make it to South Bend have come along.

One of those is former national champion football coach Urban Meyer who is back on the panel.  Meyer spent from 1996-2000 as Notre Dame’s wide receivers coach, spending 1996 with Lou Holtz.

Meyer shared a story detailing what it was like to coach alongside Holtz during Lou’s final game at Notre Dame Stadium back in 1996.  He also shares an example of why he liked recruiting at Notre Dame as well.  Check it out below.

A couple of things to get straight, however:

  • Notre Dame beat Rutgers 62-0 in Holtz’s final game at Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame has seven Heisman Trophy winners

Still pretty cool stuff regardless of some details being slightly off.

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Charles Woodson and Urban Meyer perfectly react to Rod Moore’s game-sealing INT

This is too perfect — from both! #GoBlue

The perfect reaction doesn’t exis–wait, it appears to. At least for Michigan football fans.

Though the Wolverines appeared to have control through much of The Game, Ohio State made things interesting late. In the second half, the Buckeyes had tied the game at 17-all before Michigan went up 24-17. The maize and blue added another field goal to go up 27-17, but OSU battled back, making it 27-24 with eight minutes to go in the fourth quarter.

Then, Michigan did something incredible — it drove the field with a seven-minute drive, ending in a field goal. Though that meant The Game was still in reach, the Wolverines were up by six, and the Buckeyes only had 60 seconds to drive the entire field and score.

Try, they did. And they came close to succeeding. But down on Michigan’s end of the field, Kyle McCord attempted to go to Marvin Harrison Jr., but was picked off by Rod Moore.

While The Big House erupted, the reaction from Michigan football legend Charles Woodson and former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer couldn’t have been more perfect.

Meyer and Woodson are now coworkers at Fox Sports, and you can be assured that Woodson won’t let Meyer live this one down anytime soon.

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Charles Woodson and Urban Meyer adjacently reacting to game-winning INT perfectly captured Ohio State-Michigan rivalry

Charles Woodson and Urban Meyer had very different reactions to the game-sealing Michigan pick.

Michigan snagging a game-winning interception on archrival Ohio State came with a fascinating dual reaction from two of the school’s most notable figures.

As Wolverines defensive back Rod Moore picked off Buckeyes quarterback Kyle McCord to seal the victory, Michigan alumnus Charles Woodson and former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer both reacted with expected emotions.

Woodson immediately celebrated the big play, while Meyer winced and looked away as his former team squandered the opportunity for a last-minute touchdown to win the game.

If you’re a fan of either of these teams, you absolutely understood where both sports media personalities were coming from.

This is the kind of reaction clip you can’t plan for, as it perfectly captured the mood on what’s sure to be one of the biggest college football plays of the day.

Woodson will undoubtedly be thrilled for the rest of the weekend, while we’re guessing Meyer would rather talk about something else.

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Ryan Day passes Urban Meyer in all-time winning percentage at Ohio State with win Saturday

Believe it or not, Ryan Day will pass Urban Meyer with a win on Saturday in all-time winning percentage … at least for now.

Ohio State head coach Ryan Day may not have a national title ring to wear yet, but he’s still had a pretty good run with the Buckeyes as the man calling the shots. In fact, Day has made the College Football Playoff three out of four years, has one Big Ten championship, and a CFP National Championship game appearance.

His predecessor, Urban Meyer, also had quite the tenure in Columbus, having won the first ever College Football Playoff national championship, two Big Ten titles, and garnering appearances in two College Football Playoffs.

That means Day, just in his fifth full season, has more CFP appearances than Meyer did in the five seasons the playoff was in place during his time (didn’t begin until the 2014 season).

And now, if things hold true on Saturday, Day may have one other stat over Meyer, and that’s becoming the leader in best all-time winning percentage by an Ohio State football head coach. Currently, Meyer is the leader with a record of 83-9 (.9022). Day currently sits just behind with a record of 55-6 (.9016) after the win last week over Michigan State. A victory over Minnesota at home would put him at .9032 and slightly above Meyer for the all-time lead.

Now, that’s all fine and great, but of course, the stat that most fans aren’t happy about with Day is the record against Michigan. While Meyer never lost to That Team Up North in seven tries, Day has a 1-2 record with losses in two-straight. Those sad tales have also kept OSU from heading to Indianapolis and winning a Big Ten championship during that time.

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This is also like measuring a snowfall before the storm is over. Day could very well win this week vs. Minnesota, then lose again to Michigan next week and fall back below Meyer with a .889 winning percentage with a 56-7 record. The postseason would also factor in.

In fact, without getting into the math, Ohio State would have to win out and take home a national title for Day to continue to have the edge of Meyer in winning percentage when the curtain comes down on the 2023 season.

We’ll all be rejoicing if that happens, even Meyer himself.

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Urban Meyer names the best coach in college football

Who is the best current coach in all of college football? Urban Meyer shared his thoughts on a name you don’t often hear called that.

Nick Saban is widely regarded as the greatest college football coach of all-time as he’s led an Alabama dynasty that has lasted the last 15 years.  He’s not the best coach in college football according to Urban Meyer however.

Nor is Kirby Smart, leader of the Georgia Bulldogs and winner of the last two national championships.

Nor is Dabo Swinney, who has won a pair of titles while falling on a bit more difficult of times of late.

So who does the three-time national championship winning head coach Urban Meyer see as the best head coach in college football?

The man that replaced him at Utah, Kyle Whittingham.

Whittingham and Utah, like Notre Dame won their last time out which both happened to come against USC.

I don’t know if Whittingham is the best but he has the Utes vying for yet another Pac-12 championship and seemingly gets as much out of his team annually as any coach in the nation.

 

Urban Meyer blasts media firestorm surrounding Michigan football

BREAKING: Dogs and cats are now living together.

Well, this is unexpected.

We can’t go as far as saying that former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer, now an analyst with Fox, is defending Michigan football, but he at least sees something wrong happening at the moment: the way the media is pouncing all over the Wolverines with little confirmation as to what happened in the Connor Stalions story.

Meyer isn’t defending Michigan, but he doesn’t want to pile on without knowing everything that actually happened rather than just a bunch of conclusions the media has come to a consensus over.

The Spun:

During the latest episode of Urban’s Take with Tim May, Meyer made it clear that he has no comment on the scandal itself. But he did say that he takes issue with the reporting and that he believes Harbaugh deserves the benefit of the doubt versus the media.

“This is really the first time, because it’s you and a guy I respect — so I’m very cautious. I’ve been asked over 100 times to comment on it and I just won’t. But I am going to, I’ll tell you my thoughts: First of all I’m very skeptical of reporters reporting. My experience is they’re wrong most of the time. And that’s not a shot at the media, that’s reality. People say things that they’re reporting that’s just not true. So I’m going to give the benefit of the doubt saying, first of all it’s hard for me to believe that is true,” Meyer said.

But, Meyer continued, he doesn’t particularly ascribe to the defense ‘every team does this.’

“I also heard people say that ‘Well, everyone does that.’ And Tim, no one does that. I’ve never heard of that in 40 years of being around the game. There’s a very clear and that rule, some will say it’s not that important. Once again, everybody is entitled to their opinion. If they know your signals, it is that important. You’re changing the game. That’s very egregious if that’s what happened. I’m not saying it did, because I’m still skeptical it did,” Meyer said.

Of course, we don’t know what other teams do or don’t do, and none are going to publicly reveal their potential dirty actions at the moment. Regardless, Wednesday has provided a wave of vociferous opinions on the airwaves and social media, and it’s interesting Urban Meyer is the one who’s saying everyone should just wait for the facts to come out.

WATCH: Urban Meyer breaks down Locke’s game-winning drive

Urban Meyer compliments new Badgers QB

Urban Meyer broke down the tape of Wisconsin’s Week 8 win over a Big Ten foe. The Badgers (5-2) defeated Illinois 25-21 last Saturday on the road in Champaign, while redshirt freshman quarterback Braedyn Locke made his first career start.

Meyer and Gerry DiNardo went through the tape on “The Braedyn Locke Drive” which included a deep pass down the sideline to Skyler Bell and a game-winning touchdown to backup offensive lineman Nolan Rucci.

Wisconsin will now host third-ranked Ohio State (7-0) on Saturday at Camp Randall, kicking off at 6:30. The Badgers have lost nine straight to the Buckeyes and new head coach Luke Fickell, a long time coach for Ohio State, will look to break that streak.

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Urban Meyer and Fox Big Noon Kickoff crew picks winner of Ohio State vs. Penn State

Who did each member of the Fox Big Noon Kickoff crew pick to win between Ohio State and Penn State? #GoBucks

It’s game day for the Ohio State football team, but not just any game day. Ohio State is hosting a top ten Penn State squad that could be its biggest challenge of the season to date (no offense Notre Dame).

You know it’s a big one when the two major pregame shows originate from the banks of the Olentangy, and that’s exactly what we have Saturday with Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff and ESPN’s College GameDay in the shadow of Ohio Stadium

The ESPN crew already made their picks, and shortly thereafter, Urban Meyer and and the rest of the crew including Matt Leinart, Brady Quinn, and Mark Ingram all made their predictions and had differing opinions.

Here’s what they all said.

Urban Meyer praises how Rutgers football finished off Michigan State: ‘Greg Schiano – he’s a maniac about situations’

Urban Meyer praises how Rutgers filled killed off the Michigan State game.

Rutgers football is finally getting credit for how they worked the final minutes of this past Saturday’s game against Michigan State.

Taking possession up 27-24 and with 7:05 left in the game, Rutgers ran 12 plays to ice the game. They racked up four first-downs with running back Kyle Monangai going for 55 yards as they bled the clock to secure the win.

And they did so with Michigan State holding three timeouts, a point not lost on the Big Ten Network’s Gerry DiNardo and Urban Meyer.

The two former head coaches made the Rutgers offense a point of emphasis this week during the Big Ten Network‘s ‘Urban Analysis’ segment. Meyer, a two-time national champion as head coach at Florida and Ohio State, praised the work done by Schiano’s team to seal the game.

“You know how hard it is to take seven minutes off the clock when (the opposing team) have all three timeouts? Rutgers did this. I coached with Greg Schiano – he’s a maniac about situations to the point it drove me nuts. But he’s fantastic at it,” Meyer said on the Big Ten Network.

Monangai, who had 148 rushing yards and a fourth-quarter touchdown, ran his hardest at the end of the game. He followed an offensive line that paved the way for his hard, physical runs.

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The other three plays of the drives were kneels by quarterback Gavin Wimsatt.

A point not brought up by DiNardo and Meyer: Not one of the nine rushing attempts by Monangai on the game’s final drive saw him lose yardage.

“Nine straight runs. Incredible ball security. Remember we told you: Run the ball as if you’re in traffic the entire time. That means get both hands on the ball, clamp the ball,” Meyer said.

“And you hand the ball to the official. I watched every snap. They ate up all three timeouts. They got it down to two minutes.”