It’s no secret that former head coach Urban Meyer had a widely successful coaching career that included a ridiculous record of 83-9 at Ohio State. Let that sink in. In fact, he only lost four Big Ten games in his seven years in Columbus. The numbers are eye-popping and transcend almost any coaching success I’ve run across.
It’s also widely known that Meyer used Michigan as a punching bag on a yearly basis, going 7-0 and often blowing out teams that felt they were coming into The Game on a momentum tear.
During those seven games, Meyer beat TTUN by an average score of 39-27. And while that doesn’t sound too terribly bad, Meyer’s teams won 42-28 in 2014, 42-13 in 2015, and 62-39 in 2018. It seemed to get worse almost by the year. And especially in 2018, you felt like he kept the gas foot on the pedal and could have likely scored even more.
But you have to wonder if there was really an intent to put it on the Maize and Blue and if Meyer felt bad about some of those scores. Apparently, the answer is somewhere around maybe and heck to the no.
Dan Patrick had Meyer on his show Tuesday and touched on that very topic. And rather than being politically correct, the former Ohio State head coach just laid it all out there when asked if he felt bad.
“This is going to create a lot of headlines, but no,” Meyer said.
Patrick then asked him if he runs up the score on Michigan if he can. The answer was a little softer, but you could tell the real feeling behind the answer with the smirk on Meyer’s face.
“I think your job is — how can I answer this politically correct,” contemplated Meyer. “Our players work that game every year, you get a chance to go in and play, I’m not going to tell them to slow down.”
Sometimes you have to also see the interview to get a feel for it, and this is one of them. Click on the below video of the brief exchange between Patrick and Meyer below.
"This is going to create a lot of headlines but no." @CoachUrbanMeyer on whether he ever felt bad running up the score on Michigan. pic.twitter.com/sUKtRJwGpj
— Dan Patrick Show (@dpshow) September 22, 2020
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Many Michigan fans might hate how smug this appears to be, but there’s no question that Ohio State players, coaches, and fans just want this game more than what those up in Ann Arbor do. This is another example, and until there’s the same reciprocal effect, I’m not sure the Wolverines will ever be on equal footing in this one.
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