If you thought Urban Meyer was a homer, think again. Well, sort of. He’s been pretty brash about Ohio State since signing on to do analyst work for FOX and the Big Ten Network. This, immediately after he retired from head coaching at OSU after the 2018 Rose Bowl because of health concerns.
But still, there are times when you see the objectivity of Meyer come out, and we may have just seen another one. FOX College Football shared a graphic on its Twitter profile Thursday with some of the picks for the best college quarterbacks entering the 2020 season. There are votes from the fans, and also selections from the rest of the FOX College Football crew.
One would immediately guess that Meyer would bleed scarlet and gray all over the pick, but instead, he chose Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence instead of Fields.
Here’s how the Big Noon Kickoff crew and CFB on FOX fans ranked their preseason top 5 QBs
Whose list do you agree with the most? pic.twitter.com/llLsmqmQzk
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) June 4, 2020
That fell in line with most of all the other picks. In fact, Lawrence was selected as the best quarterback by five of the seven. Fields was at least No. 2 in all the other votes, and finished No. 1 according to votes by the fans and Reggie Bush only.
I’m sure Meyer will hear some backlash about this, but you have to give him credit for being objective here. Most analysts and experts agree that Lawrence is just a hair more complete than Fields right now. We’ll see how that all plays out in the upcoming season though.
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