Urban Meyer Stepping Down?

[instigator]

They are saying on ESPN that he is leaving. No idea why yet.

[yermom]

ESPN announcers talking about it...

[Soonerfan88]

Wow, HUGE announcement just made on ESPN.

[Salt City Sooner]

per announcers @ Pitt/UNC game.

[OUinFLA]

just announced on espn !

[olevetonahill]

Just heard that
Wonder WTF ?

[yermom]

health reasons. crazy.

[spatton713]

just heard it wow insane musta got caught doing somethin

[unbiasedtruth]

....

[colleyvillesooner]

They are saying on ESPN that he is leaving. No idea why yet.

Now saying its due to health reasons. Didn't he get hospitilized after the SEC CG for dehydration or something.

[Mjcpr]

Yep, he did.

Let the Stoops rumors begin in 3...2...1...

[olevetonahill]

Urban steppin Down ?:D :D :D :D :D :D

[instigator]

What a weird story.

[Blues1]

They are saying on the NC/Pitt Bowl Game -- U Meyer to step down at Florida....WTF......??

[Spanish Sooner]

Scary to be honest, wonder what would be so critical that he had to step down.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4772952

wonder if the dehydration he experienced after the sec championship was part of or had anything to do with it

[instigator]

Heh!

[IronSoonerMan]

just heard it wow insane musta got caught doing somethin

This. + He wanted to leave because no more Tebow?
:pop:

Just heard it was for health reasons. If true I wish Him the best.

[Scott D]

Now saying its due to health reasons. Didn't he get hospitilized after the SEC CG for dehydration or something.

yeah, related to a tumor that he's had since he was at Notre Dame. I wish the guy the best of health, and a potential return to coaching at some point.

[colleyvillesooner]

Cancer for $500 Alex.

[unbiasedtruth]

ESPN is reporting for "health" reasons......

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4772952

[BoulderSooner79]

Said health problems. I remember he was hospitalized right after the CCG due to some known benign growth in his brain. Hope he's okay.

[spatton713]

yea his run was over ha

[Salt City Sooner]

ESPN is reporting for "health" reason....

Looks like it:


"After consulting with my family, Dr. (Bernie) Machen, Jeremy Foley and my doctors, I believe it is in my best interest to step aside and focus on my health and family. I'm proud to be a part of the Gainesville community and the Gator Nation and I plan to remain in Gainesville and involved with the University of Florida.


http://www.floridatoday.com/content/blogs/gators/index.shtml

[Petro-Sooner]

Lets go ahead and get it out of the way. Stoops to Florida.

[CurtisFagan]

Guy above beat me to it

[Sooner Eclipse]

Yep, he did.

Let the Stoops rumors begin in 3...2...1...

Aaawww crap.... Once a year is enough, isn't it?

[SoonerDood]

Muschamp to Florida? Tommy T?

[BoulderSooner79]

Not yet - could you start one for us? Thanks.

[VA Sooner]

Damned scary... health reasons of any sort to knock you from something you love to do.

Cardiac dysrhythmia... cancer... hmm....

[Scott D]

yeah...based on the statement he's released at this point it has to be a new development with that brain tumor.

[Boomer38Sooner]

This is horrible. Coach Meyer is such a great coach and this is a major blow to the game of college football.

[olevetonahill]

Heh!

Heh 5 threads fer 5 years :D

[SicEmBaylor]

holy ****.

[ndpruitt03]

I guess Urban is too heartbroken to coach after losing Tebow.

[SicEmBaylor]

holy ****.

[yermom]

strange that he wouldn't wait until after the bowl game.

i wonder who is going to coach the team? aren't both coordinators new?

[SicEmBaylor]

holy ****.

[olevetonahill]

just announced on espn !

I think yer just makin shat up now . Aint no one else mentioned it .:P

[CrimsonCommando]

Scary to be honest, wonder what would be so critical that he had to step down.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4772952

wonder if the dehydration he experienced after the sec championship was part of or had anything to do with it


Anal Warts.

[Scott D]

sounds like the bowl game is going to be his swan song.

[SicEmBaylor]

holy ****.

[cdlbdd]

He needs to call up Tim and get some healing!

[ndpruitt03]

BTW Stoops to Florida.

[VA Sooner]

Just saw the report on ESPN.

Big news... a big surprise.

[SicEmBaylor]

holy ****.

[VA Sooner]

Wow... four threads in 5 minutes... impressive....

[colleyvillesooner]

strange that he wouldn't wait until after the bowl game.

i wonder who is going to coach the team? aren't both coordinators new?

Probably need to start the new coach process ASAP.

[VA Sooner]

Gene Chizik to....


nahh.... don't be ridiculous.

[VA Sooner]

News travels fast...

Five threads... :D

[SicEmBaylor]

holy ****.

[setem]

HOLY CHIT DID NOT SEE THAT COMING!

BOB STOOPS TO FLORIDA!

[SicEmBaylor]

holy ****.

[IronHorseSooner]

If it is his health, prayers be with him and his family. I know the fanbase down here is going to be on full panic alert. Like others have stated, they will look at Bob, Tubberville, Butch Davis, Muschamp (FLA has the money to throw at him), and the Ol' Ball Coach. Heck, they might even look at the Head Pirate.

[olevetonahill]

No Shat !

[birddog]

indeed

[Scott D]

Meyer will coach his last game for UF in the Gators’ Sugar Bowl match-up vs. Cincinnati on Jan. 1 in New Orleans.

per a paper report.

[SoonerStud615]

Unclarified health reasons. Wow. Shocking.

[sooner59]

Pete Carroll to Florida!

[royalfan5]

I hope I'm wrong but this feels like the Dick Howser situation to me.

[sooner59]

Breaking news! Tim Tebow to take Florida HC job! He will also play for the Jaguars at the same time. He truly is omnipotent.

[Wishboned]

Declaring that there is no college football without a Tebow in the game, Urban Meyer stepped down this evening as head coach of the University of Florida Gators. In a move that caught the entire sports world by surprise, Meyer was quoted as saying, "Even the mighty Tim Tebow can't heal a broken heart."

When asked who the number on candidate to replace Meyer, Florida's AD replied, "Duh! Bob Stoops. We've got beaches."
.

[Scott D]

Oh and I should correct myself from earlier in the thread..it's a cyst, not a tumor.


In a story published by Sports Illustrated this week, Meyer revealed that doctors discovered an arachnoid cyst on his brain when he worked as an assistant coach at Notre Dame in 1998.

According to the report, doctors didn't consider the cyst to be life-threatening but told Meyer he could suffer from head pain if the condition flared up because of stress.

[Wishboned]

Oh and I should correct myself from earlier in the thread..it's a cyst, not a tumor.

It's not a toomah.

[KYSooner]

This just in: Meyer to step back up as head coach!

Tebow, when catching word of Meyer's illness, immediately descended from Heaven and healed Meyer 'Jesus style'

[SicEmBaylor]

This just in: Meyer to step back up as head coach!

Tebow, when catching word of Meyer's illness, immediately descended from Heaven and healed Meyer 'Jesus style'

Tebow's dead?
I thought he was the second coming.

There seems to be a theological conflict here.

[cdlbdd]

I'm going on record that the "health issues" thing is a cover up.

[KYSooner]

Tebow's dead?
I thought he was the second coming.

There seems to be a theological conflict here.

No, he's not dead. His locker is up there.

[Wishboned]

Tebow's dead?
I thought he was the second coming.

There seems to be a theological conflict here.

Someone like Tebow can't be held to just two comings.

It has to be at least 3 or 4.

[SicEmBaylor]

Someone like Tebow can't be held to just two comings.

It has to be at least 3 or 4.

So you're saying Tebow comes a LOT?

[tulsaoilerfan]

Bob Stoops to Florida!!

[Wishboned]

So you're saying Tebow comes a LOT?

Yes. Especially when he starts with the laying on of hands.

[OklahomaTuba]

I'm going on record that the "health issues" thing is a cover up.maybe, maybe not..


In a story published by Sports Illustrated this week, Meyer revealed that doctors discovered an arachnoid cyst on his brain when he worked as an assistant coach at Notre Dame in 1998.

According to the report, doctors didn't consider the cyst to be life-threatening but told Meyer he could suffer from head pain if the condition flared up because of stress.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4719127

[soonerfromgeorgia]

Why did he wait till after Strong took the Louisville job to announce he was stepping down ?

[UTsucks]

Charlie Weis to Florida :pop:

[Doged]

Very surprising...hope he's okay, though.

[instigator]

ESPN (Mark May) just said they should look at Stoops. :)

[okiedokie]

goodbye Urban. I hope you get better.....now I wonder if this hurts their recruiting for this class?

[meoveryouxinfinity]

Shocker of the year.

[UTsucks]

goodbye Urban. I hope you get better.....now I wonder if this hurts there recruiting for this class?

Probably not much....... but I bet they lose some top recruits

[the_ouskull]

So you're saying Tebow comes a LOT?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KVGPHfvWk5c/Slabxf6ZbmI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/AO-Xwv86lAc/s400/tim+tebow+girlfriend.jpg

I would too.

the_ouskull

Post Script -- ..and spare us all the, "Ha, I got Skull now 'cause I know that's not Tebow's girlfriend and I'm going to post so to make him look stupid." It'll never work, anyway.

[AlbqSooner]

Meyer said he wants to focus on "faith and family". I have to wonder if he is going to head up a Timmy TV Ministry. More time with his family, make more $$$ that he does now, gives Timmy something to do after he fails at the NFL, and keeps the two of them together.

[ashley]

I'm going on record that the "health issues" thing is a cover up.

You have something wrong with you.

[Sabanball]

Georgia and Tennessee, here's your christmas present.

[sooner59]

Heart muscle defect per ESPN.

[delhalew]

Are we sure its not a ruse so he can take an NFL team, so that somebody will draft Tebow?

[Jacie]

The biggest news after the resignation itself is the timing and the unexpectedness of the announcement.

So will this be the start of dominoes falling with a successful coach from another program jumping ship to take the Florida job, leaving that school in the lurch after the bowl games, potentially to poach someone from yet another school and so on till finally an assistant is promoted or someone out-of-work is brought in?

I bet Charlie Strong is at home cursing to himself about his bad luck, going from being in the right place at the wrong time, to the wrong place at the right time.

And of course, the wooing of and hopefully, refusal by OUr Bob Stoops.

[TheHumanAlphabet]

I'm going on record that the "health issues" thing is a cover up.

Yep, he has been coaching a long time with that cyst... I wonder if there was a young woman involved a la Terry Bowden... that or a major health issue like dissected aorta or cancer...

[King Barry's Back]

goodbye Urban. I hope you get better.....now I wonder if this hurts there recruiting for this class?

yes.

[OUinFLA]

I hear Bobby Bowden will be available soon.

Now, wouldnt that be ironic?

[SoonerObsession]

Hate to hear this. Hope he can heal and return to what he loves.

[btk108]

could this be the job that gets Stoops attention?

[Rogue]

Best of luck to him in whatever's next.
The timing is not that shocking...as much as he drives me crazy a Tebow only comes along once in a career. Lightning in a bottle.

UF needs to take a looong look at June Jones.

[sooner59]

could this be the job that gets Stoops attention?

It got his attention 5 years ago when they weren't wanting him. Then he said no.

[btk108]

It got his attention 5 years ago when they weren't wanting him. Then he said no.

but we were much better then....and things were bright. Long road now and lots of work, the Florida job offers a solid program. I'm bettin and hopin Bob wants to stay and get the team back where they belong.

[soonerfromgeorgia]

could Stoops have been talking to Saban about leading a SEC program when he was in town Christmas eve ?

[delhalew]

They should seriously consider June Jones. They may not get a current top five coach to make a lateral move.

I certainly don't think they can get Stoops...maybe Mike.

[Soonerus]

Shocking news, I hope he is OK...nothing in this story is joke fodder...

[Salt City Sooner]

The biggest news after the resignation itself is the timing and the unexpectedness of the announcement.

So will this be the start of dominoes falling with a successful coach from another program jumping ship to take the Florida job, leaving that school in the lurch after the bowl games, potentially to poach someone from yet another school and so on till finally an assistant is promoted or someone out-of-work is brought in?

I bet Charlie Strong is at home cursing to himself about his bad luck, going from being in the right place at the wrong time, to the wrong place at the right time.

And of course, the wooing of and hopefully, refusal by OUr Bob Stoops.
FWIW, Strong has yet to sign a contract at Louisville.

[XFollower]

According to espn, college football is now being cancelled altogether. Without Tebow, Meyer can't coach, therefore, they are calling it all off. No one can ever top Tebow, so they are going to quit while ahead.

[XFollower]

I think he quit before the truth about him and Tiger was exposed...

[Soonerus]

I think anybody who jokes about the Urban Meyer situation (likely tragedy) is just wrong and classless...

[VA Sooner]

June Jones would be a good hire.

Charlie Strong is definitely kicking himself for the bad luck from the Football Gods.

And what about Brian Kelly? Took the job at Notre Dame too soon... should have gone to Florida where the university actually supports the program by investing in the facilities.

But would there be less pressure to win at Florida or at Notre Dame? Facing the pressures of a modern winning program or battling the history of a program past its prime with very lofty expectations.

[Curly Bill]

But would there be less pressure to win at Florida or at Notre Dame? Facing the pressures of a modern winning program or battling the history of a program past its prime with very lofty expectations.

This question would make a good thread all by itself.

...and I don't know what the answer would be.

[SteelClip49]

9 years as a head coach....

- 95 wins
- 4 Conference Titles
- About to be 4 BCS wins
- 2 National Championships

He can spend some well earned quality time with the family and focus on his health before he embarks on anything else.

[delhalew]

I think anybody who jokes about the Urban Meyer situation (likely tragedy) is just wrong and classless...

I heard you the first time. Its a long way down from that high horse.

PS, the guy is not dead. He's taking a break from the stress...I don't blame him. Maybe he can finally get a good night sleep or watch his kids play sports or fish...whatever.

[JLEW1818]

i hope Meyer is okay, honest to god









tebow

[Soonerfan88]

It's already been said several times that there is no immediate health crisis. The heart rumor has been debunked also. In one statement/interview, Urban stated he thought about stepping down several years ago but decided he owed more to Florida due to the contract.

JMO, but I think he has trouble handling the stress of a high profile job. Now that he has to face the prospect of rebuilding UF, the prospect of dealing with demanding UF fans during a possible 7-5 or 8-4 season has become too much for him to handle. If that is the case, I hope he finds some peace and lives a long time.

I also think this was a HUGE surprise to Foley. If he had a clue this would happen, Charlie Strong would not have accepted the Louisville job earlier this month.

[jdsooner]

"College coaching has become a 24/7, 365-day profession, in no small part because of Meyer’s never-ending work habits. He was one of the coaches who sent so many text messages to recruits that the NCAA had to rewrite its rules. He’d study film into the wee hours, smashing remote controls when he saw things he didn’t like. He’d arrive at work before sunrise and be lucky to leave at midnight. He’d jump a plane to recruit down in Fort Myers as soon as drive across town."

Never liked him. Still don't. I don't see how this guy is going to be able to handle not having a job.

[sooner59]

[QUOTE=jlew1818;2799029]i hope Meyer is okay, honest to god


Same here.

[BoulderSooner79]

There is no guarantee C. Strong would be a candidate. A job like Louisville may be the next logical step; just like Meyer went through Utah.

[StoopTroup]

Has anyone ever died from being classless?

[Fraggle145]

Georgia and Tennessee, here's your christmas present.

No doubt. How bad is UF going to be next year... no coordinators, no head coach, and the entire defense graduates.

Makes me sad. :D

[sooner59]

No doubt. How bad is UF going to be next year... no coordinators, no head coach, and the entire defense graduates.

Makes me sad. :D

I pray to Tebus that they rebound!;)

[illinisooner]

Chris Peterson. That's the hire they need to make. Or Mike Leach!

[Scott D]

June Jones would be a good hire.

Charlie Strong is definitely kicking himself for the bad luck from the Football Gods.

And what about Brian Kelly? Took the job at Notre Dame too soon... should have gone to Florida where the university actually supports the program by investing in the facilities.

But would there be less pressure to win at Florida or at Notre Dame? Facing the pressures of a modern winning program or battling the history of a program past its prime with very lofty expectations.

Well provided the information about Strong not signing his Louisville deal yet is accurate he'd be a strong candidate based on Foley's past history of hiring. Kyle Wittingham would be a target, although I'm not sure he would want to leave his comfort zone (played at BYU, coached at Oregon St. and Utah). Bronco Mendenhall is a potential candidate nobody talks about over at BYU.

But honestly, if Chris Peterson ever wants to be taken seriously outside of Boise, Idaho he should have had his people on the phone to Foley less than 5 minutes after the news first broke.

[tulsaoilerfan]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KVGPHfvWk5c/Slabxf6ZbmI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/AO-Xwv86lAc/s400/tim+tebow+girlfriend.jpg

I would too.

the_ouskull

Post Script -- ..and spare us all the, "Ha, I got Skull now 'cause I know that's not Tebow's girlfriend and I'm going to post so to make him look stupid." It'll never work, anyway.

Damn those are some nice gazongas!!!!!:D

[delhalew]

Wanna talk about a lack of class? I give you Urban Meyer. My condolences to his family for being involved with such a chucklehead.

[Wishboned]

Shocking news, I hope he is OK...nothing in this story is joke fodder...

How about now?