ufgator812;n280213 said:What about her affair?
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Meyer's Gators simultaneously courted glory and danger, until they combusted.
alcoholica;n280211 said:that "rumor" still doesn't get the airplay it deserves in the context of him leaving. Players knew it, so you know it's not a secret. I really don't know any of the details other than he "allegedly" cheated on his wife with a younger women and his wife found out.
The other thing not really spoken of is that he basically had the OSU job before he left. So here's the timeline.
April 2010 - Tressel is aware of potential NCAA violations
12/7/2010 - Justice Dept notifies OSU that is had several pieces of OSU memorabilia in the tattoo parlor
12/8/2010 - Meyer announces retirement from UF
3/8/2011 - OSU suspends Tressel for 2 games
5/30/2011 - Jim Tressel resigns from OSU
I know from a very reliable source that Meyer and OSU verbally agreed to terms within the week following Tressel's resignation. So it's not difficult to connect the dots. Tressel finds out that something is going on. At some point he tells the University. When OSU is contacted by Justice, they realize they can't keep a lid on it. Three months later, Tressel is suspended. Nearly three months later he resigns and verbal agreement reached with Urban.
Some assumptions must be made.
1) At some point between Urban's 1st retirement and 2nd retirement, he is in contact with OSU
2) At some point prior to 12/7/2010, OSU has put together a plan and already knows Tressel's resignation is a legitimate possibility
It really isn't a tough call for Urban. He's burned out and wants out. The time table is perfect. He formally accepts the job just shy of a year from his 2nd retirement. He looks like an a-hole to UF fans, but no one else really cares. He likely had influence over the interim coach decision. If Tressel didn't resign, Urban still got out of UF, recharged his battery, and had a good job. He would be the most sought after college football coach until he decided what job to take.
I think Urban knew that the Tressel resignation was more likely to happen than not, and if it didn't happen he would still be out from UF.
After 10 months he can't take it anymore and finally makes a post!veroG8tr;n280212 said:Can we ban any more Urban "freegin" Meyer threads. We had our love affair, he dumped us...so let's move on...and love the one we're with!
Bingo. It was all worth it.Floridagator;n280303 said:I would trade another 5 years of crap football for 2 more NCs.
Floridagator;n280303 said:I would trade another 5 years of crap football for 2 more NCs.
As someone who has watched the gators with loyalty since SOS wore the uni I can say it was WELL worth it. Most teams go decades without titles. We had three in those two decades but you would think we have always sucked. Great players, exciting football and H A R D W A R E .........along with great publicity.oxrageous;n280313 said:Bingo. It was all worth it.
t-gator;n280269 said:Alcoholica, that's horseschit. When meyer resigned tressel had just beaten Arkansas in a bcs bowl game. Even when the tatoo parlor incident initially surfaced, the osu athletic said tressel wasn't gonna get fired over it. He actually said he hopes tressel doesn't fire him, that's how safe tressels job was at the time.
alcoholica;n280211 said:that "rumor" still doesn't get the airplay it deserves in the context of him leaving. Players knew it, so you know it's not a secret. I really don't know any of the details other than he "allegedly" cheated on his wife with a younger women and his wife found out.
The other thing not really spoken of is that he basically had the OSU job before he left. So here's the timeline.
April 2010 - Tressel is aware of potential NCAA violations
12/7/2010 - Justice Dept notifies OSU that is had several pieces of OSU memorabilia in the tattoo parlor
12/8/2010 - Meyer announces retirement from UF
3/8/2011 - OSU suspends Tressel for 2 games
5/30/2011 - Jim Tressel resigns from OSU
I know from a very reliable source that Meyer and OSU verbally agreed to terms within the week following Tressel's resignation. So it's not difficult to connect the dots. Tressel finds out that something is going on. At some point he tells the University. When OSU is contacted by Justice, they realize they can't keep a lid on it. Three months later, Tressel is suspended. Nearly three months later he resigns and verbal agreement reached with Urban.
Some assumptions must be made.
1) At some point between Urban's 1st retirement and 2nd retirement, he is in contact with OSU
2) At some point prior to 12/7/2010, OSU has put together a plan and already knows Tressel's resignation is a legitimate possibility
It really isn't a tough call for Urban. He's burned out and wants out. The time table is perfect. He formally accepts the job just shy of a year from his 2nd retirement. He looks like an a-hole to UF fans, but no one else really cares. He likely had influence over the interim coach decision. If Tressel didn't resign, Urban still got out of UF, recharged his battery, and had a good job. He would be the most sought after college football coach until he decided what job to take.
I think Urban knew that the Tressel resignation was more likely to happen than not, and if it didn't happen he would still be out from UF.