@mld-woody said:

Yep. There is a portion of the fanbase disappointed he is retiring basically for that exact reason.

I know a lot here won't agree with this, but the previous two games were well coached by Michigan and outperformed OSU compared to expectations. This last game was bad defensively (for reasons I've already covered) but we've been steadily improving under Harbaugh. This past season looked like OSU might be heading the other way. Harbaugh is incredibly, incredibly competitive. I'm sure he hated the news.

Compared to expectations?????

You were favored to win. And got  smoked by 23 which could’ve been over 30 had OSU not felt bad for you and taken a knee at the end 

OSU also settled for 2 fg’s inside the 10 yard line. 

@the-cysko-kid said:

In my opinion a job like Ohio State, Alabama, Oklahoma, Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas etc...any of the big name schools is s better job than the NFL. 

The only "pain in the azz" part is recruiting and playing cop/nurse maid to a bunch of 18-22 year old kids.......and the other stuff, media, boosters, stupid stuff.

BUT working on a major campus, great lifestyle, all that is nice and even smaller schools pay $1M and up now. Assistants at OSU can make $600,000 or more.

Nice work if you can get it.

@mld-woody said:

They already signed Day to a 5 year deal I thought

Initally I heard something like $4.5M/year probably with incentives and TV stuff, etc. Better than the pros!

.......oh, edit add.....

@the-cysko-kid said:

While I don't agree that OSU was going the other way, per se, I am at a loss to explain how we possibly lost so horribly to Perdue. There's no rational explanation for it. 

How can a 12-1 season, back-to-back BIG TEN Championship, Rose Bowl bound team, just about guaranteed top 10 or maybe top 5 team be going the other way?

Purdue was just one of those B10, road, trap games with an underdog team it just happened -or- right now they'd probably be playing Clemson and we'd be discussing can either  beat Alabama.

And missing Bosa all year, not one of their best teams of the past two decades.

I'm OK with it but moving on will have it's challenges. GO BUCKEYES, just beat m and win 12+ games every year!  

@mld-woody said:

Yep. There is a portion of the fanbase disappointed he is retiring basically for that exact reason.

I know a lot here won't agree with this, but the previous two games were well coached by Michigan and outperformed OSU compared to expectations. This last game was bad defensively (for reasons I've already covered) but we've been steadily improving under Harbaugh. This past season looked like OSU might be heading the other way. Harbaugh is incredibly, incredibly competitive. I'm sure he hated the news.

While I don't agree that OSU was going the other way, per se, I am at a loss to explain how we possibly lost so horribly to Perdue. There's no rational explanation for it. 

@mld-woody said:

Yep. There is a portion of the fanbase disappointed he is retiring basically for that exact reason.

I know a lot here won't agree with this, but the previous two games were well coached by Michigan and outperformed OSU compared to expectations. This last game was bad defensively (for reasons I've already covered) but we've been steadily improving under Harbaugh. This past season looked like OSU might be heading the other way. Harbaugh is incredibly, incredibly competitive. I'm sure he hated the news.

You’re just double dumb ass wrong about the out coaching and outperforming business maybe one game in the entire last five

@browns149 said:

 I wouldv’e thought the school would go out and do a full coach search

Not sure if harbutt is happy or sad. He won’t get the chance to beat Meyer. But then again he won’t have to TRY and beat Meyer 

Jim Harbaugh me soon be thinking NFL. 

@mld-woody said:

Meyer is/was an elite coach. 

But he also did a lot of shady shit or was alleged to have done a lot of shady shit. 

I get Columbus circled the wagons and loves the guy. Most everywhere else he's considered s sleazeball. The OSU fan response to that will be "they hate him cuz they can't beat him!" or whatever. That's fine. The Smith scandal proved there's no convincing there.

Speaking of Smith, Urban has plenty of time to clean up Zach's leftover dildos in the office now. 

Are you part of the detritus. 

@mld-woody said:

Literal blood too depending on how you view the Hernandez thing

Feckless fuckers like you don’t have a clue. Hernandez was responsible for killing people. Zach Smith was responsible for the domestic violence if it even happened. Urban Meyer didn’t do a goddamn one bit of any of those things. I guess maybe it’s the judge in me that says put responsibility where it belongs and don’t try to lay it on other people. 

@mld-woody said:

And with a record like that, fans will let a lot slide

And with the record  like that a lot a hater assholes will crop up all over the place. Oh hello Woody

@bob806 said:

Part of that (hate) is Urban, much of it is directed at tOSU. 

I know you're aware many an NCAA Football fan base has hated tOSU since Woody Hayes.  

Woody brought much of it, most of it upon himself. He couldn't control himself and got himself fired.

The last incident was the Gator Bowl in 1978 vs Clemson, when a kid baited Woody by waving an intercepted ball in his face. The same classy program that had it's marching band do a "script 31-0" instead of celebrating a CFP championship. 

Urban obviously isn't alone in "sleazeballdom."

A lot of it is directed at Meyer. Because he had a history. A pattern

Kinda hard to say Woody was "baited". He's a grown man and head coach. I'd expect him to have more self control than a 21 year old

@the-cysko-kid said:

Party? I imagine Jim harbaugh is more than a little disappointed because no matter where he goes from here the knock will now forever be that he could never get the job done against Urban Meyer. Urban Meyer will now be the Boogeyman of his career forever and there's nothing he can do about it. 

Yep. There is a portion of the fanbase disappointed he is retiring basically for that exact reason.

I know a lot here won't agree with this, but the previous two games were well coached by Michigan and outperformed OSU compared to expectations. This last game was bad defensively (for reasons I've already covered) but we've been steadily improving under Harbaugh. This past season looked like OSU might be heading the other way. Harbaugh is incredibly, incredibly competitive. I'm sure he hated the news.

Do you suspect Cormier feels like the real champ?

Not sure if harbutt is happy or sad. He won’t get the chance to beat Meyer. But then again he won’t have to TRY and beat Meyer 

@axe said:

Exactly, Florida did but as it all started coming out my view  and many other's turned 180 and I for one was glad to see him go.. Dude has a lot of blood on his hands.

Huge party a Harbaugh's tonight!

Party? I imagine Jim harbaugh is more than a little disappointed because no matter where he goes from here the knock will now forever be that he could never get the job done against Urban Meyer. Urban Meyer will now be the Boogeyman of his career forever and there's nothing he can do about it. 

@mld-woody said:

Meyer is/was an elite coach. 

But he also did a lot of shady shit or was alleged to have done a lot of shady shit. 

I get Columbus circled the wagons and loves the guy. Most everywhere else he's considered s sleazeball. The OSU fan response to that will be "they hate him cuz they can't beat him!" or whatever. That's fine. The Smith scandal proved there's no convincing there.

Speaking of Smith, Urban has plenty of time to clean up Zach's leftover dildos in the office now. 

Part of that (hate) is Urban, much of it is directed at tOSU. 

I know you're aware many an NCAA Football fan base has hated tOSU since Woody Hayes.  

Woody brought much of it, most of it upon himself. He couldn't control himself and got himself fired.

The last incident was the Gator Bowl in 1978 vs Clemson, when a kid baited Woody by waving an intercepted ball in his face. The same classy program that had it's marching band do a "script 31-0" instead of celebrating a CFP championship. 

Urban obviously isn't alone in "sleazeballdom."

But he also did a lot of shady shit or was alleged to have done a lot of shady shit. 

I get Columbus circled the wagons and loves the guy. Most everywhere else he's considered s sleazeball. The OSU fan response to that will be "they hate him cuz they can't beat him!" or whatever. That's fine. The Smith scandal proved there's no convincing there.

Speaking of Smith, Urban has plenty of time to clean up Zach's leftover dildos in the office now. 

Two great big time college football coaches......well except maybe in Michigan. Yeah we know 16-1 or somerhing like that.

@bob806 said:

Yeah, I get it. Shady dealings at Florida. Tried to protect Earle Bruce's grandson. Maybe there's more....I'm sure ESecPN will keep on digging. 

Oh digging to China......might be an unpaid parking ticket in Ashtabula somewhere.  

Hey lighten up guys, Urban Meyer was a great college college coach, best in his generation.