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Urban Meyer told NFL scout of Aaron Hernandez: 'Don't f---ing touch that guy'

So the article quotes Meyer, something he apparently said in confidence... they never caught Hernandez.

But then uses "other sources" to say that Hernandez was caught?

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It shows Meyers win at all cost culture down there. Nevermind this highly religious guy cant stop saying "f....ing" he is directly admitting that a guy on his team is a total bad apple. That he is beating the system and deliberately showing all the other guys on the team how to beat the system. Does he remove him from the team? HELL NO! "He is a hell of a football player." Pure unadulterated urban meyer right there.
 
It's crazy that Hernandez and Tebow were roommates at Florida. I wonder if that was mandated by the coach or at will?
As much as I doubt Meyer now more than ever and really got tired of All-too-perfect Tebow while at Florida (he really was the golden boy), I’ve wondered how he managed to keep such a respectable guy happily on his roster as the inmates ran the asylum. If that was mandated, I’d have to hand it to Meyer for trying to keep Hernandez in check. Talk about one of the few guys who could have done it. Self serving? Probably, at least to a point. But that’s human.

I’d love to hear Tebow's take on all this. And I suspect his silence in all this is telling.
 
I'm not sure the players' view of Meyer is what matters. Sure they'll play for him. The issue is going to be the donors, alumni, and ultimately the university. Meyer has basically called the investigation a farce, called the investigators liars, and the tO$U BOD liars and fools. I'm not sure any employer would take kindly to that rhetoric.

The team has proven they can win without him, and win big. Therefore, I can see the BOD deciding they've had enough and drop him like it's hot.
 
I'm not sure the players' view of Meyer is what matters. Sure they'll play for him. The issue is going to be the donors, alumni, and ultimately the university. Meyer has basically called the investigation a farce, called the investigators liars, and the tO$U BOD liars and fools. I'm not sure any employer would take kindly to that rhetoric.

The team has proven they can win without him, and win big. Therefore, I can see the BOD deciding they've had enough and drop him like it's hot.
Could be. And, yeah, this 2018 team could likely do well w/o Urban.

But, while tOSU has a number of advantages, not every coach can or does win big there. Just look at their history of coaching changes. They could replace Urban, but would IMO have a hard time finding someone who could be as successful.
 
I'm not sure the players' view of Meyer is what matters. Sure they'll play for him. The issue is going to be the donors, alumni, and ultimately the university. Meyer has basically called the investigation a farce, called the investigators liars, and the tO$U BOD liars and fools. I'm not sure any employer would take kindly to that rhetoric.

The team has proven they can win without him, and win big. Therefore, I can see the BOD deciding they've had enough and drop him like it's hot.
The team of his guys can win without him. The question is can the next guy win big with the new guys he will eventually be bringing in.

Will be interesting to see what happens going forward with the offense since Meyer will now be on the sideline. If it slips some Meyer could be in trouble.
 
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We can all speculate about Meyer's integrity. But it is foolish to dismiss the fact that he is responsible for recruiting the talent and hiring the staff that currently looks pretty damn formidable. Should he leave, OSU will have many candidates with note worthy resumes dying to land the job in Columbus. Can they be as successful as Meyer? Only time will tell.
 
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Perhaps, but right now the Football Culture at OSU is winning out. It does seem that the press is digging more and more and a steady drip, drip, drip could catch up with him. He appears to be a slightly wounded animal at this point. Lets see if any of this has an impact on his recruiting.
I think there are a fair number of people (me included) who are skeptical that Courtney Smith was any more of a victim than Zach was- they seemed to me to be one of those couples who just needed to separate, and both may have been at fault. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's been my read all along. I don't think Urban thinks he did anything wrong, and he was clearly going to slide on it anyway.

But the pattern at UF was clearer, and he seems to have covered up actual criminal behavior. Anybody in the press who wanted his hide still wants it, and sooner or later tOSU is going to act in it's own best interest and part company. Yes, you can book it.
 
I think there are a fair number of people (me included) who are skeptical that Courtney Smith was any more of a victim than Zach was- they seemed to me to be one of those couples who just needed to separate, and both may have been at fault. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's been my read all along. I don't think Urban thinks he did anything wrong, and he was clearly going to slide on it anyway.

But the pattern at UF was clearer, and he seems to have covered up actual criminal behavior. Anybody in the press who wanted his hide still wants it, and sooner or later tOSU is going to act in it's own best interest and part company. Yes, you can book it.

I think both of them are nut jobs its just that the one nut job tried to strangle the other.
I weep for their children.
 
Meyer is mortally wounded at OSU. I think he knows it, they know it and are making the best of this season. In spite of everything.....he could still put together a great farewell season.
 
I recall reading that Hernandez might have been implicated in a murder while he was at Florida.
If that can be proven, then I guess it get’s down to a question of who knew what and when did they know it ?
 
Meyer is mortally wounded at OSU. I think he knows it, they know it and are making the best of this season. In spite of everything.....he could still put together a great farewell season.
If he finishes the season
 
I recall reading that Hernandez might have been implicated in a murder while he was at Florida.
If that can be proven, then I guess it get’s down to a question of who knew what and when did they know it ?
Are you hinting that Urban Meyer knew Hernandez murdered someone and covered it up? So he knew more than anyone else including LE? This is the same kind of thinking that has JVP holding down kids in the showers while Sandusky rapes them.
Why do we always assign the very worst in motivations and morals to everyone not associated with PSU? I've watched this board turn on LJ and it would in an instant if Scrap took the Pitt job. Let's be better than that. Meyer may be willing to fudge, let's say a drug test.......but saying he might be an accomplice to murder after the fact?
 
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Meyer is mortally wounded at OSU. I think he knows it, they know it and are making the best of this season. In spite of everything.....he could still put together a great farewell season.
If you read between the lines, it looks like the BOT at OSU was most likely not unanimous in it's decision to simply suspend Meyer. Probably some for the suspension, some for parting ways and some fence sitters. As more dirt is dug up, it is not hard to imagine that some of the fence sitters move to the part ways side.
 
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If he finishes the season
I think he will.......unless he keeps insisting on these silly interviews.
I would say.....I will have no further comment on the matter. Case closed. Why feed the animals? I don't want to hear anymore about it.
 
Are you hinting that Urban Meyer knew Hernandez murdered someone and covered it up? So he knew more than anyone else including LE? This is the same kind of thinking that has JVP holding down kids in the showers while Sandusky rapes them.
Why do we always assign the very worst in motivations and morals to everyone not associated with PSU. I've watched this board turn of LJ and it would in an instant if Scrap took the Pitt job. Let's be better than that. Meyer may be willing to fudge, let's say a drug test.......but saying he might be an accomplice to murder after the fact?
While Urban is quite the oily character, I tend to agree that even he would draw the line at covering up a murder. But you wouldn’t have to spend all day convincing me that that good ol Bobby B at Florida State would have hidden Ted Bundy in his attic if it meant a couple of extra wins in his heyday.
 
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I recall reading that Hernandez might have been implicated in a murder while he was at Florida.
If that can be proven, then I guess it get’s down to a question of who knew what and when did they know it ?

He was absolutely a suspect in a murder while at UF and a member of the Bloods for many years. Pic of him in high school flashing Bloods sign and wearing his colors

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Sharrif Floyd.
The guy was adopted as a grown man while playing at Florida after the man had been cut off from the South Carolina program. If you want to know about Urban’s malleable ethics, look not further than this situation.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...arrif-floyd-adoption-ncaa-kevin-lahn/1702147/
You don't want to turn over the rocks at just about any SEC school. I don't think there are any choirboys coaching in that conference. At least not for long.
 
While Urban is quite the oily character, I tend to agree that even he would draw the line at covering up a murder. But you wouldn’t have to spend all day convincing me that that good ol Bobby B at Florida State would have hidden Ted Bundy in his attic if it meant a couple of extra wins in his heyday.
Come on Bobby's a Christian.:rolleyes:
 
Actually the entire quote by Meyer was:

“Don’t f—-ing touch that guy.....he’s mine, all mine!”
 
While Urban is quite the oily character, I tend to agree that even he would draw the line at covering up a murder. But you wouldn’t have to spend all day convincing me that that good ol Bobby B at Florida State would have hidden Ted Bundy in his attic if it meant a couple of extra wins in his heyday.
Remember how quickly he turned on Joe?
 
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As much as I doubt Meyer now more than ever and really got tired of All-too-perfect Tebow while at Florida (he really was the golden boy), I’ve wondered how he managed to keep such a respectable guy happily on his roster as the inmates ran the asylum. If that was mandated, I’d have to hand it to Meyer for trying to keep Hernandez in check. Talk about one of the few guys who could have done it. Self serving? Probably, at least to a point. But that’s human.

I’d love to hear Tebow's take on all this. And I suspect his silence in all this is telling.

I also thought the two were room mates for a while but not sure. I can only assume Tim T. did not spend much time with his team mates other than practice and games.
 
I also thought the two were room mates for a while but not sure. I can only assume Tim T. did not spend much time with his team mates other than practice and games.
Likewise, his team mates probably steered clear of certain behavior near TT.
 
He was absolutely a suspect in a murder while at UF and a member of the Bloods for many years. Pic of him in high school flashing Bloods sign and wearing his colors

0627-aaron-hernandez-gang-2-via-tmz.jpg


I read the police report on a shooting Hernandez was allegedly involved in while at Florida. The victim identified the shooter as "The Hawaiian" who he had a minor run in with at a bar a few minutes prior. His vehicle was stopped at a traffic light when "The Hawaiian" exited another vehicle from behind and approached the victim's vehicle and shot him. IIRC, the victim said one of the Pouncey brothers was in the vehicle with Hernandez. The police apparently never pursued the investigation, allegedly due to the Florida Football Team was essentially given immunity.
 
We can all speculate about Meyer's integrity. But it is foolish to dismiss the fact that he is responsible for recruiting the talent and hiring the staff that currently looks pretty damn formidable. Should he leave, OSU will have many candidates with note worthy resumes dying to land the job in Columbus. Can they be as successful as Meyer? Only time will tell.
I have no doubt they'll have their pick of the litter, but it's all timing. They were lucky urbs was available when tressel was fired. If he was still at UF, who would they have hired? Same thing with this year....the elite coaches are saban, swinney, franklin in a second tier, and probably a few I'm forgetting. I don't think any of those guys would leave their current spots (not because of this mess, just because they have it pretty good where they're at). Guessing they'd hire ryan day, then play the waiting game if he doesn't work out.
 
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