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From: "Jerry Palm" <jppalm@...>

Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 18:10:06
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Subject: RE: [collegebcs] Finebaum: Is Urban Meyer on way out at Florida? Going
to Notre Dame in '10


Doesn't Charlie the Tuna have to get fired first?



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Is Urban Meyer on way out at Florida?

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Paul Finebaum - Press-Register





Is it too early for President Obama to place FEMA on red alert for
Gainesville? A big storm is brewing and could possibly leave many in Florida
brokenhearted.

Urban Meyer is probably leaving Florida after the season to go to Notre
Dame. Meyer says he's not going. He insists he loves it in Gainesville and
has no intention of taking a position he once described as "my dream job."

So how do I know Meyer is not telling the truth? Easy. Meyer's lips moved
when he denied the story.

Perhaps there was a time when Meyer was about what's right in college
football. They say he was just a normal guy out in Utah. Maybe he was even a
decent cat for about 24 hours in Gainesville. Since then, Meyer has become
obsessed with success and power (see the blatant strong-arming of
quarterback turned talk show host Shane Matthews). The lure of being "the
man" at South Bend might be too intoxicating for him to turn down.

Besides, Meyer knows better than anyone that Superman (Tim Tebow) is gone
after the season and Florida's reign of terror in the SEC will be over.
Don't think Meyer isn't just a tad concerned about Nick Saban stockpiling
warehouses loaded with blue-chip talent in Tuscaloosa. Meyer knows he dodged
a bullet in the fourth quarter of the SEC title game last year. However,
that wasn't enough for the self-absorbed coach. Beating Saban once wasn't
enough.
He needed to beat him a second time.

Why else do you think that leading up to the Sugar Bowl Meyer was burning up
the Salt Lake City telephone towers to his one-time assistant Kyle
Whittingham, helping construct the game plan that beat the Tide 31-17 in the
Sugar Bowl?

Instead of a Senate hearing this week on (Utah senator) Orrin Hatch's
spurious attack on the BCS, wouldn't it be interesting to ask Whittingham
and Meyer to show up with phone records intact?

Here's a guess that Meyer enjoyed the beating of his rival Saban as much as
his own second national title.

SEC Commissioner Mike Slive just cracked down on league coaches accusing
each other of cheating. Luckily for Meyer, he didn't mention league coaches
aiding and abetting out-of-league opponents in showcase BCS games.

Had Meyer spent even a fraction of that time employing some sort of
discipline program on his own campus, Florida wouldn't be teetering on being
completely out of control right now. In case you don't own a police blotter
- or have the DVD collection of the television series "COPS" - the Gators
recently celebrated their 24th arrest since Meyer's arrival.

Apparently, that doesn't seem to bother school President Bernie Machen, who
just brazenly promoted the idea of Meyer getting a raise. Meyer has four
years left on a contract that pays him well north of $3 million a year. He
works at a school that recently cut $40 million from its general budget.

However, the megalomaniacal Machen knows=2
0all about the Notre Dame threat and wants to be on the record, just in case
Florida wins its third national championship in four years, making Meyer a
legend in all parts of the universe and perhaps opening the door for him to
finally take his "dream job" that he supposedly doesn't want.

What's the old line from "Hamlet" about protesting too much?

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