Urban Meyer and potential NCAA violation

[madamesnapper]

I stumbled across this on a gymnastics board, but this looks like it might be interesting. It involves the recruitment of Carl Moore, UF wide receiver. Apparently Urban was in daily contact with his girlfriend, a former UCLA gymnast, and interceded to get her a gymnastic scholarship to UF.

This is the article detailing how the gymnast ended up in Gainesville:
http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20080116/NEWS/70034006/1016

This is a blog written by a Salt Lake City sportswriter: http://blogs.sltrib.com/utes/ You have to scroll down to the January 16 entry.

 

[BAMA1979]

Interesting find.

By the way, Urban invented gymnastics.

 

[bamabryan]

Urban invented NCAA violations. :smile:

 

[davefrat]

Interesting find.

By the way, Urban invented gymnastics.

apparently he's also invented a new and absurd twist on recruiting.

 

[GA Bamafan]

Ouch!

It's not an SEC school complaining.

Urban invented the recruit the girl friend move.

 

[lynyrd skynyrd]

Oh, what a tangled web we weave when at first we start to deceive...
Andy Griffith

 

[TideFan in AU]

Oh, what a tangled web we weave when at first we start to deceive...
Andy Griffith

Urban Meyer invented Andy Griffith.

 

[oskie]

apparently he's also invented a new and absurd twist on recruiting.

... sounds like a half twist with a full gainer

 

[CrimsonSEC]

This is third different story of Urbans creative recruiting tactics I've heard in the past two weeks. Sooner or later, it's gonna jump up and bite him in the butt.

 

[J.E.B. Stuart]

Urban invented NCAA violations. :smile:

Urban may have invented them, but Rick "the slick" Neuheisel refined them into an art. Good luck UCLA.

 

[eladabbub]

Probably the worst that would happen to Uf is sanctions against the gymnastics team, which would be hilarious.

 

[liquidvengeance]

Urban sure does love to skate thru the loop holes doesnt he? He looks more and more like Simon Cowell everyday now that I think about it. Its gonna be sweet when CNS has an opportunity and takes him to the ole woodshed.

 

[madamesnapper]

Probably the worst that would happen to Uf is sanctions against the gymnastics team, which would be hilarious.

Surprisingly I think the sanctions would be against the football program.

 

[BamaDMD]

I always hear "Urban Invented". Where does this come from? I have missed something somewhere.

 

[eladabbub]

I always hear "Urban Invented". Where does this come from? I have missed something somewhere.

Florida fans tend to believe that Meyer invented the spread offense.

You can't really blame them though. They think football itself wasn't invented til 1990.

 

[Fishhead]

I always hear "Urban Invented". Where does this come from? I have missed something somewhere.

It's just an old Urban myth.

 

[BamaDMD]

It's just an old Urban myth.

now thats funny......thanks guys.

 

[Boclive]

I always hear "Urban Invented". Where does this come from? I have missed something somewhere.

Taken from a Tebow Recruiting post back in Oct. 2005 (one of many around that time extolling the power of the virtues of Urban Meyer):

If I'm not mistaken, Urban Meyer was named after the pope named 'Urban'. Take that for what it's worth, if they are Catholic.

Wasn't it Pope Urban that invented the spread-option in the 14th century?

Yes. Montigny-sur-l'Hallue went 13-0 that year with François de' Maquereau running Pope Urban's spread-option attack.

However, the next season turned sour when the offensive coordinator was accused of turning an opposing defensive player into a gecko and was burned at the stake for witchcraft.

Still the funniest thing I've ever read anywhere. :biggrin:

 

[crimsonaudio]

Urban may have invented them, but Rick "the slick" Neuheisel refined them into an art. Good luck UCLA.

What NCAA violations did CRN commit?

 

[Hoose]

i heard on the local sports talk radio in knoxville tn, a parent of a soph. had gotten a call from a coach from the gators. the parent had called in and didn't really want to disclose who had contacted his son. maybe a trend down there.