Ohio State: Unlike Nick Saban, whose unique brand of perfectionism is so over-the-top that we can all kind of get in on the joke, Meyer’s humorlessness and self-righteousness comes off as a shallow exercise in trying to simplify a complex world. And if you’re going to draw those kind of stark dividing lines between good guys and bad guys, between right and wrong, it’s not helpful your reputation to when people get a look behind the curtain both at Ohio State and Florida and see all the ethical compromises Meyer made to run a football program at the highest level.
In other words, the pizza meme is powerful because it looks lonely. And when Ohio State struggles, it does so alone — with no sympathy from anyone and plenty of critics gleefully ready to say, “I told you so.”
Tennessee: It isn’t much fun to be opposite the most impressive dynasty in the history of college football. If any fan base knows that, it’s Tennessee’s, which has now watched 12 consecutive losses to Alabama in what was once the South’s most intense rivalry. Though surely the Vols will one day be the team smoking postgame cigars in the locker room — a tradition that goes back to the 1960s — it realistically could be a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...tate-urban-meyer-spectacular-fall/1720823002/
I thoroughly enjoy the misery of Meyer and Tennessee.
In other words, the pizza meme is powerful because it looks lonely. And when Ohio State struggles, it does so alone — with no sympathy from anyone and plenty of critics gleefully ready to say, “I told you so.”
Tennessee: It isn’t much fun to be opposite the most impressive dynasty in the history of college football. If any fan base knows that, it’s Tennessee’s, which has now watched 12 consecutive losses to Alabama in what was once the South’s most intense rivalry. Though surely the Vols will one day be the team smoking postgame cigars in the locker room — a tradition that goes back to the 1960s — it realistically could be a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...tate-urban-meyer-spectacular-fall/1720823002/
I thoroughly enjoy the misery of Meyer and Tennessee.