As an UF alumni, I hate Urban Meyer not because of all the evil things he did , but because of his lies about going to Ohio State. If he had just been honest, he could have departed with dignity. Now he is the least trusted coach in all of NCAA football. I would never root for him to win. Go Ducks!
Douggie Doug Doug - 9 years ago
I have a picture of me shaking The Urbanator's hand back in 2006, ...and it feels like I shook the Devil's!!!! Go Ducks!
Jorge - 9 years ago
Mr. Liar was dishonest and unprofessional upon leaving.
Keith - 9 years ago
it's not that he left, it's how he left and then returned just a year later. It makes all his enthusiasm for UF seem false, and the the Gator Nation was just a stepping stone.
Steven Morgan - 9 years ago
I'll for sure be rooting for Urban Meyer, To Lose!!
david - 9 years ago
love him or hate him, Urban Meyer is one of the greatest college coaches ever
Jim King - 9 years ago
NEVER - Go Ducks!
Don - 9 years ago
Pulling for the ducks. I appreciate the 2 titles Urban provided. Only reason I am pulling for ducks is recruiting. We recruit a lot more against Urban than the ducks. So want to see ducks win and urban not get a bump in recruiting at osu. Also, I cannot stand his wife.
Albert D Alligator - 9 years ago
Go Ducks!
The upset is not with Meyer leaving, it was in the way he went about it and in his telling Stefon Diggs and his parents that he (Meyer) would not let his son attend UF because the program was "broken" when he himself was the one that broke it. He is a slimy, self-serving p-o-s.
Here's hoping CFD gets a 911 call early on January 13...
Ray - 9 years ago
Go Ducks from a former Ohio St. fan who was fortunate to move to Gainesville 20 years ago and become a Gators fan. Urban Liar sold his soul to Satan when he left Bowling Green for Utah after telling BGSU fans he would not leave. When the going got tough at UF, Urban got going.
Jennifer - 9 years ago
This gate gal is pulling for a Duck Dynasty. Can't wait to see their unis for this game.
Chuck - 9 years ago
Urban picked up a talented roster, won with it, then ran when the program hit bottom a few years later. I'm glad he's better but the way he left will always be a sore point for most Gator fans. There's that and the other fact that I have never rooted for Ohio State.
tim the gator - 9 years ago
Urban is a liar. Will never forgive him for his b.s. exit. He is unethical and a horrible person.
Dick Melville - 9 years ago
I'm a Michigan transplant, and now a Gator fan. On Monday, I would love to see Urban recreate his idol Woody's famous punch!
Joe - 9 years ago
OSU fans are probably the cockiest and most classless I've ever encountered. I was in attendance in Glendale for the 2006 title and endured it firsthand. I enjoyed watching them leave early. So it's not hard for me to root against them for that reason alone. Like most, I appreciate Urban for the titles he won at UF, but it's true he left the program in shambles and mailed it in that last year. I firmly believe that he knew full well he was going to follow Jim Tressel. He could have handled it like a man, and I would have respected his decision to pursue that opportunity (like Spurrier). Instead he took the weasel's way out, lied about it and generally screwed UF for the past several years. Then he reported UF for some ticky-tack recruiting issues that turned out to have no basis whatsoever. Then his wife chimed in with her 2 cents earlier this year. Thanks for the titles, Urban, but I won't ever pull for you again.
James Epstein - 9 years ago
Has there ever been a college football coach that presided over two such polar extremes in a program? From two NC's and a Heisman to leaving the program in a complete shambles? The success was so great and the fall so rapid that not even complete insiders such as Foley could appreciate the gravity of the problems, particularly the extreme lack of talent in the pipeline on offense and the collapse of discipline and accountability throughout big parts of the team. We needed to bring in a seasoned head coach on the order of Saban to effectively deal with these problems. Instead we got Muschamp. The following four years of mediocrity, and at least another one or two in the future as Mac tries to clean the mess, lay firmly at Urban's feet. That said, would we, if someone had offered, have taken the two NC's and Tebow for all of this misery? Certainly! Meanwhile, UM's probably learned from his mistakes here and will have the Buckeyes a power for many years to come.
mark - 9 years ago
Ohio st. It was a tough 4 for me. Part of me wanted bama, (sec) but I really didnt want them to win another. Oregon I have no interest in. My son likes fsu n ohio st. So ill root with him.
I Hate Cowards! - 9 years ago
Mr. Liar chose to elevate and then decimate UF. He ran away when his best team lost to a strong Alabama team in 2009. He chose OSU because he believed he could be the man in the Bloated 12 conference. He will leave them as well when Harbaugh and the Wolverines start beating him on the field and in recruiting!
GO DUCKS! OH-NO!
sbach66 - 9 years ago
As usual, you miss the boat, Bianchi - it's not about the coaches, it's the schools and the conferences. The UF/OSU rivalry popped up in the 2000's, with the NC games in football and basketball. The inflammatory comments by the Big 10 (11? 12?) Commish helped stoke the anti-OSU fires as well. As usual, you're trying to make something bigger than it is - you are the Jerry Springer of the Sentinel.
Will - 9 years ago
If he wouldnt have left the way he did my answer would change. Him leaving when the going got tough and claiming it was for health reasons, only to take a premier job after one year is a slap in the face. Thanks for the championships but the last impression he left the program with is the one that sticks. Go Ducks!
Harry Bradfod - 9 years ago
As a long time Gator fan, I have a natural dislike of the big ten. I am also a fan of play fast football.
I think as the play fast teams have success , more teams and I hope the Gators are among them will
go to this type of football.
I would pull for FSU over Ohio State if that answers the question!
Patrick - 9 years ago
I don't feel like Meyer is the only choice. You gave us - OSU b/c I appreciate Meyer's trophy count or Oregon b/c I know how he left UF. Those are short sighted and shallow choices.
How about - any team except OSU, hatred is stronger than coaches. Which is just more fun to watch. Or conference hatred (can't stand the B-12-G). Which could actually affect recruiting.
Meyer isn't a factor in which team I'm going to cheer for.
Cheshirecat - 9 years ago
A good coach who's mind was somewhere else in the waning days of his tenure at U of F. A most unprofessional ending to what could have been a stellar career at Fl.
Urban Decay - 9 years ago
Gators and Ducks both live and thrive in swamps, whereas Buckeyes sink to the nasty depths of the swamp. Go Ducks!
Kathy - 9 years ago
As a Gator fan, it has been too much fun watching Ohio State lose over the past 10 years, so no matter who the coach is, I am on board with the other team. It would be even more fun if Urban would wear a sweater vest... Ahh the good ole days!
Jacob Roberts - 9 years ago
Urban, is a great coach but the way he handled our program after that first 4 years says all you need to about why I am rooting for the Ducks. OSU better keep an eye on things because if the Ducks win he could very easily do to them what he did to Florida...aka allow really bad people set examples in the program because the winning is more important than the long term viability of the program.
What a bunch of sad little butthurt Gators....
As an UF alumni, I hate Urban Meyer not because of all the evil things he did , but because of his lies about going to Ohio State. If he had just been honest, he could have departed with dignity. Now he is the least trusted coach in all of NCAA football. I would never root for him to win. Go Ducks!
I have a picture of me shaking The Urbanator's hand back in 2006, ...and it feels like I shook the Devil's!!!! Go Ducks!
Mr. Liar was dishonest and unprofessional upon leaving.
it's not that he left, it's how he left and then returned just a year later. It makes all his enthusiasm for UF seem false, and the the Gator Nation was just a stepping stone.
I'll for sure be rooting for Urban Meyer, To Lose!!
love him or hate him, Urban Meyer is one of the greatest college coaches ever
NEVER - Go Ducks!
Pulling for the ducks. I appreciate the 2 titles Urban provided. Only reason I am pulling for ducks is recruiting. We recruit a lot more against Urban than the ducks. So want to see ducks win and urban not get a bump in recruiting at osu. Also, I cannot stand his wife.
Go Ducks!
The upset is not with Meyer leaving, it was in the way he went about it and in his telling Stefon Diggs and his parents that he (Meyer) would not let his son attend UF because the program was "broken" when he himself was the one that broke it. He is a slimy, self-serving p-o-s.
Here's hoping CFD gets a 911 call early on January 13...
Go Ducks from a former Ohio St. fan who was fortunate to move to Gainesville 20 years ago and become a Gators fan. Urban Liar sold his soul to Satan when he left Bowling Green for Utah after telling BGSU fans he would not leave. When the going got tough at UF, Urban got going.
This gate gal is pulling for a Duck Dynasty. Can't wait to see their unis for this game.
Urban picked up a talented roster, won with it, then ran when the program hit bottom a few years later. I'm glad he's better but the way he left will always be a sore point for most Gator fans. There's that and the other fact that I have never rooted for Ohio State.
Urban is a liar. Will never forgive him for his b.s. exit. He is unethical and a horrible person.
I'm a Michigan transplant, and now a Gator fan. On Monday, I would love to see Urban recreate his idol Woody's famous punch!
OSU fans are probably the cockiest and most classless I've ever encountered. I was in attendance in Glendale for the 2006 title and endured it firsthand. I enjoyed watching them leave early. So it's not hard for me to root against them for that reason alone. Like most, I appreciate Urban for the titles he won at UF, but it's true he left the program in shambles and mailed it in that last year. I firmly believe that he knew full well he was going to follow Jim Tressel. He could have handled it like a man, and I would have respected his decision to pursue that opportunity (like Spurrier). Instead he took the weasel's way out, lied about it and generally screwed UF for the past several years. Then he reported UF for some ticky-tack recruiting issues that turned out to have no basis whatsoever. Then his wife chimed in with her 2 cents earlier this year. Thanks for the titles, Urban, but I won't ever pull for you again.
Has there ever been a college football coach that presided over two such polar extremes in a program? From two NC's and a Heisman to leaving the program in a complete shambles? The success was so great and the fall so rapid that not even complete insiders such as Foley could appreciate the gravity of the problems, particularly the extreme lack of talent in the pipeline on offense and the collapse of discipline and accountability throughout big parts of the team. We needed to bring in a seasoned head coach on the order of Saban to effectively deal with these problems. Instead we got Muschamp. The following four years of mediocrity, and at least another one or two in the future as Mac tries to clean the mess, lay firmly at Urban's feet. That said, would we, if someone had offered, have taken the two NC's and Tebow for all of this misery? Certainly! Meanwhile, UM's probably learned from his mistakes here and will have the Buckeyes a power for many years to come.
Ohio st. It was a tough 4 for me. Part of me wanted bama, (sec) but I really didnt want them to win another. Oregon I have no interest in. My son likes fsu n ohio st. So ill root with him.
Mr. Liar chose to elevate and then decimate UF. He ran away when his best team lost to a strong Alabama team in 2009. He chose OSU because he believed he could be the man in the Bloated 12 conference. He will leave them as well when Harbaugh and the Wolverines start beating him on the field and in recruiting!
GO DUCKS! OH-NO!
As usual, you miss the boat, Bianchi - it's not about the coaches, it's the schools and the conferences. The UF/OSU rivalry popped up in the 2000's, with the NC games in football and basketball. The inflammatory comments by the Big 10 (11? 12?) Commish helped stoke the anti-OSU fires as well. As usual, you're trying to make something bigger than it is - you are the Jerry Springer of the Sentinel.
If he wouldnt have left the way he did my answer would change. Him leaving when the going got tough and claiming it was for health reasons, only to take a premier job after one year is a slap in the face. Thanks for the championships but the last impression he left the program with is the one that sticks. Go Ducks!
As a long time Gator fan, I have a natural dislike of the big ten. I am also a fan of play fast football.
I think as the play fast teams have success , more teams and I hope the Gators are among them will
go to this type of football.
I would pull for FSU over Ohio State if that answers the question!
I don't feel like Meyer is the only choice. You gave us - OSU b/c I appreciate Meyer's trophy count or Oregon b/c I know how he left UF. Those are short sighted and shallow choices.
How about - any team except OSU, hatred is stronger than coaches. Which is just more fun to watch. Or conference hatred (can't stand the B-12-G). Which could actually affect recruiting.
Meyer isn't a factor in which team I'm going to cheer for.
A good coach who's mind was somewhere else in the waning days of his tenure at U of F. A most unprofessional ending to what could have been a stellar career at Fl.
Gators and Ducks both live and thrive in swamps, whereas Buckeyes sink to the nasty depths of the swamp. Go Ducks!
As a Gator fan, it has been too much fun watching Ohio State lose over the past 10 years, so no matter who the coach is, I am on board with the other team. It would be even more fun if Urban would wear a sweater vest... Ahh the good ole days!
Urban, is a great coach but the way he handled our program after that first 4 years says all you need to about why I am rooting for the Ducks. OSU better keep an eye on things because if the Ducks win he could very easily do to them what he did to Florida...aka allow really bad people set examples in the program because the winning is more important than the long term viability of the program.