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Nebraska coaching search: Urban Meyer praises Cornhuskers’ program, discusses future of team
By Corey Long
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Urban Meyer had thoughts on the Nebraska coaching situation, after the Cornhuskers fired Scott Frost on Sunday after four-plus seasons.
Meyer, who won two BCS championships (2006, 2008) at Florida and the first CFP national championship (2014) at Ohio State, has been the subject of loose rumors linking him to the Nebraska job.
He made an appearance on B1G Today on the Big Ten Network and gave his thoughts on the Nebraska program, its strengths and drawbacks.
“They were the Alabama of college football,” Meyer said. “They had great players, high draft picks, an offense you couldn’t stop and the blackshirts on defense. That corridor of football between Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M, Arkansas, Nebraska, in my early adult life, that was the best football in the country.”
Meyer, however, acknowledges that Nebraska’s move to the Big Ten and the split of the Southwest Conference, Big Eight, Big XII group of teams has affected the program’s ability to recruit in some areas.
“They had an identity in Texas recruiting and California recruiting,” Meyer continued. [Now] you’re now playing teams, obviously in the Midwest and East Coast. For the families in Texas and families in California, they really don’t have that much interest because you don’t get to see your kids play.”
Meyer clearly has reverence for the Nebraska program and its history. One would think if people representing the program reached out to him or his agent, they would answer.
The questions about Meyer won’t stop this weekend when he will be in Lincoln with FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff pregame show in advance of Nebraska hosting Oklahoma.
Do you see a potential fit for Meyer at Nebraska?
Corey Long is a freelance writer for SaturdayDownSouth.com. Follow Corey on Twitter @CoreyLong.
