Urban Meyer keeps making things worse.
In an exclusive interview with ESPN, Meyer sat down with Tom Rinaldi to discuss the entire situation regarding Zach Smith, Courtney Smith and Ohio State.
Rinaldi grilled Meyer and pressed him for answers, but mostly, Meyer just sidestepped all the questions regarding his wife, Shelley, and why she didn’t tell him about the text message conversation she had with Courtney Smith.
Following Meyer’s first public interview since his suspension, Finebaum hopped on SportsCenter to discuss his comments.
“I think his credibility outside of the bubble of Columbus, Ohio is still shattered,” Finebaum said on SportsCenter. “I don’t think many people around the country buy or believe much of what he has said. Having said that, I do know college football fans. He has possibly the second-best team in the country. Once he gets out there, the majority of fans will push all of this away and start wondering ‘is this team good enough to challenge Alabama?’ I know this sounds basic, if you’re concerned about Courtney Smith, which I am and a lot of people are, this may nauseate to a certain level. But that’s the business and nature of college football.”
Finebaum wasn’t impressed with the interview as a whole, and he believes Meyer is just saying the things he has to say in order to get back to the sideline.
“It’s a little hard to take him at face value. Urban Meyer is a very smart football coach. He knows what people are saying. He’s had three-to-six weeks at home to figure all of this out. I think he’s just giving the answers that he has to give. I know that sounds very basic, but that’s what he’s doing. He’s trying to survive this to get back to what he really wants to do. That’s coach football.”
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