Urban Meyer

UM Recruit on Saying 'No' to Urban Meyer: "It Looked Like He Was a Baby About To Cry"

Five-star offensive lineman KC McDermott has only been committed to the University of Miami since April, but already he has made an epic mark in the school's legacy of "swag." McDermott was also heavily recruited by Ohio State and their megalomanic coach Urban Meyer. Saying "no" to Meyer appears t ... More >>

LeBron James Was Offered a Notre Dame Football Scholarship by Urban Meyer

This is awkward information for fans of both the Miami Heat and the Miami Hurricanes.Turns out Urban Meyer, now head coach of Ohio State and formerly the head coach of the Florida Gators and wide receivers coach at Notre Dame, once offered LeBron James a scholarship to play football for the Fighting ... More >>

Report: Urban Meyer Let UF Players Run Wild

With two national championships and a Christian morals poster boy in Tim Tebow, it's easy to look at Urban Meyer's reign with the University of Florida Gators as some sort of shining example of the best of college football.A new report from the Sporting News suggests otherwise. Former players says M ... More >>

Spurrier Urban Wiley: Gator Mom Wants to Change Son's Name After Urban Meyers Takes Ohio State Job

​Don't question University of Florida graduate Jen Wiley's commitment to the Florida Gators. She's such a fan of the team that she named her kid Spurrier Urban Wiley after two of the team's most (or really only) notable football coaches. However, now that Urban Meyer has decided to take the reigns ... More >>

Tim Tebow Named Bronco's Starting QB Just In Time For Dolphins to Honor Him

​Tim Tebow has been named the new starting quarterback of the Denver Broncos according to several reports, and now he'll be looking forward to the opposing team hosting a celebration partially in his honor during his first starting game. As if the Dolphins' plan to honor the 2009 University of Flo ... More >>

Urban Meyer and Randy Shannon Land Gigs on ESPN

​Former UF coach Urban Meyer and former UM coach Randy Shannon saw their careers as heads of two of Florida's big three college football teams come to an end after this season for very different reasons, but they both appear to be headed to the same place: ESPN of course. Meyer, who won two nation ... More >>

Letters from the issue of December 30, 2010

Letters from the issue of December 23, 2010

Urban Meyer's real reason for retiring

Urban Meyer Leaves UF to Protect His Legacy

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke probes Urban Meyer's resignation as head coach of University of Florida's football team.Urban Meyer is not retiring becau ... More >>

Uncle Luke Claims Randy Shannon To Texas Done Deal, Longhorns Spokesman Won't Confirm

Randy Shannon​Miami New Times columnist and volunteer high school football coach Luther Campbell has got the sports media blogs jumping on his Twitter feed. Deadspin just posted an item about Campbell's tweet that Randy Shannon, recently fired as the University of Miami's football head coach, has ... More >>

Here Come the Jon Gruden to Florida Rumors

I'm half convinced that the only reason we're hearing Jon Gruden's name come up in the coaching search at the University of Florida is just to spark the ire of Miami fans. After the 'Canes came up cold in their pursuit of Gruden, it really would sting if he ended up in Gainseville. Of course, there ... More >>

Urban Meyer to Step Down as Gators' Coach

​Yet another of Florida's "big three" college football teams will be coach-less as Urban Meyer is expected to his announce his resignation as coach at the University of Florida at a press conference later this afternoon. From a statement Meyer has already released it seems that the decision is lin ... More >>

With Dan Mullen Possibly Headed to Florida, Where Does That Leave Miami's Coach Search?

​Urban Meyer's resignation couldn't have come at a worse time for the Miami Hurricanes. While it's all just chitter chatter at the moment, it makes total sense that UF would be interested in Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen. Which is bad news for Miami AD Kirby Hocutt, who reportedly possibly ha ... More >>

Who Will Be The Miami Hurricanes Next Coach? Here's Every Rumored Candidate

We still have mixed emotions over the firing of Randy Shannon, but it's time to move on and start wildly speculating on who will be the next coach of the Miami Hurricanes. Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt has hired a firm to assist in the quest, and reportedly the 'Canes will be looking for someone wh ... More >>

Mississippi State's Dan Mullen Is The One Smearing Cam Newton

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Today, Luke comes to Cam Newton's defense.There is a campaign to destroy the reputation of Auburn Tigers quarterback Cam Newton, ... More >>

Lane Kiffin Still Plans to Make an Ass of Himself While Recruiting Florida Players

​In the past 50 years, there have been only three private universities with football teams that matter: Notre Dame, USC, and, of course, Miami. Notre Dame has a rabid fan base and lots of history, USC has history too and benefits from the NFL's absence in L.A., and Miami pulled itself ou ... More >>

Champs Sports Bowl: Miami vs. Wisconsin

​Champs Sports Bowl: Miami Hurricanes vs Wisconsin Badgers, 8 p.m. ESPNSince college football doesn't have anything resembling a meaningful post-season, the most you can ask for besides ending up in a BCS bowl is an entertaining season. And boy did Canes fans get it this year. There was the joy of ... More >>

Urban Meyer Health Problems? Top 10 Foods That Cause Heartburn

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Urban_Meyer_spring2008practice1.jpgUuhhh, I shouldnt've ate thsoe chili nacho bacon wings for breakfast.​ One time, we spent an excruciating 45 minutes at a family dinner thinking a tapeworm was chewing up our insides. Turns out we just had a mean case of hea ... More >>

Students Told to Butt Out: Florida Colleges Restrict Outdoor Smoking

"Nah bra, it's just a 'herbal cigarette.' Oh, that's banned too, now?"​Theoretically, college campuses are supposed to be safe havens for all sorts of new experiences and personal freedoms. Ideally, that means intellectual pursuits, but let's be real -- in Florida that means the freedom to experie ... More >>

Miami vs. South Florida: So That Was a Rivalry Game, Huh?

​For a sold-out 65,000-plus seat complex during a supposed rivalry game, Raymond James Stadium was eerily quiet throughout much of Saturday's game between the Miami Hurricanes and the South Florida Bulls.Your intrepid blogger braved sitting in the USF student section and was warned by a Bulls fan ... More >>

Can You Smell What Fall is Cooking?

UF Football Team Plays Down It's Status as New Thug U

A University of Miami football player gets a parking ticket and every sports outlet in the country would rush to get the scoop. A University of Florida player getting arrested? Well, no one seems to notice that much despite the fact it's happen to twenty players since Urban Meyer showed up in Decemb ... More >>

Warren Sapp is Classy