Sports Illustrated Joins the Urban Meyer Parade

By 11W Staff - 18 April 2012
32 Comments

But since it's written by Austin Murphy there aren't any anonymous crackhead whistleblowers or tales of 30-year old raffles.

Source sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1197383/1/index.ht...

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BritishBuckeye on 18 Apr 2012 - 2:10pm #

Enjoyable read. Nice to finally have some journalism that tells a story rather than making one up.

FortMeyer on 18 Apr 2012 - 2:34pm #

Good read. M. Hayes and the Sporting News could take a lesson.

toledobuckeyefanjim on 18 Apr 2012 - 3:30pm #

Dohrmann must have been too busy shining his Pulitzer Prize to write this story.

Doc on 18 Apr 2012 - 3:36pm #

Great read, thanks for sharing Ramzy. I liked the part when Urban was going to make the reporter change his blue shirt. He gets Ohio State and the rivalry and the entire enchillada. I can not wait for Saturday and the season to start. Go Bucks!

DefendOhio on 18 Apr 2012 - 4:07pm #

Loved Fickell's raw and honest quote.

DJ on 19 Apr 2012 - 10:41pm #

Same. I also thought the "I'd have rather done it with less class and won a little more" was telling as well.

If nothing else: Marionaire.

bucki5 on 18 Apr 2012 - 4:56pm #

Hmm . . . what gives? This isn't a smear piece, I don't get it.

Sgt. Elias Mod on 18 Apr 2012 - 5:35pm #

Awesome...

Like Hayes, Meyer prefers not to let the word Michigan cross his lips, referring to it only as "that school up north." When a reporter recently arrived at his office in a navy button-down, the coach declared, "We might have to find you a different shirt." When the reporter smiled, Meyer turned to an assistant and said, without smiling, "He thinks I'm kidding."

"I 've got an El Camino full of rampage"-- Sterling Archer, codename: Duchess

AngelHeartsBuckeyes on 18 Apr 2012 - 5:55pm #

Sorry. Still not enough to make me like that rag.

Buckeye born and bred. Buckeye til I'm dead.

JakeBuckeye on 18 Apr 2012 - 6:46pm #

You're not enjoying Meyer? Not agreeing or disagreeing with you, I just like to get fans viewpoints on this.

October 20th: National Kenneth Guiton Day

William on 18 Apr 2012 - 6:49pm #

I think she was talking about Sports Illustrated?

AngelHeartsBuckeyes on 18 Apr 2012 - 7:15pm #

DEF talking about SI...lol

Buckeye born and bred. Buckeye til I'm dead.

JakeBuckeye on 18 Apr 2012 - 8:14pm #

Sorry

October 20th: National Kenneth Guiton Day

Is it Saturday Yet on 18 Apr 2012 - 8:31pm #

You thought he was referring to Meyer as "rag"? That made me lulz.

JakeBuckeye on 18 Apr 2012 - 8:36pm #

Yes, I thought she* was referring him as a rag. Thought the subject was Meyer, not SI. Glad you were able to laugh today.

October 20th: National Kenneth Guiton Day

Is it Saturday Yet on 19 Apr 2012 - 4:38pm #

My bad Angel. *she

dbit on 18 Apr 2012 - 5:56pm #

The funny thing about sporting news is..... Just a few years earlier they named him "coach of the decade".

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gators/content/sporting-news-names-urban-m...

Flip flop much?

buckeyedude on 19 Apr 2012 - 8:11am #

I cancelled my subscription to SI long before Tatgate. Wish I had waited. It is a rag, in most cases.

"Here officer, hold my beer while I find my license."

SensibleBuckeye on 18 Apr 2012 - 7:51pm #

Sounds like SI took some liberities:

[In February five players were late for a meeting. This tardiness, paired with what Meyer called "a couple of incorrect decisions" made by players over the following weekend, resulted in a harsh consequence: The entire team was subjected to a week of 5 a.m. outdoor conditioning drills in 10° weather.]

Ummmm, last I checked we had one of the warmest February's in a generation and there were no days when we even came close to being as cold as 10 degrees

JakeBuckeye on 18 Apr 2012 - 8:44pm #

Don't live in Ohio so I wouldn't know what the weather was like in February, but wouldn't the fact that it was 5 am make it colder outside than the what the temp. was the rest of the day?

October 20th: National Kenneth Guiton Day

BuckeyeW on 18 Apr 2012 - 10:51pm #

Living in Cleveland and I don't even remember lows in the teens. We barely got a few days of snow.

ArTbkward on 19 Apr 2012 - 9:03am #

Yes, just before the sun rises is typically the coldest part of the day so usually between 4-6am. This is February's weather for Columbus, whoever mentioned the coldest lows were just before Valentine's Day was right.

We should strive to keep thy name, of fair repute and spotless fame...
(Also, I'm not a dude)

Seth4Bucks on 19 Apr 2012 - 1:36pm #

I'd think so as well. I know Army PT is no joke at 0630 in the winter. . . bleh

FortMeyer on 19 Apr 2012 - 7:50am #

@Sensible you made me wonder so I checked weather records and the low temp recorded for that month was around ten degrees on the 10th, 11th, and 12th. In thinking back it did seem warm but for a couple of days. We had such few cold days they seem hard to remember I guess.

doctor_brutus on 18 Apr 2012 - 11:11pm #

There were 3 or 4 days leading up to Valentine's Day with temps in the teens, including a low of 14 on Feb. 11. Maybe this is what they spoke of. I don't remember this week much because I was in Jamaica and it was 70-75 every night. :o)

BritishBuckeye on 19 Apr 2012 - 6:58am #

schooey on 19 Apr 2012 - 8:27am #

I am still boycotting SI over that tatgate piece of trash they published by that gossip guy that won some award.

Pam on 19 Apr 2012 - 8:36am #

I canceled both SI (subscriber for over 20 years) and ESPN the Mag. I couldn't wait to find them in my mailbox. Then came "the article" and "busted" written on a sweater vest. Don't miss either one.

Doc on 19 Apr 2012 - 10:33am #

I get SI sent to the office for free, somehow. The only one I look at all year is the swimsuit issue. Even that is getting weak over the last few years.

buckeyechad on 19 Apr 2012 - 11:34am #

Despite the obviously piece of crap written on Tress, I find SI has some of the best articles around. For the most part extremely well written and informative.

Poison nuts on 20 Apr 2012 - 11:17am #

Anyway - whether you do or don't like SI - this was a breath of fresh air. Nice to see some journalism actually take place on the subject of UFM. Seemed like a fair & unbiased account of the past & present.

The world is full of kings & queens who'll blind your eyes & steal your dreams - it's heaven & hell - Ronnie James Dio.