Last year, it sounded like wishful thinking. Last month, it sounded like old-fashioned trollin'. Even last week, it sounded like a bout of senility. But as the NCAA noose begins to tighten and Jim Tressel's future at Ohio State looks less and less certain by the day, it's official: The Urban Meyer-to-Ohio State chatter has gone mainstream.
That's in large part because Meyer happens to be available after walking away from another power gig at Florida last December, and in even larger part because there couldn't be�a more perfect fit in Columbus if Tressel gets the ax: Meyer grew up in Ohio, went to school in Ohio (Cincinnati) and landed his first graduate assistant job at Ohio State, where he picked up a master's degree and a wife. Who also grew up in Ohio. He's made no secret of his admiration of former Buckeye coach Earle Bruce, who served as an important father figure early in Meyer's career. There is no good reason ?�if the job happens to come open, and we are not saying it will ? that Meyer wouldn't be at the top of the list to fill it, and wouldn't give it a long, serious thought.
In the meantime, his daughter Nicki politely requests that you shut up about it:
Girl, please, like a denial is going to stop anybody. Remember: Your dad said the same thing about those Urban-to-Notre Dame rumors before Charlie Weis was fired in 2009, too. And look how that turned out.
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