Since Scott Frost was fired, Nebraska football fans have been clamoring for former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer. However, it appears that Urban Meyer isn’t exactly clamoring for the Huskers’ head coaching job. Or really any head coaching job if a recent report is to be believed.
The interest in the man who left Ohio State in disgrace after covering up an assistant coach’s abuse of his wife; was never more evident than when Nebraska football fans chanted “we want Urban” during Fox’s pre-game show “Big Noon Saturday.” However it appears that all the chanting in the world was never actually going to get the failed Jacksonville Jaguars head coach to Lincoln.
On Sunday morning, Pete Thamel tweeted out that the Fox Sports analyst isn’t planning on joining the coaching ranks this season, at least. Interestingly, Thamel also claimed there hadn’t been any contact between the Nebraska football team and Urban Meyer.
That last part seems a bit suspect as reports on Saturday was that the two sides had met. Most people who understand that Huskers AD Trev Alberts was never going to offer the former Buckeyes head coach the job believed that meeting was more about picking the brain of a college football veteran than talking a job offer.
Source: There’s been no contact between Nebraksa and Urban Meyer. He’s expected to remain at FOX and not pursue coaching opportunities.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) September 18, 2022
Any meeting between the two sides certainly seemed like it would happen at some point this weekend. The analyst was in Lincoln after all. Alberts would have been silly not to talk. But, the university has made it clear both publicly and through back channels that it wasn’t interested in the man for its opening.
That might have been a moot point all along. It looks like Urban Meyer isn’t all that interested in Nebraska football. That shouldn’t shock anyone for all sorts of reasons. Right at the top of the list is that if he’s not coaching, talk about the times he hired a man accused of racist comments and actions doesn’t get as loud. Nor does the stuff about covering for his abusive assistant. He’s where he belongs and the Nebraska football team is better off in the long run if he stays there.