While the Urban Meyer to Nebraska football rumors have been shot down both by the university and the former Ohio State head coach, talk about a union between the two sides persists. Part of the reason the whispers around a potential teammup is because there are people both around Nebraska football and Urban Meyer who think it would be a good fit.
When it comes to the Fox Sports analyst, one person who thinks Meyer should be a Husker is none other than one of his former quarterbacks, Tim Tebow.
The former Florida Gator went on the Dan Patrick Show on Tuesday to discuss all things football. It took no time at all for the topic to turn to whether he thought his former coach was going to return to the college football ranks and where that return should take place.
“I would go Nebraska,” Tebow said. “You have one of the best fanbases in college football. You have the ability to raise money there, and now with the NIL in college football that even though it’s not the best recruiting base, Nebraska still has a pretty well-known name and you can be able to rally that fanbase to go get the players you need.”
There is another reason that the former quarterback believes Meyer should be aiming for Nebraska football.
"“I just think the tradition… to see the way (Nebraska) fans rally. I just think if they got someone like an Urban, you could rally it very fast and get more players than maybe a lot of places around the country.”"
One of the most interesting things about comments like this is that they do come just when a great deal of the Husker fan base seemed to finally be coming around to the idea that school was going to have to look elsewhere for its replacement for Scott Frost.
While I will continue to believe the university has absolutely no interest in hiring Urban Meyer, the number of people who are apparently trying to push him towards Nebraska football is interesting.