How college football could look if Urban Meyer never left the Florida Gators
By Logan Shaw
Dec 6, 2014; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes celebrate after defeating the Wisconsin Badgers in the Big Ten football championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium. Ohio State defeats Wisconsin 59-0. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports
Would the Buckeyes be the top dog in the Big 10 without Meyer?
In Meyer’s three seasons at Ohio State, the Buckeyes have lost only three games, finishing his first season undefeated, but if Meyer hadn’t pulled a Brett Favre and unretired, would the Big Ten still run through Ohio State?
The better first question has to be: who would be the Buckeyes’ head coach?
After Tressel’s departure, Fickell was hired as an interim head coach, but was unsuccessful in his only season as the Buckeyes’ head coach.
The 2012 off-season was full prime head coaching candidates, including Gus Malzahn, who left Auburn to take the head coaching job at Arkansas State, Bill O’Brien, Hugh Freeze, Kevin Sumlin, and Jim Mora, Jr.
Can you imagine if Gus Malzahn would’ve taken the Ohio State job, instead of Arkansas State? Where would Auburn be? Where would Ohio State be? Boom. Mind blown.
Out of all the candidates above, Malzahn would’ve made the most sense, and I think Malzahn would’ve had similar amounts of success in Columbus as Meyer, maybe not a championship, though.
The Buckeyes would still be the Buckeyes, but I don’t think, without Meyer, they would be as dominant in the Big Ten as they are now. I mean, goodnight, they beat Wisconsin, 59-0, in the Big 10 Championship game. You cannot be more dominant than that.
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