2009 College Football Predictions

[guru]

Word now that he suffered a heart attack during the season.

http://www.clickorlando.com/sports/22064093/detail.html

[guru]

Not so fast on that resignation.....

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4774134

[jazzcyclist]

Not so fast on that resignation.....

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4774134

At only 45 years old and at the height of his powers as a coach, Meyer could afford to take a break for three to five years without the demand for his services diminishing at all. I definitely don't think that it would be a career killer if he were to go and sit in the announcer's booth for a few years, get healthy and return to the sidelines at 50 years old with that burning desire to coach burning brighter than ever.

[guru]

Interesting(and slightly bizarre) that both Cincinnati and Florida will have their respective offensive coordinators running the show in Sugar Bowl.

Whodathunk that scenario a month ago?

[mcgato]

Meyer will coach the bowl game. I think that his unspecified role will hurt the program, though. Since he is not really retiring, they won't be able to bring in a top flight head coach. Since he won't be coaching, the recruiting will probably suffer. I am going to look for something definitive in the next few weeks.

[jazzcyclist]

Since he is not really retiring, they won't be able to bring in a top flight head coach. Since he won't be coaching, the recruiting will probably suffer.

Exactly! Having a situation in which the head coach's status is in limbo can not be good for recruiting.

[guru]

What the hell is wrong with college coaches this year?

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls09/n ... id=4776848

[jazzcyclist]

What the hell is wrong with college coaches this year?

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls09/n ... id=4776848

And now he's been fired, thus missing out on $800,000 that Texas Tech would have owed him if he coached through the bowl game.

[donley2]

What the hell is wrong with college coaches this year?

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls09/n ... id=4776848

Little different take on this story.

http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/col ... 60979.html

[dukehjsteve]

As always, in any story, there is a minimum of 3 sides to it.

[Pego]

Not so fast on that resignation.....

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4774134

This seems to be a sequel of events.

1. UM goes repeatedly to the ER with chest paints and various symptoms (tingling in his body...).

2. ESPN reports a "heart muscle damage".

3. UM resigns "at the urging of his family". This "urging" he refers to in the interview as "a sign from God".

4. Next day he unresigns "at the urging of his players", changes it to "indefinite leave of absence. No divine powers invoked.

5. "Stress" is reported as a cause. Apparently no heart damage exists.

6. UM predicts to return in August.


How difficult is it, under the above circumstances, to be cynical?

[Marlow]

How difficult is it, under the above circumstances, to be cynical?

This is a disaster recruiting-wise for Florida.

He SHOULD quit, but can't. He'd be bored spitless and even his wife understands that. He has a brain-cyst that gives him migraines and a heart condition that is not life-threatening normally, but exacerbated by stress, which COULD lead to a heart trauma. I think he and the family realize it's better to follow your passion and try and take precautions, then live your life in fear of what 'could be'.

[Pego]

How difficult is it, under the above circumstances, to be cynical?

This is a disaster recruiting-wise for Florida.

He SHOULD quit, but can't. He'd be bored spitless and even his wife understands that. He has a brain-cyst that gives him migraines and a heart condition that is not life-threatening normally, but exacerbated by stress, which COULD lead to a heart trauma. I think he and the family realize it's better to follow your passion and try and take precautions, then live your life in fear of what 'could be'.

Anarachnoid cyst is an asymtomatic, incidental radiological finding. It certainly does not prevent anybody from having headaches. I did see this reference in the press, but you won't find it in neurological literature.

Do you know, where is that "heart condition" referenced?

[Marlow]

Do you know, where is that "heart condition" referenced?

Here's the quote:

Meyer said that he might need a procedure to alleviate chest pains that started four years ago, but would not say if he had a heart condition. He insisted he didn't have a heart attack and refused to say whether doctors told him to step away.
"I'd rather not get into that," Meyer said.

'Not wanting to go into that' sounds ominous to me. He could have easily denied it, if he didn't have a problem.

[Pego]

Do you know, where is that "heart condition" referenced?

Here's the quote:

Meyer said that he might need a procedure to alleviate chest pains that started four years ago, but would not say if he had a heart condition. He insisted he didn't have a heart attack and refused to say whether doctors told him to step away.
"I'd rather not get into that," Meyer said.

'Not wanting to go into that' sounds ominous to me. He could have easily denied it, if he didn't have a problem.

If you have a coronary artery occlusion that gives you 4 years of angina, you are on an operating table before you can count to three. I am not aware of arrhytmias giving you chest pain, but that would also require some intervention.

As you can see, I have hard time believing anything, UM says about his health situation.