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REPORT: Texas Officials Have Met With Urban Meyer

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Texas officials have reportedly met with legendary football coach Urban Meyer.

According to FootballScoop.com, officials representing the Longhorns hopped on a jet for a meeting with the retired Ohio State coach “earlier this week.” (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)

 

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University of Texas president Jay Hartzell and athletics director Chris Del Conte were both reportedly part of the meeting.

Speculation has been growing that Texas will make a run at Meyer if the program fires head coach Tom Herman.

 

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Well, this sure makes me look like a bit of an idiot. I went on an entire rant Thursday about how there was no chance in hell Urban Meyer would be hired by Texas.

I lamented the people pushing the idea that he was going to rush out of retirement to coach the Longhorns.

 

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Now, it’s Friday, a meeting between the two sides has reportedly taken place and it looks like there might be some actual smoke here instead of just internet rumors.

 

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Having said all of that, I still think it’s incredibly unlikely Meyer is coaching Texas next season. He might be entertaining the offer to leverage a bigger deal out of Fox Sports and he might just be trying to scratch the itch.

However, there’s a huge difference between listening to a proposal and actually agreeing to come out of retirement again.

 

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I just don’t see Meyer doing it. I might be wrong, but I’m just not buying in right now.