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It’s time.
Actually, it’s past time.
Way past time.
Here we are on the 20th anniversary of the Florida Gators hiring one of the greatest coaches in college football history and Urban Meyer is still not in the school’s Ring of Honor.
Why?
How?
How can it be that Meyer just got elected into the College Football Hall of Fame earlier this week but he’s not been bestowed UF’s most prestigious football honor?
I wrote a similar column six years ago when Meyer retired from Ohio State, and still he has not been granted access to an exclusive club that includes just five UF players (Tim Tebow, Danny Wuerffel, Emmitt Smith, Wilber Marshall and Jack Youngblood) and one coach (Steve Spurrier).
Spurrier himself believes Meyer belongs in the Ring and actually invited Meyer to a charity fundraiser and fan meet-and-greet at his famous Gainesville, Fla., restaurant — Spurrier’s Gridiron Grille — Friday night. Meyer acknowledged at the fundraiser that he would feel blessed if he were inducted into UF’s Ring of Honor and indicated Spurrier is lobbying for him.
“Coach asked me about the [Ring of Honor], and I think he’s swinging behind the scenes a little bit [to make it happen],” Meyer said.
There actually seemed to be some momentum to make it happen a few years ago, but then came Meyer’s disastrous and embarrassing one-year stint as head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars. After being fired by the Jags before his first season was even complete, Meyer’s infamy reached new lows.
As anybody who has read my column over the years knows, it’s just weird for me to be leading the charge to put Meyer in the Ring of Honor. I don’t know this for a fact, but I’m just guessing that I am Meyer’s least-favorite person in the sports media. I have written column after column over the years blasting him for his ethical and…
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Author : Orlando Sentinel
Publish date : 2025-01-20 10:30:00
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