We have all had that wild night out which no one remembers and everyone regrets; however, nobody cares when it is a couple of washed-up beer league hockey players sitting around the dive bar next to the rink.
People will take notice if you are a current NFL and a former NCAA National Championship winning coach.
In case you haven’t heard yet, after the heartbreaking loss Meyer and the Jaguars faced Thursday night in Cincinnati, Urban Meyer decided to stay in Ohio to visit friends and family. Then over the weekend a video went viral showing a very attractive, young blond girl grinding up on the Jaguars coach while he sat on a barstool.
As someone who has frequented Ohio, Urban’s biggest mistake was staying in Ohio. For anyone currently in Ohio, I have one piece of advice: GET OUT! Nothing good happens in Ohio.
When asked about the incident, Urban is claiming it was a dinner and a few fan photographs that got out of hand, and for once, I actually believe he is telling the truth – to an extent. Meyer stated “they were trying to pull me out on the dance floor, screwing around, and I should have left.”
Which after looking at the tweet sent, it seems fairly believable. I mean everyone deserves a night out and to enjoy a friend’s birthday, right?
Now let’s look at the video and photos which went viral over the weekend:
Clearly the blond girl is the aggressor. It would be one thing if Urban was up, grinding on her; however, clearly, he is sitting on the barstool and she is “backing that thang” up on him.
Then in other photos, it seemed as though they were candid fan photos with people looking for a nasty twist. Look at those pictures and tell me that besides looking more than a bit buzzed, Meyer was really doing anything wrong?
Both looked like standard “hey coach, can we get a photo” type poses and I do not see any reason to believe otherwise. And as you can see in the “who is this he keeps flirting with me” photo, he is even wearing his wedding ring. It is not like he pocketed that and was going out dirty old man style.
This being said, it is such a big deal because he is one of the most famous coaches in all of football. So, where Meyer did screw up is by letting anyone snap a photo of him while intoxicated. It wasn’t such a big deal 15 years ago before camera phones became the new normal. Now you cannot have a good time at a bar without someone trying to record it, especially if you are popular, relevant, or famous.
Although conspiracy theorist seem to think Urban Meyer is doing all of this intentionally to make the jump from Jacksonville to the vacancy left at USC. If you stop to think about it, it kind of makes sense.
He puts a pathetic product on the field each week, makes several questionable calls that ultimately cost the Jags the game, and then gets busted dancing around with co-eds at a local Ohio bar? Not a good look for a NFL coach.
The Jaguars blew a two-touchdown lead to the Bengals who are only a small step better, if that, then them on Thursday night. Not to discredit the Bengals or Joe Burrow’s efforts; however, there were more than a few play calls which were suspect. Why did the Jags go for it on 4th and goal when a field goal would have put them up by 3 scores?
In 34 years, we have never seen Urban out in the spotlight like this before; why now at some random Ohio bar is he dancing with girls who look to be his daughter’s age? Besides the rumors of eligibility and other NCAA violations, Urban has always kept his public image clean. Why slip up now in his first year in the NFL?
While I do not mean to sound like I should put on my tinfoil had and rush off to Area 51, it all seems a little too convenient with his name still circling around the USC job. Is his goal to get fired from Jacksonville and be able to take over the Trojans? I mean the Jaguars are bad, but would you really want to be dealing with the issues going on at USC?
On top of that, his wife is sending out tweets with a hashtag saying # BuddyDeservedANightOut. Don’t you think she would be more pissed if he was grinding and hitting on women half his age? Unless she is on the “get fired from Jacksonville and take the USC job” plan as well.
Something smells fishy here and it isn’t just Jacksonville Beach this time. Is Meyer tanking to be a Trojan? Is he trying to get out of Jacksonville to move to Los Angeles?