Hey, Urban Meyer, you're not fooling anyone. We know you want to get back into coaching college football. We know you've been talking to Ohio State about it and, more likely than not, have probably been offered the job for a substantial sum of money.
Usually, where there's smoke, there's fire, and the billows of ash flying between Columbus, Ohio, and Bristol, Conn., right now are difficult to ignore. They may even be interfering with air traffic, for all we know.
So, before you have to go about removing yourself from another ESPN broadcast or studio show, why don't you do the world and, much more importantly, yourself and your family a favor and just come clean with it?
No one will be surprised beyond belief or have their socks knocked off if you simply confirmed what the world already knows.
And it's not like we haven't seen this act from you in the past—at Bowling Green before you left for Utah and at Utah before you left for Florida. Thanksgiving comes around, your team is doing well, there are reports that you're taking a job elsewhere and your only response is to tell everyone that you're looking forward to having a nice meal with your family.
Certainly, nobody would fault you too much for that sort of response in those situations. After all, you still had a team to coach in those instances and, as such, you probably didn't want to distract your players or fuel any sort of media circus that would obstruct you from completing the task at hand.
But you're not coaching anyone this time, Urb (can I call you Urb? Maybe Urbie?). There are no kids in pads awaiting your instructions, no assistants following your lead, no university presidents and athletic directors who would feel slighted by you playing footsie under the table with another school.
Are you worried about distracting the players at Ohio State from preparing for the Big Game against Michigan on Saturday? Well, rumor has it, they've hit their fair share of snags in the road recently and could probably handle one more, even if interim head coach Luke Fickell wouldn't be too happy about it.
I'm sure we could all respect your reasoning if that were the case, but just say it. Don't let everyone else make assumptions and put words in your mouth.
Because, realistically, why else, under these circumstances, would you recuse yourself from doing work for the Worldwide Leader?
Of course, with two BCS National Championships under your belt, you don't really owe anyone any explanation whatsoever, but it sure would make your life easier, wouldn't it?
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