Take it to the bank...Urban Meyer is gone. His stock will never be higher than it is right now, and ND is his dream job. Not to mention he has no real ties to Utah and Utah has no real tradition to make him feel any loyalty (all their great accomplishments in the past 25 years have been made by him). I'm a Solich supporter, but there's no way Utah is taking him. I voted for Utah State actually.
ESPN radio said this morning Meyer was going to South Bend today to talk about the job. They also said if he takes it he probably won't coach Utah in the bowl game.
It's true, but this happens occasionally and usually the coach doesn't coach in the bowl game. #1, he usually wants to get going with his new team on recruiting, exc. #2, a lot of people in the program will feel like it won't be the same with him coaching knowing he's headed somewhere else right after the game. It's hard for players to get up for a guy they know wants to be somewhere else. It's almost like having an outsider coaching you. But that might not be the case with Utah because Meyer is the best coach they've ever had, even though he's only been there 2 years.
He's said that, but I think it depends on what ND and Utah want. Notre Dame might say they want him right away if he's coming. Utah might not want him to coach the game because of what I said before, but that's less likely.
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