When Ohio State Buckeyes starting quarterback Kyle McCord entered the transfer portal on Monday, it came as a shock to many. And apparently, that included former Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer.
During a recent podcast with Tim May of On3, Urban Meyer expressed his confusion with this decision from Kyle McCord.
“That made no sense,” Meyer said according to On3. “I’m still trying to comprehend it. I tried to take a position of Kyle or even Ohio State, and it just doesn’t compute.”
Meyer seems to think that McCord should have chosen to stay at Ohio State and compete for the starting quarterback spot once again.
“I’m trying to make it compute, because I want to be empathetic and I want to say, ‘OK, I understand.’ There’s no place better for Kyle than Ohio State. That place does not exist, unless he’s being guaranteed a starting spot,” Meyer said. “But once again, I don’t agree with that’s the best place. I think iron sharpens iron, steel sharpens steel. The best thing that anybody can ever do is go and compete your tail off, get better and maximize who you are as a player.”
Meyer made it clear that while he doesn’t know McCord personally, he simply thinks that Ohio State is the best place that McCord could have been.
“I’m not ripping Kyle at all, because I don’t know him. I admire him, and I think he was in a tough situation all year. But yea, I didn’t dig in too hard because I don’t want to. But it does not compute with me. I guess I love Ohio State, and I think competition brings out the best in you,” Meyer said.
“If he goes to a better place than Ohio State, I’ll be the first one to say he went to a better place. I just don’t know.”
It’s worth noting that Meyer’s son-in-law, Corey Dennis, is currently Ohio State’s quarterbacks coach under head coach Ryan DAy.
