Does this mean Florida is going to give up their 1996 national title? Should FSU have gotten rings before the 1997 Sugar Bowl?:shrug:
Urban Meyer, from the Florida Times-Union:
"I think that'd be unfair to Ohio State, and I think it'd be unfair to the country," Meyer said. "I just don't believe that's the right thing to do. You're going to tell Ohio State they have to go beat the same team twice, which is extremely difficult, and you're going to tell teams that played their hearts out [that they can't play for the national title] ... they [Michigan] had their chances. Ohio State is No. 1, someone has a chance to go get No. 1.
"If that [rematch] does happen, it's over. All the presidents need to get together immediately and put together a playoff system, I mean like now, January, or whenever to get that done."
"USC, you could make a case for them, and you could make a case for us," Meyer said. "I think Arkansas would be a little more difficult to make one, because they were head-to-head [with USC] and they got beat [by 36] by a team that's right there. Same thing with Notre Dame. Not that they're not deserving, but the fact is they got beat at home [by Michigan] by a substantial margin.
"I think they're both excellent teams, but realistically the one team out there is the University of Florida, and probably Southern Cal. But Southern Cal got beat by an unranked team. We went to a hostile environment [at Auburn], played our heart out, we were on the six-yard line and failed to get it done."
If a Michigan ? Ohio State rematch does occur?
"If I'm Ohio State, I go get a bunch of rings picked out and say, 'We won the national championship,'" Meyer said. "That's not right."
Urban Meyer, from the Florida Times-Union:
"I think that'd be unfair to Ohio State, and I think it'd be unfair to the country," Meyer said. "I just don't believe that's the right thing to do. You're going to tell Ohio State they have to go beat the same team twice, which is extremely difficult, and you're going to tell teams that played their hearts out [that they can't play for the national title] ... they [Michigan] had their chances. Ohio State is No. 1, someone has a chance to go get No. 1.
"If that [rematch] does happen, it's over. All the presidents need to get together immediately and put together a playoff system, I mean like now, January, or whenever to get that done."
"USC, you could make a case for them, and you could make a case for us," Meyer said. "I think Arkansas would be a little more difficult to make one, because they were head-to-head [with USC] and they got beat [by 36] by a team that's right there. Same thing with Notre Dame. Not that they're not deserving, but the fact is they got beat at home [by Michigan] by a substantial margin.
"I think they're both excellent teams, but realistically the one team out there is the University of Florida, and probably Southern Cal. But Southern Cal got beat by an unranked team. We went to a hostile environment [at Auburn], played our heart out, we were on the six-yard line and failed to get it done."
If a Michigan ? Ohio State rematch does occur?
"If I'm Ohio State, I go get a bunch of rings picked out and say, 'We won the national championship,'" Meyer said. "That's not right."
