Kirk Herbstreit thinks Urban Meyer is 1 of 2 coaches that can fix Texas football
With Tom Herman on the hottest of hot seats, Kirk Herbstreit thinks Urban Meyer is the man who can fix Texas Longhorns’ football.
Tom Herman’s four seasons as the head coach of the Texas Longhorns has had more downs than ups, with a 30-18 record heading into Saturday’s game against Kansas State. Last week’s loss to Iowa State ramped up the speculation about Herman’s job status, despite a substantial buyout.
Texas has two winnable games left, against 4-5 Kansas State and 0-8 Kansas. Winning both would give the Longhorns a 7-3 record on the shortened season, which wouldn’t be that bad even without a trip to the Big 12 Championship Game. That said, losses to TCU, chief rival Oklahoma and Iowa State mean Herman has not brought the program back to lofty standards with time to theoretically do so.
On Saturday’s College GameDay, Kirk Herbstreit dismissed the idea Herman can save his job starting with a win over Kansas State.
Can Urban Meyer fix Texas?
“Tom Herman winning this game doesn’t matter. This thing’s been going on for 70 years…to me it’s unrealistic expectations. It’s nine regents that have the power of Jerry Jones. Imagine having nine Jerry Joneses looking over your shoulder. It’s going to take an Urban Meyer, Nick Saban personality to be able to handle that, to be able to win games.”
They tried to get Saban years ago and swung and missed. They hope to avoid history repeating itself with the pursuit of Meyer.
At halftime of Saturday’s game against Kansas State, FOX analyst Joel Klatt, calling the game with Gus Johnson, cited the uncertainty around Herman.
“The uncertainty is what really kills programs,” Klatt said. “It’s like a band-aid. And I’m not saying rip it off or leave it (on there). But a direction has to be picked as soon as possible and that’s to allow the players to have the most success they possibly can moving forward.”
Herman will surely be asked about his job security after beating Kansas State on Saturday, with a tentacle rooted in the idea that Meyer (who he worked under at Ohio State) will be the man to replace him.
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