I mean, this was pinned in the forum just last Friday:
Be respectful of threads about other teams. Keep noise out of those threads. Not everything needs to be brought back to the Patriots. The latest Seahawks thread on the potential of trading Russell Wilson is a great example. The Dolphins thread is fantastic and we applaud Dolphin fans for their contribution to this site. Same with the Raiders thread
There are inherent advantages to the college system and namely high major college football, and besides Meyer being a great X and O guy for the college game, he took advantage of all the extraneous stuff like:
- A cap on hours a student-athlete can practice each week, by extension this is less time the coaches have to put in. (While Saban would likely put in non-stop hours no matter what level he's coaching at, I get the sense based on this year's findings Meyer was using some of this excess time to sniff around at dive bars for co-eds.)
- Because of the hassle of students transferring and the power dynamic of being unpaid until recently while the coaching staff is paid handsomely, coaches don't need to be as concerned with coaching out of fear vs coaching to inspire. The comment about firing whomever leaked the story was a classic statement by a guy who coaches out of fear. That doesn't play in the NFL (sorry I didn't make the obligatory spelling out: National Football League), these are grown-ass men who get paid.
- The recruiting differences that a name can bring as referenced above. To build on this, BC may be in the same "league" (BCS) as OSU, but their yearly revenue is $30 million as opposed to OSU's $120 million or so. A big-time college coach has no such economic advantages in the NFL. In fact you could argue Jacksonville has as big a competitive disadvantage as a revenue-sharing franchise could have, based on their small market in the relative vicinity of established franchises (Dolphins, Bucs, Falcons). The Bills and Saints are technically smaller markets but have a more long-standing and regional following.
Edit: Meyer is looking a lot like the Steve Spurrier experience, except the latter had a brand of offense(TM) that could at least keep Washington afloat at times. Meyer has the style that plays much better in college, except without a gimmick that can work in the NFL time to time.