re: Recall Texas A&M flat out Hired Bama's Coach out from under them.

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The worst part is that we had Urban Meyer in for an interview the week prior and he was prepared to take the job had we offered

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Every time Urban Meyer wins a national championship, I’m reminded of his affinity for Texas A&M and its traditions.

And how Meyer would have walked backward and blindfolded from Bowling Green to coach the Aggies six years ago — even then knowing only a little bit about a place he’d soon come to love.

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Instead, communications tycoon and noted Aggie Lowry Mays pushed for Dennis Franchione — he was a hot item then — and Utah hired Meyer. The following season (in 2003), Utah played at A&M, and, despite a narrow loss, Meyer strolled away stunned by Kyle Field and A&M fans’ passion for football.

“I love that kind of stuff,” Meyer told the Salt Lake Tribune about the Aggies’ famed 12th Man tradition. “Isn’t that what it’s all about?”

Meyer got on back to Utah and wanted to start his own 12th Man — even first calling it the 12th Man — before the Utes avoided a lawsuit and named it “Utah Man.”

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