Urban Meyer details what went on during golf outing with Nick Saban and Donald Trump

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Legendary football coaches Nick Saban and Urban Meyer along with Florida Governor Ron Desantis, hit the golf course this week alongside President Donald Trump according to Politico.

At the time, specifics were low on what brought the group together but an episode of The Triple Option on Tuesday, Meyer detailed what conversations were had during play.

“I got invited to play golf with Coach Nick Saban and Governor Ron DeSantis and Donald J. Trump, our President,” Meyer said. “What brought this on is just conversation about the positives and negatives of not just college football, college sports. The governor of the state, our governor, I live in the state of Florida, played baseball at Yale. The President of the United States is very interested in sports and just listened.

“It was an awesome day. Awesome. Sense of humor and also real serious conversation about what… It’s interesting to get Coach Saban’s take, my take, who’ve been in it for so long.

“This conversation is all bipartisan. It happens that one’s a Republican president, one’s a very conservative governor of our state. Coach Saban and I were there as guests, and it was all about our thoughts on how to make this thing better. The thing that I keep reiterating to people is, do you guys realize, and I know you two know it because we witness it every week at Big Noon, it’s never been better, college football.”

Saban has worked with the administration in hopes to implement wider spread regulation related to college football. Meyer has also worked alongside Trump in the past as he was named to the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition back in 2020.

Whether progress related to higher level involvement within college athletics remains to be seen but it doesn’t hurt to pitch the man in charge on the back nine.

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