47-year old Urban Meyer is about to be named the Buckeyes’ new head coach, likely next week.  It has been reported that he’s going to a get a 7-year, $40 million dollar deal.  Meyer will look the breathe life back into a Buckeyes’ football team that is under fire due to violating a lot of NCAA rules that will likely result in big time sanctions in the near future.  That is likely why the Buckeyes had to commit to him for 7 years.  Meyer has been a college head coach for 10 years now and he has a career record of 104-23 (81.9%) and he is 7-1 in Bowl Games including National Titles in 2006 and 2008 with the Florida Gators.  In his first year on the job at Bowling Green, Utah and Florida, Meyer has a combined record of 27-8 (77.1%), so look for the Buckeyes to get back on the right track right away under him.  I think this was a great move for the Buckeyes as Meyer has been a big time winner in his career so far.

34-year old WR Randy Moss has abruptly decided to retire from the NFL.  Moss was not happy with the offers he was receiving in free agency so he decided to call it a career.  Moss played in 16 games (11 starts) for the Titans, Patriots and Vikings last year and he caught 28 passes for 393 yards (14.0 avg) with 5 TD grabs.  Those aren’t the numbers of a guy looking to call it quits.  Don’t be surprised to see him come out of retirement at some point in 2011.  Moss played in 202 games (191 starts) in his 13 years in the NFL and he has caught 954 passes for 14,858 yards (15.6 avg) with 153 TD grabs.  He also carried the ball 25 times for 159 yards (6.4 ypc) in his NFL career.  Moss also could throw the ball as he was efficient on trick plays.  Moss completed 4 of 8 passes (50%) for 106 yards with 2 TD passes and 1 INT (95.8 QB Rating.  Moss “finishes” his career tied for 8th in receptions (954) in NFL history with Hines Ward.  Moss is also #5 in receiving yards (14,858) and he’s tied for 2nd all-time in TD receptions (153) with Terrell Owens.  If Moss indeed stays retired, he will be elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in five years.  I just don’t think his retirement is set in stone quite yet though.

38-year old QB Kerry Collins has decided to hang up his cleats.  He played in 9 games (7 starts) for the Titans last year and he completed 160 of 278 passes (57.6%) for 1,823 yards with 14 TD passes and 8 INTs (82.2 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 10 times for 1 yard (0.1 ypc) for the Titans last year.  Kerry Collins had a very interesting NFL career as he played a long, long time.  Collins played in 194 games (177 starts) in his 16 years in the NFL and he completed 3,439 of 6,163 passes (55.8%) for 40,441 yards passing with 206 TD passes and 195 INTs (73.9 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 372 times for 687 yards (1.8 ypc) with 10 TD runs in his NFL career.  Collins was 81-96 (45.8%) as a starting QB in the NFL during the regular season, which is very unimpressive, but he is #11 in the league’s history in passing yards with 40,441.  He is also #29 in league history with 206 TD passes and #28 in interceptions (195).  Collins made it to 2 Pro Bowls in his 16 years in the NFL.

Collins was also a so-so QB during the post-season as he was 3-4 as a starter.  In 7 post-season games, Collins completed 141 of 241 passes (58.5%) for 1,556 yards with 12 TD passes and 11 INTs (75.3 QB Rating).  Collins also carried the ball 19 times for 33 yards (1.7 ypc) in the post-season.  Those numbers don’t look terrible but in his biggest game (Super Bowl XXXV), Collins looked like a deer in headlights.  He completed 15 of 39 passes (38.5%) for 112 yards with 0 TD passes and 4 INTs in that Super Bowl.  It’s no wonder that Collins’ Giants lost the game 34-7.

QB Terrelle Pryor has decided to quit on the Ohio State Buckeyes instead of taking a pay cut to stay in school.  He will likely land in the UFL or the Canadian Football League in 2011, unless he’s taken in the NFL’s Supplemental Draft.  The 6′6″, 233 pound Pryor completed 210 of 323 passes (65%) for 2,772 yards with 27 TD passes and 11 INTs (157.9 QB Rating) for the Buckeyes last year.  He also carried the ball 135 times for 754 yards (5.6 ypc) with 4 TD runs and he caught 2 passes for 19 yards (9.5 avg) last year.  In his three years at Ohio State, Pryor completed 477 of 793 passes (60.2%) for 6,177 yards with 57 TD passes and 26 INTs.  He also carried the ball 436 times for 2,164 yards (5.0 ypc) with 17 TD runs and he caught 3 passes for 24 yards (8.0 avg).  More and more allegations keep coming out about Terrelle Pryor, so he knew his college career was over.  Most NFL scouts don’t view Pryor as a QB due to his sandlot like tendencies, so it’s a possiblity that he will go undrafted in the Supplemental Draft….but I have a feeling one team will take a shot on him.  Terrelle Pryon and his other suspended buddies have cast a huge shadow over Ohio State’s football program and it’s not going to go away for years……if it ever does.

The fact that the 33-year old WR came out of jail with the Philadelphia Phillies’ hat on might give you a little insight into where he’s thinking about playing.  Eagles’ QB Michael Vick is on record about saying how much he would like his team to pursue Plaxico Burress when free agency eventually opens up.  The Eagles certainly could use a tall receiver like Burress, as most of the WRs they have are of the smaller variety.  Burress was last seen in uniform for the New York Giants back in 2008.  Burress played in 10 games (9 starts) for the Giants in 2008 and he caught 35 passes for 454 yards (13.0 avg) with 4 TD grabs.  He has now played in 128 games (121 starts) in his first 9 years in the NFL and he has caught 505 passes for 7,845 yards (15.5 avg) with 55 TD grabs.  Burress is tied for 111th in receptions in NFL history with Frank Wycheck.  He is also #86 in NFL history with 7,845 yards receiving and he’s tied for 79th (with three other players) in NFL history with 55 TD grabs.  I think Burress will get another chance because he just essentially went to jail for being dumb.  He only hurt himself.  He’s not like the last wave of criminals like Michael Vick and Donte’ Stallworth, who in my opinion, didn’t deserve a second chance in the NFL.