Vic Fangio: Urban Meyer told me every week in the NFL is like playing in Alabama

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Urban Meyer went 186-32 as a college head coach, giving him a 0.853 winning percentage which was the best of any great college football coach whose career began after WWII. But in the NFL, Meyer’s winning percentage is .000.

Meyer, who fell to 0-2 as head coach of the Jaguars with a loss to the Broncos on Sunday, finds that the level of competition is much higher at the next level. Broncos coach Vic Fangio said today Meyer told him on Sunday that every NFL game is tough.

“It’s the NFL. I don’t know Urban Meyer at all, really, I met him the other day, I shook his hand before and after the game. And his comment to me was, ‘Every week is like playing in Alabama in the NFL. ‘ That’s it. Everyone is capable of beating everyone in this league, ”Fangio said, via Troy Renck of Denver 7.

In his seven years at Ohio State, Meyer never lost more than two games in a season. With his Jaguars a 7.5-point underdog against the Cardinals, he could lose his third game of the season on Sunday.