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[edit] Roman Catholic

Someone added a Roman Catholic category tag to this article. Although it may seem obvious from his name (Pope Urban), I couldn't find any solid looking references that say he's Catholic (or more importantly, where he self-identifies as Catholic). In fact, I found this reference [1] that says that he's not actually named after the Popes. If anyone can find a reference that says he is Catholic, please add it Cogswobbletalk 00:06, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

There was an article in the Gainesville Sun a couple days back that talks about how he was raised Catholic and his wife protestant...

[Shelley] Meyer, the oldest of five from the small town of Frankfort, Ohio, was raised in a Protestant family, attending church three times a week. Her husband was raised Catholic.
Together, they've spread their faith from their home onto the football field.
"Spiritual health is very important to our kids and our players. It's very important to us," Meyer said. "Faith is the only thing that can get you through the hard times."
The Meyer family attends church together at Queen of Peace, where Nikki and Gigi take classes for Catholic sacrament.
However, they also attend Protestant churches in the area. Meyer said she and her husband want their kids to decide what church they want to attend when they're 18. [2]

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wtstoffs (talk • contribs) 18:32, 14 April 2007 (UTC).

Also in the Year end issue of Sports Illustrated said that he helped raise money for a Catholic school. It doesn't prove he's Catholic though. Hatmatbbat10 (talk) 17:47, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Moore Recruiting Scandal

From what I can tell, it was started with a second hand interview with Moore's girlfriend which was taken out of context, and other interviews with her clarified the situation before the scandal even started... since then, both UF's NCAA rules compliance department, and the NCAA itself have found no wrongdoing. So... how long will this be a 'scandal'? Is it even relevant now, a week after, being a tempest in a teapot? Perhaps it could be worked into a larger section on Meyer's reputation as a recruiter? I mean, the NCAA 'outlawed' text messages largely because of Meyer's extremely heavy usage of them... But this "controversy" simply seems like it will be completely devoid of value even next week, and is close to that now... unless somebody gives me a compelling reason why it should be kept, I'm going to remove it at the highly specific deadline of "nebulous, uncertain time in the future when I feel like it". -FrYGuY (talk) 13:03, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

I think it was Ron Zook who pushed the text message envelope (see [3] [4] [5] ) while at Florida, but there actually is no limit to texting according to those links. Anyway, you're right in that an investigation that leads to nothing is pretty useless information on Wikipedia. Kelvin Sampson, who's been investigated and found in violation of NCAA rules at least twice, deserves a mention of it. WTStoffs (talk) 06:25, 8 February 2008 (UTC)