Columnist Calls Florida's Meyer 'Self-Absorbed,' 'Cold-Blooded'

OK, so I think it's safe to say that Paul Finebaum isn't a big fan of Urban Meyer.

Finebaum, a longtime columnist at the Mobile Press-Register, caused quite a stir down in SEC country this week with his most recent column—an 800-word treatise of hate in which he not only predicted that Meyer would leave Florida after the 2009 season to take over at Notre Dame, but also called the Gators coach "obsessed with success and power," "self-absorbed," "arrogant" and "cold-blooded."

And that's just the start of it.

In what can only be described as a hit piece, Finebaum writes that he knows Meyer will be taking the job at Notre Dame because, while recently denying any interest in the job, Meyer's "lips moved." The columnist also joked that Florida could beat Lane Kiffin and Tennessee by 50 this September if Meyer "can get all of his starters out on parole by then" and, finally, accused Meyer of covertly helping Utah coach Kyle Whittingham prepare his gameplan in advance of the Utes' beatdown of Alabama in last year's Sugar Bowl.

Wrote Finebaum: "SEC Commissioner Mike Slive just cracked down on league coaches accusing each other of cheating. Luckily for Meyer, he didn't mention league coaches aiding and abetting out-of-league opponents in showcase BCS games."

Lord knows what Finebaum was thinking when he wrote this. It's a very odd piece—a very unethical one, too. All speculation. No facts. Just uncontrolled emotion. It's something a third-grader could have written.

So far, and to his credit, Meyer hasn't responded.

But, hey, maybe that's just because he's too "self-absorbed" to care what some columnist in Mobile thinks, anyway.

Photo: Urban Meyer is not one of Paul Finebaum's favorite people. (Donald Miralle/Getty Images)