That was true Saturday when there wasn't much of a story to report other than the coach's statement.

And true when reports filtered out Sunday that Meyer changed his mind and would take a leave of absence instead. Tom Rinaldi reported Meyer had told his team about changing his mind and prior to Meyer's news conference Chris Mortensen said the sabbatical option "was always on the table."

Meyer said Sunday that the "love that I have for these players" is what changed his mind. Asked if he thought he'd be coaching in 2010 he said, "I do in my gut believe that will happen."

That was 180 degrees from where the story started when anchor Rece Davis and analysts Mark May and Lou Holtz began the early Meyer watch during Saturday's bowl games.

Holtz, who won a national title at Notre Dame, cited Bear Bryant's advice that "if you can live without coaching, don't coach" got into the mindset of how difficult it was for Meyer.

Later, analyst Kirk Herbstreit would validate that after talking to Meyer and saying the decision "was three years in the making."

Holtz now seems prophetic with his comment that you "don't make a decision under stress."

The network can be forgiven for, at times, making Meyer sound like a cross between Albert Schweitzer and Winston Churchill.

Still, it was refreshing to hear William Rhoden— who believes college legislators "gotta step in" and give coaches some relief — say on The Sports Reporters Sunday: "I don't know if we're having this conversation if Florida beat Alabama."