I haven’t been following their coaches because when I lived in Gainesville, Spurrier was their god and it wasn’t really necessary. However, I read in the local St Augustine press that UF was going to have a hard time because some of their better players had been involved in a credit card theft followed by felonious fraudulent use of said credit card. So the coach was going to be starting the season with a serious handicap, which he said in the article (what else was he going to say) would be something they could deal with.
Is this counted in at all? I’m not a big football fan, but I was amazed by the blowout yesterday. I just live here and I’m simply asking a question as a totally ignorant person.
I frankly was never thrilled with him.
His defenders point to the fact UF won the last two SEC East Titles (only to be blown out by Bama in the SECCG). But the fact is, the SEC East was garbage.
His first year started strong but they faded badly at the end, even struggling to beat FAU in overtime. That’s not good when you’re trying to build credibility.
But the most damning was the fact the UF offensively has been putrid, and that’s specifically what McElwain was hired for.
And he just always seemed to be an odd duck to me. The whole death threat thing basically was the final straw. The speculation is that McElwain engineered all this to get out of Florida so he could go to Oregon State.