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The head football coach of the University of Florida, which under Meyer beat Ohio State 41-14 in the BCS National Title Game on Jan. 8, 2007. The win marked the second football championship in school history and capped a meteoric rise for Meyer, who was the wide receivers coach at Notre Dame six years earlier. He spent two years each as head coach of Bowling Green and Utah, where he made the 12-0 Utes the first Bowl Championship Series bowl team from a non-BCS conference. That Utah team went 12-0 and finished among the Top 5 in every national poll. Meyer. Meyer's teams have won three conference championships and gone 5-0 in postseason games (4-0 in bowls, 1-0 in the Southeastern Conference Championship). H...
The head football coach of the University of Florida, which under Meyer beat Ohio State 41-14 in the BCS National Title Game on Jan. 8, 2007. The win marked the second football championship in school history and capped a meteoric rise for Meyer, who was the wide receivers coach at Notre Dame six years earlier. He spent two years each as head coach of Bowling Green and Utah, where he made the 12-0 Utes the first Bowl Championship Series bowl team from a non-BCS conference. That Utah team went 12-0 and finished among the Top 5 in every national poll. Meyer. Meyer's teams have won three conference championships and gone 5-0 in postseason games (4-0 in bowls, 1-0 in the Southeastern Conference Championship). He is signed at Florida through 2013 at $3.25 million per year.
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UF football signee Dee Finley won't play for Gators in the fall
Sentinel Staff WriterFlorida Gator signee Dee Finley did not academically qualify to play football for the gators this season and will spend the fall at Milford Academy in Connecticut, according to several Internet media reports. Finley, a highly touted safety out of...Tags: Florida Gators
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Summer football camps no place for recruits to slouch
Sentinel ColumnistThe rules restricting coaches in recruiting keep piling up -- no text messaging, no head coaches on the road in the spring. It makes you long for 50 years ago (or 10 in Alabama) when high school linemen went to the highest-bidding college booster. So...Tags: Tim Tebow, New Jersey Nets, National Basketball Association, NBC, Brandon Jennings
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IMO Gators' Urban Meyer is 2 hip 2 B square
Sentinel ColumnistHis authorized biography is about to hit Amazon.com. Another best-selling author who chronicles global business leaders wants to write a chapter in his next book about what makes him tick. TV producers have approached him about doing a reality TV show....Tags: Florida State Seminoles, Randy Shannon, Justin Timberlake, Google Inc., ESPN
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Tim Tebow: Raising a man of character
Sentinel Staff WriterOf all the great nights in Florida quarterback Tim Tebow's life, the one in New York stands out most to his father, Bob. More than winning a national championship in Glendale, Ariz., more than accounting for seven touchdowns in Columbia, S.C., young Tim...Tags: Tim Tebow, Fashion Trends, Family, Religious Texts, Colleges and Universities
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Marlins' endorsement adds more pop to anti-smoking message
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe message is simple: "I care. I don't chew. I don't dip. I don't smoke." But Tobacco Free Florida's $17 million anti-smoking campaign has some powerful messengers: Florida Marlins outfielder Luis Gonzalez and pitchers Kevin Gregg, Matt Lindstrom and...Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Civil and Public Service, Political Candidates, Luis Gonzalez, Bobby Bowden
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Giving 'spread' old college try
Don't be surprised to see the spread spreading. That is, NFL teams quietly are borrowing wrinkles and concepts from the spread offense that has become so popular in the college game. No team is going to make a wholesale change in its scheme, but many...Tags: Chris Johnson, San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles, National Football League, New York Jets
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The word is starting to spread
Don't be surprised to see the spread spreading. That is, NFL teams quietly are borrowing wrinkles and concepts from the spread offense that has become so popular in the college game. No team is going to make a wholesale change in its scheme, but many...Tags: Chris Johnson, San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles, National Football League, New York Jets
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Harmony's O'Neill Chambers sets lofty goals
Sentinel Staff WriterHarmony standout O'Neill Chambers collects slights. He remembers every time he has been overlooked, every time someone has dismissed his athletic talent. None of those barbs burned more than a conversation he had with Florida Coach Urban Meyer the...Tags: Athletes, High Jump, Athletics, Track and Field
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Florida thrashes San Diego St.
The Associated PressMaybe Florida coach Billy Donovan will let his players back in their practice facility now. Marreese Speights scored 18 points, Nick Calathes added 16 points, five rebounds and five assists, and the Gators snapped a four-game losing streak with a 73-49...Tags: Florida Gators, NCAA Tournament, New England Patriots, Billy Donovan, New York Giants
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Meyer entertains 7-year-old UF fan
Sentinel Staff WriterBrett Zachman, a 7-year-old student at Spring Creek Elementary School in Paisley, had an opportunity to sit down to breakfast recently with University of Florida football coach Urban Meyer after being selected as the Got Milk? Junior Gator fan of the...Tags: Sam Rogers, Multi-Sport Events, Donald Hayes, Sailing, Star Sailing
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