Urban Meyer's Record at Florida

The 3-5 record against first tier opponents is a little worrisome, though I'd much rather be losing to them than the other tiers. Also consider that all five of those first tier losses were away from home—four road games and one in Jacksonville.

Of the teams he's lost to, only 2005 South Carolina (7-5) was close to .500, with the next worst record of an opponent he's lost to being 9-4.

However, that was also Spurrier's first game coaching against Florida. I have no doubt, knowing Spurrier's nature, that he cooked up something special for it. And again, it was on the road.

Only two losses so far (2005 South Carolina and 2006 Auburn) have come at the hands of teams that finished with a worse record than Meyer's team did, so it's hard to find much fault with what he's been doing. Only in 2006 did he have a deep, experienced team, and he turned it into a champion.

Meyer won nine games with a divided team in transition in 2005 and another nine games with an impossibly young defense in 2007. The 2008 team looks to be better than either of those, so winning 10 games is a strong possibility. After all, there is little in his record so far to suggest otherwise.

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