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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 08 > In talent-rich SEC, spread offense grows

In talent-rich SEC, spread offense grows

Once thought to be doomed for failure, Florida’s introduction of the scheme has taken hold in the conference

By Ray Glier / The Bulletin
August 8, 2009

It was an October evening in 2005, and the spread-option offense that coach Urban Meyer had installed in his first season at Florida looked overmatched in the rock-'em, sock-'em Southeastern Conference. The Alabama Crimson Tide had mauled the Gators, 31-3, and Meyer could have been forgiven for....

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