Florida may be the lone SEC member with a scheduled bye this week -- Hurricane Ike forced one on Arkansas -- but the Gators' unnecessary late-game passing and field goal long after the win over Miami was in the bank made them the most talked-about league team.
'Canes alum Warren Sapp called UF coach Urban Meyer a "classic dirtbag." A columnist smeared UM's Randy Shannon as "the softest football coach I've ever seen." Another pointed out that Shannon did much the same a week earlier against Charleston Southern.
I still say Meyer was wrong and, more so, he wouldn't have poured it on if UM were on next year's schedule. At the same time, I agree that the game goes 60 minutes and players on the field should apply full effort. To me, that does not extend to the play-calling. Close the book, coaches.
Further, those taking Meyer's side inadvertently are further separating college football from the ideal of a sport played by amateur college students who should learn sportsmanship above all else.
Who's in the wrong here? Meyer or Shannon?
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