Now, now, now, let's be fair here.
The fact of the matter is that the momentum must be swinging in Florida's direction because it's hard to imagine Meyer being worse as a coach than Zook.
That being said, there's a whole lot of swinging to be done before UF gets back on par with UT, and no guarentees that Meyer is the coach that can get it done. It is likely that Florida will improve under Meyer, but it is at least equally likely that Meyer will take a few lumps before he can get Florida back to powerhouse level, if he can.
There's also the possibility that he is only as strong a coach as his offense, and no matter what anybody says, nobody knows whether that offense can succeed game in, game out at the SEC level. Being biased as I am, its hard to imagine UT's defensive speed being defeated by any kind of option attack, but that's just guess work, and we must remind ourselves of the lessons handed down by Nebraska almost a decade ago.
As for the game being played in the Swamp, since 2000 the only home team to win was UT last year. The only games that wern't close in that series was the disaster at Neyland where Casey Clausen played the 2nd quarter paralyzed from the wrist down, and 2003 at the Swamp. So, judging from history, the game will be close, and home field advantage will be less of an edge than it is expected to be.
Then again, judging from history, the game will be settled by an old man in black and white stripes ... :ermm:
The fact of the matter is that the momentum must be swinging in Florida's direction because it's hard to imagine Meyer being worse as a coach than Zook.
That being said, there's a whole lot of swinging to be done before UF gets back on par with UT, and no guarentees that Meyer is the coach that can get it done. It is likely that Florida will improve under Meyer, but it is at least equally likely that Meyer will take a few lumps before he can get Florida back to powerhouse level, if he can.
There's also the possibility that he is only as strong a coach as his offense, and no matter what anybody says, nobody knows whether that offense can succeed game in, game out at the SEC level. Being biased as I am, its hard to imagine UT's defensive speed being defeated by any kind of option attack, but that's just guess work, and we must remind ourselves of the lessons handed down by Nebraska almost a decade ago.
As for the game being played in the Swamp, since 2000 the only home team to win was UT last year. The only games that wern't close in that series was the disaster at Neyland where Casey Clausen played the 2nd quarter paralyzed from the wrist down, and 2003 at the Swamp. So, judging from history, the game will be close, and home field advantage will be less of an edge than it is expected to be.
Then again, judging from history, the game will be settled by an old man in black and white stripes ... :ermm:
