re: How did the Gators fall off so fast?

combination of things. I think meyer missed on some recruits (going too much for speed over power). I also think the gators, as many teams with alot of success, started believing all they had to do was show up. This isnt a huge problem as long as the coach is there to drive them back in line. Meyer, however, was pretty much just showing up himself in 2010, so it made for a bad combination.


Edit: you could really see this mentality starting to creep in in 2009. Despite having almost everyone back, anyone who watched the 2009 gators could see they just didnt have that spark/drive/intangible that the 2008 team had.