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Offseason? Not anymore for title teams

By Ivan Maisel
ESPN.com

Thursday, February 17, 2005

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The stories are true, Florida coach Urban Meyer says, although he's a little sheepish about them. When he took over at Bowling Green in 2001, he brought the Falcons into the gym, chained the doors, put out the garbage cans for puking and got down to business. "Our purpose," Meyer says, "was to get rid of people." Twenty-two Falcons become former Falcons. The next fall, Bowling Green went 8-3, improving by six victories. When Meyer got to Utah in 2003, he wanted the 5 ...

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