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 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2005


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Gators defeat Wyoming, Meyer still not satisfied


Andre Caldwell fights to stay on his feet during the second quarter of UF's 32-14 victory against Wyoming.
The Gators improved to 1-0 under new coach Urban Meyer.


 By ANDREW ABRAMSON
 Alligator Staff Writer
 aabramson@alligator.org

 The Gators call it the Spread
'n' Shred offense, but even after a
32-14 opening day victory against
Wyoming, Urban Meyer isn't so
sure if it's the Gators or their op-
ponents who will do most of the
shredding this year.
 Despite an array of highlight
plays, UF didn't pour on the
points against Wyoming like
Meyer's Utah team did a year
ago-and Meyer said UF may not
be balanced enough right now to
compete with some of the upper-
echelon teams of college football.
 "In case you were wondering
what the offense should look like,
that wasn't it," Meyer said. "Chris
has a lot of work to do as does our
offensive line."
 After the game, Wyoming
cornerback Derrick Martin-who
witnessed Utah's 45-28 victory
over the Cowboys last year-was
less than impressed with the new-
look Gators.
 "Utah was way better. They
had a better quarterback," Martin
said. "[UF] could be better,
they've just got to start focusing
better and they've got to run their


routes.
 "I don't think they're going
win the SEC. They wouldn't w
the Mountain West."
 Whether or not Meyer ar
Martin are overanalyzing U]
opening day performance, the
were still, plenty of reasons fi
UF to be optimistic after defeat
ing a team that Sports Illustrate
ranked No. 25.
 "In case you were won-
 dering what the offense
 should look like, that
 wasn't it."
 Urban Meyp
 OF football coach

 The last time junior quarter
back Chris Leak saw game action
he had one of the poorest perfo
mances of his career in UF's 27-1
loss to Miami in the Peach Bowl.
 Many have questioned Leak
ability to adapt to Meyer's o
fense, and while Meyer sai
Leak surely hasn't mastered th
offense, the numbers told a di
ferent story.
 Leak completed 26-of-3
passes for three touchdowns an

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S orry Derrick Martin, but
 you're an idiot.
 You all know Derrick
Martin, don't you?
 I didn't think so.
 Let's all get to know each other.
 Wyoming defensive back
Derrick Martin, UF student body.
 Martin: Hi. Chris Leak torched
my associates and I for 320 yards
on Saturday. Nice to meet you all.
 Well, that's what he should say
if he were here.
 Martin, perhaps the. most-bit-
ter and least-gracious opponent
ever to leave the Swamp in defeat,
offered a slightly different state-
ment before leaving Hogtown this-
weekend.
 Sure, it's debatable whether
Urban Meyer's Utes were, as
Martin said, "way better" than


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 App-etite
for Receptions
bann@alligator.org


Ur ban
M e y e r s
Gators at this
point.
 It's also
completely
fair to doubt
UF will win
the SEC this
season. After


 all, it has been
 five years.
Just because a two-time -national
coach of the year decided to put on
an orange-and-blue Polo with his
headset doesn't mean he should'
have an entire halftime show com-
plete with an embarrassing adap-
tation of a well-known television
jingle relating his name to a type of

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UF Volleyball
Eastern Washington 0
UF 3
NCAA Football-
fiami 7
Florida State 10


 *After trailing Rutgers by 20
points, former UF coach Ron Zook
and his new Illinois team stormed
 back and shocked the Scarlet
 Knights 33-30 in overtime.


S1997: Quarterback Doug Johnson ties
the NCAA record with seven passing touch-
downs in UF's 82-6 rout against Central
Michigan. A year after winning the national
 title, UF would finish the season 10-2.


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