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Urban Meyer and Chris Leak: Square Peg and Round Hole?

John Adams of GoVolsXtra.com (subscription required) suggests that Florida Gators’ quarterback Chris Leak and new head coach Urban Meyer are just making the best of a match not necessarily made in heaven. An excerpt:

New Florida coach Urban Meyer might be an offensive guru. Leak might be one of the best quarterbacks in the SEC. But Meyer’s offense doesn’t fit his quarterback.

That seems to be the prevailing view, but I think it’s a bit premature. We’ll find out Saturday night.

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One Response to “Urban Meyer and Chris Leak: Square Peg and Round Hole?”

  1. View from Rocky Top » Blog Archive » Re-living the Tennessee Volunteers 2005 football season: Part 3, Florida Gators says:
    July 19th, 2006 at 10:23 am

    [...] Meyer was hugely successful with this scheme at Utah and at Bowling Green before that. But there was serious doubt about whether it would work in the SEC against fast defenses. In addition, Florida had a square peg, round hole problem. Florida’s QB Chris Leak is a pro-style quarterback and has a reputation for being adverse to hits, and so he might not care so much for the option that requires he keep the ball and run for his life. We could exploit that by taking away his other options. [...]