But, no matter what happened against Alabama, or if UF had less chaos (Tim Tebow's concussion, Brandon Spikes' eye exams, Carlos Dunlap's DUI), Meyer is still in this situation.

Your unranked and 8-3 Florida Gators play American (2-10) tonight in a game that will be lucky to draw more than 5000 people in Gainesville.

These are the men who made us laugh, cheer and in all cases, wonder how long they would stay in Gainesville. But most importantly, they are all champions. The nominees for Gator Of The Decade;

In his career at Florida, Urban Meyer is at the top, with Charlie Strong and Dan Mullen after him. If you had to place Steve Addazio somewhere in the team hierarchy, it would not be top-3.

Sunday morning, Urban Meyer was not the coach of the Florida Gators. At that point, he was no different from any retired coach or teacher, watching the kids he taught showing Urban they learned everything from him.

The Gators and Urban Meyer are blessed (or cursed) with having beat writers who know and appreciate the program. All of these guys have a twitter too. Here are a few good ones from today;

It is apparent that in the decision to take his leave of absence from Florida, Urban Meyer's concern has been with his family and his health.

Pour on the crazy, it's the Urban Meyer Press Conference live blog.

Urban Meyer has reportedly decided to take a leave of absence.

You will hear a lot about burnout in regards to Urban Meyer leaving Florida. However, it is becoming apparent that health factors, and that strain on his family, is the problem.