Urban Meyer ‘couldn’t get out of bed’ after the Florida Gators lost to Alabama in December 2009
“We go in the locker room and I remember grabbing my phone, locking the door. I can hear them celebrating and I’m texting recruits, worried about the next class,” Meyer recalled of moments after Florida beat Oklahoma in January 2009. “You won two national championships out of the three years, this was an expectation now — an expectation we have to win it next year, and then we have to win it the year after. … Anything less than winning a national title and you’re a failure.
The No. 1 Gators ended the 2009 season undefeated but lost to No. 2 Alabama in the SEC Championship game that December. “I felt like a failure. I was in a deep depression,” Meyer said. “I couldn’t get out of bed. … [I had] no energy, no desire. I thought I was going to die.”“Everyone’s shocked. A lot of guys are in tears, and I think some guys were mad. Some guys were emotional,” Tebow said. “We’re playing for the SEC Championship, No.
While Meyer changed his mind two months later and returned for the 2010 season, he announced his exit again after the team went 8-5. “You can chase perfection all you want, you’re going to come up empty-handed. I did everything I [could] just to keep myself and that program going,” Meyer said. “I hope someday to apology and say, ‘I wish it could’ve ended differently,’ but I can always look back and say we gave it our very best.’”
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