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Editor's Note: This column was written before Urban Meyer decided to take a leave of absence instead of step down.A smart man doesn't argue when his heart and his head begin to protest about stress, pressure and life. Urban Meyer is more than the gold standard of college football coaches; he's a devoted 45-year-old husband and father of three children, including a daughter, Nicki, who is a freshman volleyball player at Georgia Tech. On the rare occasions when he actually had time to take a family vacation, he would stand at the net and spike shots at her, though she joked he had no idea what he was doing.
"I'm taking a job at Georgia Tech," Meyer said on the day Nicki signed her scholarship offer.
We should have known then that he was beginning to miss his family, that the weight of coaching America's most prominent college program was exacting a heavy toll. And this was when Meyer was on top of the world, when he had won two national championships over three years and was linked to the golden-child quarterback, Tim Tebow, who was considered the most important college athlete and leader of his or any other generation.
So when Florida's 2009 season became a relentless blur of problems -- Tebow's concussion and the delicate decision on whether to play him, his too-brief suspension of linebacker Brandon Spikes for trying to gouge an opponent's eyes, the DUI arrest of defensive end Carlos Dunlap, underachievement on the field all season, a $30,000 fine for criticizing SEC officials and, eventually, a stunning loss to Alabama in the conference title game -- Meyer wore down in ways that belied his youthful face and trim body.
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