There were like 8 or 9 minutes left in the 3rd quarter and UF hadn't scored since the 1st quarter, Meyer wanted to see them finish and get them some more work. When you're as good as they are and you jump out to a 31-0 lead on 75% of the teams you play in the 1st half, do you just sit your starters in the 2nd quarter? He wants them to get more work, get them acclimated to at least playing 3 quarters of an entire game for conditioning sake. It's one thing to take them out at the end of the 3rd, but after the 1st quarter? Or even 9 minutes left in the 3rd when they hadn't scored a 2nd or 3rd quarter TD yet?
No one in the NFL ever gets to come out yo