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History may be repeating with Florida’s offensive line

A new Florida head football coach inherited a team with a veteran offensive line. The line performed well, if not best-in-the-conference well, but then four of the five players on it left. The following season’s line was a dramatic drop off from its predecessor, and the offense suffered some for it. The line was noticeably better, if still not perfect, the next season, which allowed the offense to really take off.

A lack of names in that paragraph tells you I’m probably doing one of those blind-item comparison things, and indeed I am. That description, at least until the final sentence, could apply to either one of Florida’s past two head coaches.