Urban Meyer is stepping down from his position as head coach of the Florida Gators after the team plays in the Jan. 1 Sugar Bowl. Meyer has coached the Gators for five years and led them to two national titles. His resignation is due to health reasons and comes as a complete shock.

Urban Meyer explained his decision via a statement:

“I have given my heart and soul to coaching college football and mentoring young men for the last 24-plus years and I have dedicated most of my waking moments the last five years to the Gator football program,” Meyer, 45, said in statement. “I have ignored my health for years, but recent developments have forced me to reevaluate my priorities of faith and family.

“After consulting with my family, Dr. Machen, Jeremy Foley and my doctors, I believe it is in my best interest to step aside and focus on my health and family.”

ESPN reports Meyer intends to stay in the Gainesville area and remain active with the University. This has been a crazy holiday season. I hope everything’s ok with Meyer’s health.

This Steve Spurrier press conference is following a 51-31 beatdown from Tim Tebow and the Florida Gators at South Carolina’s Williams-Brice stadium in November. Tebow had seven total touchdowns and as you heard, he rushed for five. And that’s with Spurrier talking to the team about not letting Tebow run the ball in. He should’ve saved his breath.

Steve Spurrier, South Carolina, Tim Tebow, video, youtube

The sale price for the 28,000-square-foot estate at 3385 Old Keystone Road had been listed at $19.9 million. The facilities, built in 2003, include a swimming pool and spa, a guest house and private tennis courts. The home has three floors and includes a game room, cigar room, theater, sauna room, cabana room and library.The home was to come furnished, according to the lawsuit. Its master bedroom, for example, had a council table, a sofa, a coffee table, four chairs, three end tables, a sofa bench and a bed. Its game room had two pool tables, three pub tables and 30 leather bar stools.

Matt Geiger has decided to lower the price of the property to $16.9 million, but it comes unfurnished so you won’t inherit any of Geiger’s furniture.

Matt Geiger is a real estate investor in his post basketball life, but I don’t think he’s pulling down the kind of money to live in a $16-$21 million crib. This is Matt Geiger not Shaq. His biggest contract in the NBA was a six year $48 million dollar deal he signed with Philadelphia, but never finished due to knee problems. Even if he got all of the money, taxes and various expenses ate up over half of it. Since Matt’s older now and doesn’t feel the need to impress people with the size of his toys, downsizing seems like a good idea.

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I don’t know what happened between Randy Moss and his friend that caused her to file a temporary restraining order, but this is how you get in front of the situation. Roger Clemens take notes. Granted, Moss waited until the situation went public, but what could he do? It’s not like he could just call the reporters over and say hey guys in the next couple of days you’re gonna hear that I hit a woman or some shit like that.. It’s not true but you know… you’re gonna hear it so it is what it is..

I don’t have enough details to give an opinion either way. There could be something to this, or it could be a Kwame Brown playoff distraction type of situation. Either way, I don’t see this having the Romo effect on the rest of the New England Patriots.

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I’ve seen people do a lot of things to celebrate a victory by their team. Most of it was fun, some of it was stupid, and a little bit was dangerous. None of it was life threatening. Leave it to high school sports fans in Central Florida to crank dat celebration… By busting their guns in the air.

Friday night, hundreds of spectators escaped injury at the Florida Citrus Bowl when gunfire erupted after the prep football matchup between Jones and Evans high schools. It was the latest incident of celebratory gunfire — a risky act becoming common at athletic events and holidays in Central Florida.

Luckily nobody was hurt during the shooting, and even more amazing, nobody got shot after a basketball game earlier in the year:

More than 100 bullets were fired after the schools’ annual basketball game in January. No one was injured in the crowd of at least 400 teens and young adults when the bursts of muzzle flashes lit up a parking lot on South Orange Blossom Trail.

The city of Detroit thinks C. Florida is gangsta.. What I have to wonder is, if they’re lickin’ off shots after a victory, what do they do when they lose?

Police worry as gunfire erupts at football game. Courtesy of the Orlando Sentinel

“Buckshot In The Ass Night” A Big Hit

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After failing to sell his condo, which was listed at $16.5mil, Tom Brady has decided to lease it out. According to reports, Tom has rented the 2,910 square foot unit in New York’s Time Warner building to a financier for 60 grand a month. Brady put the house on the market 3 mos. after buying it for $14mil, and it is expected to go back on the market next year.

Not to be outdone, Doug Flutie got into the real estate game. He picked up a new house for $2.1mil in Melbourne Beach, Florida. It’s his childhood hometown, and the house is rumored to look something like this.

Tom Brady pulls his Time Warner unit off the market, reportedly rents it out for half-year at $60k/month. Courtesy of Berg Properties.com

Doug Flutie Buys a House in His Childhood Town. Courtesy of The Wall Street Journal

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