Ten years ago, I took the time to write up a story detailing the rationale behind Florida’s then-infamous scheduling practices. I was tired of having to explain things anew in various forums, so I wanted to have something I could link to instead of writing and rewriting the same things.
In the meantime, UF took a baby step towards more adventurous scheduling with the season-opening game against Michigan in Arlington, Texas in 2017. However it wasn’t until into the Scott Stricklin era that Florida finally started lining up a significant number of contests against more significant opponents.