Greg is a Senior Staff Writer at Screen Rant. He majored in Film Production at Chapman University and worked in Development at ABC Television.
The new FX series American Sports Story depicts former University of Florida head coach Urban Meyer being rushed to the hospital following the 2009 SEC Championship Game. While American Sports Story episodes 1 & 2 and American Sports Story episode 3 have been mostly accurate to the true story of Aaron Hernandez, several notable differences alter the history and facts for the sake of entertainment.
Related How Many Florida Football Players Were Arrested When Urban Meyer Was Coach FX/Hulu's American Sports Story takes note of the 21 Florida Gator football players arrested during Urban Meyer's first 3 seasons as head coach. Urban Meyer & Florida Did Not Disclose His Panic Attack At First The news didn't break to the public until nearly a month after the fact A dramatized version of Meyer, portrayed by Tony Yazbeck, is shown sitting up in a hospital bed. It was implied earlier in the series that the stresses of his profession and his obsession with being the greatest contributed to his bouts of anxiety, causing symptoms such as shortness of breath and throat tightness.
The real-life Meyer announced that he was resigning from the head coaching position in late December 2009 after being released from the hospital. However, he quickly changed his mind and coached the Gators in their dominant 2010 Sugar Bowl victory in January 2010.
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