Things were a little different this spring in Gainesville. You had Kelvin Kight, a Florida receiver with shaky hands, toting around a football everywhere he went. He brought it to class; he brought it to the cafeteria. He even brought it to the bathroom. That was Kight's punishment for dropping a pass at practice. But that was hardly the biggest eye-grabber now that Coach Gator, Steve Spurrier, has taken his show up north to D.C..

The new boss at UF, Ron Zook, promptly instituted a no-sit rule, and that didn't just pertain to players. Anyone attending spring practice was required to stand during the entire two-hour workout. "It's been a little more intense than in years' past," says Gator star QB Rex Grossman.

Zook and his new offensive coordinator Ed Zaunbrecher are also changing the offense too. Out with the Fun 'n Gun. And in with what Zaunbrecher likes to call "pitch and catch."

	The Packers failed to land Rex Grossman.

Fortunately, there is one constant in Gainesville: Grossman. The 6-foot, 215-pound junior who flirted with jumping to the NFL after finishing second in the Heisman balloting last year is back. Grossman didn't show too much trouble adapting to Zaunbrecher's one-back systen that spreads the field out more. In UF's spring game, he flashed what might be the nation's quickest release, going 17-for-29 for 257 yards with one TD and one INT. "Now that he has the basic concepts of our offense down, he has to work on the details," says Zaunbrecher. "But it's fun when you coach a guy who is good and wants to get better."

One pleasant surprise for the Gators was the development of backup QB Ingle Martin. Florida alwasy knew he could run, but the Tennessee native's 14-of-20 effort shows there he's ready in case something should happen to Grossman. Martin's 4.6 speed also gives Zaunbrecher plenty of options with rollouts and bootlegs, but DON'T think that makes him a better fit for the new system. Zaunbrecher was quick to squash any perverse fantasies that there could be a QB controversy some time in 2002 around UF. This is, quite simply, Grossman's team. "I was very happy that Ingle had a good game," says Zaunbrecher. "But it was just that a good game."

The guy who might benefit the most from the new scheme is senior RB Ernest Graham. The 222-pounder is one of the country's most underrated players and is a huge key to UF's success. In games he started Florida was 10-0. In games he didn't UF was 0-2.

"This is a really good situation for him," says Zaunbrecher. "He's big enough to pound up in there and without a lead blocker, you gotta be able to run through arm tackles and he can. He's also able to pick up blitzes." In the spring game, Graham picked up 46 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries.

Unfortunately, the receiver picture isn't quite as clear. The Gators have to replace Jabar Gaffney and Reche Caldwell, who helped Grossman put up his PlayStation-type stats last season. Taylor Jacobs, though is back, and he has Biletnikoff Award cred. Kight is dangerous too -- when he catches the ball. He dropped three passes in the spring game and fumbled a reverse. Keep an eye on Reggie Vickers, who schooled UF's Robert Cromartie, a solid corner, in the spring game. Keiwan Ratliff, a stud cornerback, showed he too could be a factor as a receiver.

The O-line should be good too, although LT Max Starks and RG Jonathan Colon, two youngsters with enormous potential, are both a bit inconsistent still.

A big key defensively will be whether Matt Farrior is ready to be The Man and fill in at MLB for Andra Davis. If not speedy Travis Harris, now playing OLB, might move back there.

Bruce Feldman covers college football for ESPN The Magazine. E-mail him at bruce.feldman@espnmag.com.