As some one who sat 3 seats over from Oliver, I agree. My voice was almost gone on Sunday morning. I don't quite sound like a frog today, but I sure sounded bad yesterday. :-)
Shane
GO GATORS!!!!
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> From: "Oliver Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: RE: [gatornews] Grading the Gators vs Vanderbilt
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> Speaking for the fans, I'd say there were no areas that needed work.
> Impressive: Every time the refs threw a flag against Vandy about 300 fans
> pulled out yellow flags and waved them. I'm sure the Vanderbilt faithful
> were totally depressed considering the Commode-ores got so many first half
> penalties.
> About 55% of the total stadium were dressed in Orange and Blue. When the
> first half ended the ratio had changed to about 99%. We were loud and
> living large the whole evening. Solid: at the end of the game about 90%
> of the Gator faithful were still there even in the face of a 15 mph head
> wind while watching a game that was decided sometime near the end of the
> first quarter. I'll have to give a helmet sticker to my daughter Shannon
> who stayed till the end with me.
> Grade A
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> Oliver
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of PCGator
> Sent: Sun 11/9/2008 6:33 PM
> To: Gatornews
> Subject: [gatornews] Grading the Gators vs Vanderbilt
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> Grading The Gators vs. VU
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> The Florida Gators will return to the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta as
> the SEC Eastern Division Champion after cruising to a 41 - 14 victory over
> the Vanderbilt University Commodores in Nashville, TN on Saturday night.
> The Gators jumped out to 28 - 0 lead with three minutes gone in the second
> quarter and were never really challenged.
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> FIRST IMPRESSIONS
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> IMPRESSIVE:
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> Tim Tebow, the first team offense, the first team defense, special teams,
> mental preparation
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> SOLID:
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> You were impressive or you need work
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> NEED WORK:
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> There is a reason they are called backups, they can use the work.
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> THE GRADES
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> DEFENSIVE LINE:
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> Through two and a half quarters the defensive line was very impressive with
> solid pressure and limiting the run. Vanderbilt's more athletic quarterback
> Chris Nickson gave the defensive fits in the second half by breaking
> containment several times.
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> GRADE B+
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> LINEBACKERS:
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> MLB Brandon Spikes and WLB Ryan Stamper lead the defense in tackles with
> seven stops each. Spikes had two tackles for losses. Backups Brandon Hicks
> and Lorenzo Edwards struggled in the second half
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> GRADE B+
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> DEFENSIVE BACKS:
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> CB Ahmad Black intercepted another pass, his fifth of the season, as the
> Gators completely shut down Vanderbilt's passing attack in the first half
> (47-yards). Despite allowing just 67-yards passing in the second half, the
> reserves did allow to passing touchdowns for the Commodores.
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> GRADE C
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> OFFENSIVE LINE:
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> The Gators scored six out of the first seven times they had the ball as the
> starting offensive line was absolutely dominant to start the game. The
> starting offensive line did not allow a sack and paved the way for 240 yards
> on the ground. The reserves could only muster 8 total yards on three
> drives.
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> GRADE A-
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> RECEIVERS:
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> WR's Louis Murphy, Riley Cooper, and David Nelson had the touchdowns
> catches, Carl Moore lead in reception with four, while Percy Harvin had
> three consecutive first down receptions totaling 32 yards and rushed for 60
> yards and a touchdown. Collectively a very efficient and very impressive
> performance.
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> GRADE A+
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> RUNNING BACKS:
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> Not a lot of productions in terms of stats, but the RB's Emmanuel Moody,
> Chris Rainey, and Jeffrey Demps looked pretty good getting what they got, 95
> yards on 16 carries for a 6 yard per carry average.
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> GRADE A
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> QUARTERBACK:
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> Tim Tebow played on of his most efficient and impressive performance as a
> Gator. Tebow accounted for the first 5 Gator touchdowns. Tebow completed
> 12 passes, out of 17 attempts, for 171 yards and three touchdowns, while
> rushing eleven times for two scores. Tebow's 26-yard touchdown run on
> Florida's second possession was a career long run. Reserve John Brantley
> struggled, throwing his first interception of his career and failing to move
> the offense
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> GRADE A-
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> KICKING/SPECIALTY:
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> Another game another blocked punt, actually two blocked punts, both by DE
> Carlos Dunlap. Both blocked punts led to scores. Punting and extra points
> were solid, coverage teams were up to snuff, and the Gators appear to have
> settled on Caleb Sturgis to handle the kickoff duties.
>
> GRADE A+
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> COACHING:
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> Offensive coordinator Dan Mullen didn't have to go deep into the playbook as
> the Gators benefited from great field position early, thanks to the blocked
> punts, and pretty much had everything working anyway. Defensive
> coordinators Charlie Strong's defense didn't give up it's initial first down
> until late in the second quarter and by then it was 28 - 0. Special teams
> coach Urban Meyer had to be satisfied as special teams played inspired
> football and played a crucial part in the victory
>
> GRADE Offense A Defense A Special Teams A
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> FANS:
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> Looked like a solid Gator following in attendance, but this was a television
> game for me.
>
> GRADE I
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> FINAL THOUGHTS
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> Percy Harvin scored, I couldn't believe the referees didn't overturn that
> call. Tim Tebow has really looked like a Heisman trophy winning quarterback
> these last 5 games. With Penn State's loss to Iowa the Gators have a
> realistic chance at things beyond an SEC Championship, but we can't get
> ahead of ourselves. The Old Ball Coach is coming to town and he would like
> nothing better than to win one against his old team.
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> OVERALL GRADE: A=
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> Randy Platt
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> The Armchair Quarterback
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> Later GATORS, after while the rest!
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