It sure was a lot of fun for all of us! Oliver -----Original Message----- From: Shane Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 11:31 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Fw: [gatornews] Grading the Gators vs Vanderbilt
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!!!! -------------- Original message from "Gatornet Admin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: -------------- > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Oliver Barry" > To: > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 10:03 AM > Subject: RE: [gatornews] Grading the Gators vs Vanderbilt > > > 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 > > Oliver > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of PCGator > Sent: Sun 11/9/2008 6:33 PM > To: Gatornews > Subject: [gatornews] Grading the Gators vs Vanderbilt > > > > Grading The Gators vs. VU > > > > 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. > > > > FIRST IMPRESSIONS > > > > IMPRESSIVE: > > Tim Tebow, the first team offense, the first team defense, special teams, > mental preparation > > SOLID: > > You were impressive or you need work > > NEED WORK: > > There is a reason they are called backups, they can use the work. > > > > THE GRADES > > > > DEFENSIVE LINE: > > 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. > > GRADE B+ > > > > LINEBACKERS: > > 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 > > GRADE B+ > > > > DEFENSIVE BACKS: > > 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. > > GRADE C > > > > OFFENSIVE LINE: > > 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. > > GRADE A- > > > > RECEIVERS: > > 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. > > GRADE A+ > > > > RUNNING BACKS: > > 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. > > GRADE A > > > > QUARTERBACK: > > 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 > > GRADE A- > > > > KICKING/SPECIALTY: > > 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+ > > > > COACHING: > > 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 > > > > FANS: > > Looked like a solid Gator following in attendance, but this was a television > game for me. > > GRADE I > > > > FINAL THOUGHTS > > > > 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. > > OVERALL GRADE: A= > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Randy Platt > > The Armchair Quarterback > > Later GATORS, after while the rest! > > > > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.386) > Database version: 5.11080 > http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
