I will never miss another opportunity. Go Cee. A. Leon Polhill FlaNative1845 330 NW 45th Street Gainesville, FL 32607 (352) 367-4642
> -----Original Message----- > From: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Gatornet Admin > Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 1:07 PM > To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: VS. Bama > > > Since it didn't just now come up, I wondered why you didn't jump on it > years > ago. > > Randy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "A. Leon Polhill " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <Gatortalk@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 10:52 AM > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: VS. Bama > > > > I would have definitely brought myself to do it, but Cee beat me to it. > If > we don't defend our native language, why have it? > > A. Leon Polhill > FlaNative1845 > 330 NW 45th Street > Gainesville, FL 32607 > (352) 367-4642 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Gatornet Admin > > Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 7:57 AM > > To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com > > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: VS. Bama > > > > > > LOL! That's always bugged me, too, Cee, but I couldn't bring myself to > > correct them. ;-) > > > > Randy > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Cecilia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <Gatortalk@googlegroups.com> > > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 9:11 PM > > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: VS. Bama > > > > > > > > > > It's STRAIGHT, people! > > > > > > Argh! > > > > > > Cee > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Jerry Belloit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <Gatortalk@googlegroups.com> > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 4:07 PM > > > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: VS. Bama > > > > > > > > >> > > >> Sean, > > >> > > >> I came up with the same numbers today. The best I could figure would > > be > > >> that the kick would be somewhere between 1-8 yards into the endzone. > I > > >> thought about something else, however. Does our kicker hit the ball > as > > >> hard > > >> if he is trying to place it exactly in the corner? If he could kick > > >> strait > > >> on, could he kick it harder and thus deeper into the endzone? > > >> > > >> Jerry > > >> > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > >> Behalf Of Sean > > >> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 11:20 AM > > >> To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com > > >> Subject: [gatortalk] Re: VS. Bama > > >> > > >> > > >> I dusted off the bong resin enough to do these calculations: > > >> > > >> - Kickoff from the 30 yard line (new rule last year), angled to the > > >> corner > > >> of the goal line and sideline (the ultimate pin back) would travel > 74.9 > > >> yards... so that same kick straight on would go about 5 yards deep in > > the > > >> endzone. > > >> > > >> - Kickoff from the 30 angled to the 5 yard line and the sideline > (more > > >> typical) would travel 70.26 yards, so that same kick straight on > would > > >> fall just inside the goal line. > > >> > > >> Both of these are of course negating all the ugly realities of fluid > > >> dynamics with the effects of wind, etc., but should suffice for the > > sake > > >> of discussion : ) > > >> > > >> -Sean > > >> Go Gators!!! Beat Bama!!! > > >> > > >> > > >>> Steve, you may be on to something here. I have forgotten much of > the > > >>> geometry that I used to know, but the distance from the kickoff tee > to > > >>> the > > >>> five yard line sideline would likely be 5-10 yards if the kick were > > made > > >>> strait to the endzone. Could someone who remembers their geometry > do > > >>> the > > >>> actual calculation? > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Perhaps we should be kicking it strait and maybe out of the endzone. > > >>> Pinning a team at the 15 sometimes might not be as good as pinning > > them > > >>> to > > >>> the 20 ever time. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Jerry > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> From: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On > > >>> Behalf Of Steve McKibben > > >>> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 12:29 PM > > >>> To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com > > >>> Subject: [gatortalk] Re: VS. Bama > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> I agree that the rain soaked heavy footballs were likely hard to get > > >>> great > > >>> distance from. > > >>> > > >>> It's ironic - after the Kentucky game, on the post game locker room > > show > > >>> Meyer gushed on and on about the kick coverage team - calling them > the > > >>> best > > >>> he's ever been around. Since that game they've been poor. I noticed > > >>> that > > >>> during the South Carolina game Will Hill, who's probably made the > > >>> majority > > >>> of our tackles on kickoffs this year, was not on that unit. He was > > this > > >>> past > > >>> weekend, so that can't be blamed for the poor coverage. > > >>> > > >>> I think it was a combination of the wet fields and the fact that > some > > >>> blatant holding and illegal block penalties committed by the semis > > went > > >>> uncalled (there was however a flag on every decent return we had). > > >>> > > >>> Meyer loves to pin the KO returner in a corner and stop them short > of > > >>> the > > >>> twenty, or even the ten if we can. He's a field position maniac. > But > > I > > >>> hope > > >>> that the facts that 'bama is not a quick strike team, the seeming > > slump > > >>> by > > >>> our KO coverage team, a very good Tide return man in Arinas, and a > dry > > >>> ball > > >>> convinces him to tell Sturgis to put the kickoffs into the stands > > behind > > >>> the > > >>> goalposts! > > >>> > > >>> Make them try and go the full 80, I don't think we can get away with > > >>> giving > > >>> them a short field all day the way we did against 1/2assu. > > >>> > > >>> --- On Mon, 12/1/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> I think alot of the special teams fiasco from this past weekend was > > due > > >>> to > > >>> the weather conditions. > > >>> > > >>> Since, UM himself is the special teams guru at Florida... I have a > > >>> feeling > > >>> that they will have something special planned for the game this > > weekend > > >>> since the weather wont be a factor. > > >>> > > >>> Woody </table > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
