You know me, Randy... I've always been a teacher at heart. ;-) Cee
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gatornet Admin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Gatortalk@googlegroups.com> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 7:57 AM 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
