Of course...because their flippin clueless... Go Gators !!! Bill -----Original Message----- From: oli...@bobparks.com Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:00:00 To: Gator Talk<gatortalk@googlegroups.com> Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Kiffin says Bama is a better teamthan Florida [A.P. / Associated Press]
He's just setting everyone up for the UT loss this week. The ut fans are really expecting them to beat Bammy. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Badrish Davanagere <dbadr...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:50:17 To: <gatortalk@googlegroups.com> Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Kiffin says Bama is a better team than Florida [A.P. / Associated Press] Kiffin is ready for another moral victory...but this one, in his opinion is going to bring a bit more morale than the UF game :-))) On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 9:09 AM, <ke...@baldwinnc.com> wrote: > Steve Spurrier and Bourbon whiskey are the only good things - I know of - > to come out of Tenn. > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Kiffin says Bama is a > better team than Florida [A.P. / Associated Press] > From: Shane Ford <goufgat...@bellsouth.net> > Date: Wed, October 21, 2009 8:58 am > To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com > > Keith, this is Mr. Jack Daniels. Mr. Jack Daniels, this is Keith. > Nice to meet you. ;_) > > ------------------------------ > *From:*"ke...@baldwinnc.com" <ke...@baldwinnc.com> > *To:*gatortalk googlegroups <Gatortalk@googlegroups.com> > *Sent:*Wednesday, October 21, 2009 7:50:30 AM > *Subject:*[gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] [SUN]: Kiffin says Bama is a better > team than Florida [A.P. / Associated Press] > > <<"We let one slip by against Florida, but we've put that behind us now, > because we have another opportunity," guard Vladimir Richard said. "If we > would have just corrected a few things, we'd have won the game. So now we're > like, 'Let's not come in Sunday ... and say the same thing." >> > > So what exactly is in that Tenn kool-aid? > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Kiffin says Bama is a better team than > Florida [A.P. / Associated Press] > From: Shane Ford <go.ufgator...@gmail.com> > Date: Wed, October 21, 2009 8:45 am > To: gatorn...@googlegroups.com > > Kiffin says Bama is a better team than Florida > > > > Doug Finger/Staff photographer > > *Buy > photo<http://reprints.gainesville.com/cgi-bin/fotobroker.cgi?c=latest.htm&a=&op_by_line=contains&by_line=Finger&b=photo_db&s=&t=&show=3-4> > * > > Vols coach Lane Kiffin said Alabama is a more complete team than Florida. > > > > The Associated Press > > Published: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. > Last Modified: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. > > > KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin says the AP Top 25 has it > right — Alabama, not Florida, is the No. 1 team in the nation. > He’s practically an expert. By vaulting over the Gators into the top spot > in The Associated Press poll, the Crimson Tide set up the Vols’ second game > against the No. 1 team in the nation this season. > “I think one poll got it right,” Kiffin said. “If you watch football and > pay attention, I don’t think there’s any doubt who the No. 1 team is. > Alabama has a great team — very well-coached, extremely talented, great > special teams, great on offense, great on defense.” > The Gators are ranked second in the AP Top 25 but first in the USA Today > coaches’ poll and Bowl Championship Series standings. > Kiffin said it’s hard to draw many comparisons between the two teams > besides talent. Alabama favors size, Florida relies on speed. > He said the Crimson Tide (7-0, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) is a more > complete team and says the teams’ games against Arkansas reveals Alabama’s > strength. The Tide beat the Razorbacks 35-7 on Sept. 26 and the Gators > narrowly beat Arkansas 23-20 on Saturday. > “While they’re both great teams, one team kind of beats you in all three > phases: Alabama,” Kiffin said. “The other team will beat you at times but > then a lot of times nobody’s open and the quarterback runs around, makes the > play. These guys are much more balanced.” > The Vols (3-3, 1-2) lost 23-13 at Florida Sept. 19, when the Gators were > No. 1. The fact that Tennessee was competitive when much of the football > world predicted a Florida blowout coupled with a big win over Georgia in its > last game, gives some Vols players hope. > “We let one slip by against Florida, but we’ve put that behind us now, > because we have another opportunity,” guard Vladimir Richard said. “If we > would have just corrected a few things, we’d have won the game. So now we’re > like, ’Let’s not come in Sunday ... and say the same thing.” > A win by the Vols could mean redemption on several levels. It would be > Tennessee’s third all-time win over the top team and would snap a two-game > losing skid against its biggest traditional rival. > Tennessee is the first team to play No. 1 twice in the same season since > Baylor in 2000, when the Bears lost to Nebraska 59-0 and Oklahoma 56-7. In > 1992, Arizona beat No. 1 Washington 16-3 (Nov. 7) after losing to No. 1 > Miami 8-7 (Sept. 26). > For Alabama coach Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide, the ranking doesn’t > really mean anything, though. > “Nothing’s really changed for our guys. I mean, what does it matter? What’s > changed? What’s changed from this week, from this Monday to last Monday?” > Saban said. > Before this season, the Vols hadn’t played a No. 1 team since losing at > home to Miami 26-3 in their 2002 homecoming game. They’ve twice lost to > Alabama when it was No. 1. > Tennessee has upset only two of the nine top teams it’s faced. An unranked > Vols squad beat Auburn 38-20 in 1985, and 13th-ranked Tennessee beat LSU > 14-13 in 1959. > It was the chance to add to that list of upsets that was among the reasons > defensive tackle Wes Brown, an Athens, Ala., native chose to attend > Tennessee. > “This is what you want. This is what you come to Tennessee for. You want to > play in the big games,” he said. “No offense to the smaller schools we’ve > played, but you come to Tennessee to play a No. 1 team and with a great > rivalry like this, you couldn’t ask for much more.” > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
