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On Aug 8, 2010, at 8:51 PM, Stephen Manuel wrote: > Is everyone happy now, Emmitt Smith just apoligized to Gator Nation on > National TV...as it turns out, he was speaking without notes and said he just > got carried away and forgot to mention his days at UF, he also did the CHOMP > at the end of the interview. > > Stephen Manuel > 12212 Reedpond Drive East > Jacksonville, FL 32223 > Home: 904-268-5270 > Secondary Home: 386-467-8320 > Personal Cell: 904-607-4805 > srman...@bellsouth.net > > > From: Woody Bass <gatorrr...@gmail.com> > To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com > Sent: Sun, August 8, 2010 6:33:49 PM > Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Emmitt's diss of GatorNation > > I saw that over Twitter too... I dont think for one minute that Emmitt would > ever forget UF. I think it was purely unintentional > > > On Aug 8, 2010, at 6:24 PM, Darlene Goodfellow wrote: > >> FYI Brady Ackerman says that Emmitt just got a bit off script in his speech >> and forgot to mention UF but will address it tonight during the HOF game. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Wanda Barry >> To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com >> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 6:04 PM >> Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Emmitt's diss of GatorNation >> >> AMEN..Stephen, I agree with you!!!!!! I personally feel Emmitt has shown >> his support for UF over the years in more ways than some other "infamous" >> Gators. He has and always will have my respect and admiration. >> >> Wanda >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Stephen Manuel >> To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com >> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 9:33 AM >> Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Emmitt's diss of GatorNation >> >> I rarely if ever respond in this forum, I've retired to being a lurker. >> >> >> >> But I don't understand the criticism of Emmitt Smith, he was being inducted >> into the NFL HALL OF FAME, not the college hall of fame. I watched the >> speech and felt nothing but admiration for someone who appears to have done >> everything right in his life. >> >> >> >> He's married to the mother of his children. >> >> He came back to UF to get his degree. >> >> He has not blown his him money and appears to have been successful in the >> business world. >> >> He has not been arrested or accused of anything remotely controversial. >> >> He by all accounts has been a model citizen on and off the field. >> >> He is one of TWO former Gators in the HOF. >> >> >> >> Now on one of the biggest days of his life, a day when you saw how much he >> cared about the game and his teammates, people want to be critical of him >> because he failed to mention UF....please, give the man a break....he could >> be going into the HOF as a dirtbag like Lawrence Taylor, OJ Simpson, etc.... >> >> >> >> Love and appreciate his achievements and that he played at UF, don't get >> caught up in petty details in the overall picture IMO. >> >> >> >> Thanks of listening, I will now go back to my normal life, lurking >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Stephen Manuel >> >> >> From: Keith Baldwin <ke...@baldwinnc.com> >> To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com >> Sent: Sun, August 8, 2010 10:08:53 AM >> Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Emmitt's diss of GatorNation >> >> Terri: >> >> Going through the internet message boards - you are not the only one upset. >> I'm not a big NFL or Dallas Cowboys fan - so I do not follow many of the >> Gator players in the NFL. >> >> What I am hearing is that a lot of the players on the Galen Hall team - but >> not Spurrier teams - still have hard feelings about the way things were >> handled. Shame that we can't all stick together. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of Terri >> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 12:03 AM >> To: GatorTalk >> Subject: [gatortalk] Emmitt's diss of GatorNation >> >> God Bless Emmitt for being inducted tonight in the NFL Hall of Fame- I am so >> proud of him and happy for him and in awe of his dedication and >> love of Christ, and family- Did he not have the most beautiful smile >> when ESPN interviewed him before the ceremony? Did I not put my Saturday >> plans on hold to wait over 2.5 hours for his turn to be proud when he >> mentioned the GATOR NATION tonight at his induction speech?????? Well I >> waited for naught and so while still feeling proud and happy for him and his >> family, I have not been so disappointed in a long, long, time and frankly >> SHOCKED that he could mention his high school coaches helping his pro-career >> and just SKIP his college career - not ONE mention of any Gator teammates, >> coaches, professors or fans that helped him launch a most successful NFL >> career - are we supposed to believe there wasn't one gator or memory worthy >> of a mention? Not ONE mention of the loyal support of the gator nation? I >> wonder how much that gator woman in the audience @ Dayton spent being there >> for Emmitt to only be dissed in a way no other college was dissed this >> evening. >> Throughout the years, I can't tell you how many times I would feel so bad >> for Emmitt thinking back to his different OC's at UF and the whole debacle >> with Galen Hall, which gave Emmitt an interim coach and chaos his last year >> at Florida. A year didn't go by that I didn't lament at least once that he >> never beat our three great rivals --- Auburn, Georgia and 1/2assu..which, >> by the way has now been 23 years of yearly feeling bad for him. I believed >> him in his bio when he said my beloved SOS didn't want him at UF for his >> senior year and being sad for him. There's not a year that goes by that I >> don't think of being at his first game in Miami in 1987 where we lost but he >> wowed us when Hall finally put him in the game - we wished they had put him >> in earlier. At this link [3:00 mark,] is Emmitt Smith's first carry for >> Florida--ironically, in a game against Michael Irvin's Miami Hurricanes. >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLXNDieUdsw >> Even with his chaotic college career, Emmitt was still the second all- time >> leading rusher for the Gators, and he was elected into the 2006 College >> Football Hall of Fame. >> A year doesn't go by that I don't think of my mom and dad going to >> Tuscaloosa for the first time and being so excited @ seeing UF freshman >> running back Emmitt Smith leading the unranked Gators to a >> 23-14 upset in Birmingham, & rushing for a then school-record 224 yards in >> his first collegiate start. I still enjoy listening to audio >> clips of Emmitt's historic day in Alabama. A year doesn't go by that >> I don't think of being in Auburn for his last shot at beating Auburn and >> seeing the hopeless situation he was in with our predictable game plan [run >> Emmitt left; run Emmitt right with an inefficient QB at the helm] and with >> all that, STILL seeing we should have won if not for the refs @ Auburn and >> remembering the shi$$y Auburn fans throwing beer >> bottles at him. It always haunted me. I still remember entering >> Florida Field [not yet named the Swamp] pregame UF/1/2ASSU 1989 and seeing >> us wear blue jerseys and orange pants [or vice versa] for the fist time...of >> remembering going against a great 1/2ASSU team with no weapon but Emmitt and >> still almost beating them..I loved him for giving every game his all and for >> being what I thought was a true gator. My biggest thought as I walked out of >> the stadium after that devastating loss was remembering how sad I was that >> Emmitt didn't beat fsu. >> >> I still remembering being so excited at SOS coming back to UF the following >> season while at the same time feeling sad that Emmitt wasn't coming back. I >> still remember experiencing the disappointment of him being drafted late yet >> still being so happy that he was drafted by the cowboys I remember spending >> my Sundays watching pro games I was not a fan of just so I could cheer for >> Emmitt. I still remember the ONE bright spot of the 93 1/2assu game in the >> swamp was seeing our beloved Emmitt on the sideline for the first time. >> What Gator doesn't remember with pride Emmitt's Super Bowl championships and >> record- breaking games and years in the pro's? What Gator doesn't remember >> the anger when we thought he wasn't getting the recognition he deserved or >> the contract he deserved? I can tell you the only reason and the ONLY time >> I watched Dancing w/ the Stars was when he was on it. I can tell you I >> proud I was when I watched Emmitt's sister receive Emmitt's inductee award >> into the RING OF HONOR. >> >> The above is my background for my energy devoted to this rant. Emmitt holds >> 58 school records at UF - and yet there's NOT ONE PLAYER OR COACH OR >> PROFESSOR OR FAN that propelled him to mention his college years in his most >> memorable evening? The only time he came close to mentioning UF was when he >> talked about getting his degree for his mother - HELLO, Emmitt, where did >> you get your degree? Did the Gator Nation cheer for you? [YES] Were we >> proud of you? [YES] We aren't privy to what happened to Emmitt while at >> Florida or what the recent UF administration or coaching staff might have >> done to warrant his shocking behavior tonight - YET, Emmitt has NO doubt of >> the love and loyalty and pride the Gator Nation has for him - so I feel this >> is a stab in the back from 22 to the GATOR NATION. >> >> I was in Orlando @ the USC/UGA Citrus Bowl game in 1987 when Emmitt was >> introduced as the Florida Player of the year. At the time, my >> marriage was winding down. When my USC Trojan husband saw Emmitt >> being introduced at halftime of that game [as the nation's highest- rated >> running back and Florida's player of the year], I declared that he would be >> a Florida Gator. He looked at me with his southern California condescending >> air and said, "Emmitt will never choose Neil Anderson over OJ in recruiting >> him to a school. Why would anyone chose UF over USC??? Just a couple of >> weeks after that we separated so I had great joy when Emmitt chose UF over >> USC. >> >> If you didn't know he played division one college football, listening to his >> speech tonight you would think he went straight from high school to >> "America's team." America's team might outnumber the GATOR NATION - but no >> group of people have been more loyal to him or now are more frustrated and >> feeling such mixed emotions than the Gator Nation. I say mixed emotions as >> after all, tonight wasn't about the gator nation; it was about Emmitt ==so >> while my admiration of him has not diminished, I go to bed very sad and >> disappointed that our beloved Gator Great has no such love, loyalty or >> respect for us. >> >> -- >> 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 >> >> -- >> 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 >> >> -- >> 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 >> >> -- >> 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 >> >> -- >> 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 > > > -- > 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 > > -- > 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 -- 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
