I recall but guess i didnt realize how bad it was. Woody (via iPhone)
On Sep 8, 2010, at 11:30 AM, "Keith Baldwin" <ke...@baldwinnc.com> wrote: > They have had almost a complete turnover – lost both employees and > subscribers. > > > > Remember that huge disparity that we talked about here – probably six months > ago? > > > > Been downhill for Gator Country ever since. > > > > From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Woody > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 10:49 AM > To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Fw: [gatornews] Mike Pouncey looking for a good > night's sleep > > > > Isnt Gator Country affiliated with ESPN now? Im surprised Beard or Wells > would wanna ditch that opportunity. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Oliver Barry <oli...@bobparks.com> wrote: > > I just checked out Swamp 247. They’ve got a long way to go. > > > > Oliver Barry CRS,GRI > > Real Estate Broker > > Bob Parks Realty > > 1517 Hunt Club Blvd > > Gallatin TN 37066 > > Phone: 615-826-4040 > > Fax: 615-822-2027 > > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > > > > > > From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Jerry Belloit > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 7:47 AM > To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Fw: [gatornews] Mike Pouncey looking for a good > night's sleep > > > > He went to a start-up site at http://florida.247sports.com/. He took Justin > Wells with him. It is still in its infancy. Clearly he hurt > GatorCountry.com when he left. Ray has done a pretty good job with hiring > some quality replacements. Dugan Arnett has some of Franz’s ability to get > at the human interest story behind the regular story. Derek Tyson has done a > decent job at replacing Justin as well. They have made some other new hires > but they have not yet had the impact of Dugan and Derek. > > > > I still support GatorCountry and Ray—particularly because of its historic > connection with GatorNet. One of the difficulties with GatorCountry and even > GatorNet is that over time, we become family. When someone leaves, it is > like a divorce. It hurts, we grieve, we wonder if things will ever be the > same. I still miss PD and Jeff Brown, to mention a two. On GatorCountry I > miss Franz, Justin, and even Hollywood Bob. Unfortunately, premium web sites > are a business and not just family. > > > > Jerry > > From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of oli...@bobparks.com > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 7:12 AM > To: Gator Talk > Subject: [gatortalk] Fw: [gatornews] Mike Pouncey looking for a good night's > sleep > > > > So, this is where Franz Beard ended up? Where is he? Can't tell from the > article. > And, are they the Golden Bulls? I thought just the Bulls. > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > From: Jerry Belloit <bell...@clarion.edu> > > Sender: gatorn...@googlegroups.com > > Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:43:34 -0400 > > To: <gatorn...@googlegroups.com> > > ReplyTo: gatornews+own...@googlegroups.com > > Subject: [gatornews] Mike Pouncey looking for a good night's sleep > > > > Mike Pouncey looking for a good night's sleep > Franz Beard > Senior Writer > 2 hours ago > · Share1 > > · > > · Comments0 > > · Add a comment > > Mike Pouncey needs for Saturday to get here quickly. After a nightmare game > against Miami (OH) last weekend that left him feeling truly embarrassed and > the subject of national ridicule, he needs to play well against USF when the > Golden Bulls come to town (12:21 p.m.; Ben Hill Griffin Stadium; SEC > Network). He needs to redeem himself. Then and only then will he get a good > night’s rest. > Several bad snaps by Pouncey set the tone for an effort so uninspiring that > the Florida Gators fell from third in the coaches poll to sixth in the most > recent rankings. Although the Gators finished off Miami to the tune of 34-12, > their miserable offensive output (212 total yards), the lingering memory of > Florida’s opening game win of the 2010 season is a mistake-filled effort for > which Mike Pouncey has asked to shoulder all the blame. He feels his poor > effort reflected poorly on his teammates and that is a burden that he’s been > carrying for the past three days. > “I’m the leader of the offense and when the leader is messing it up, it makes > everybody look bad,” Pouncey said early Tuesday afternoon. “It’s just not > expected out of me. I’ve been busting my tail. I haven’t been able to sleep > all week ever since the game, trying to get it right and it’s going to be > right this weekend.” > If there is a word that probably best describes Mike, the half of the Pouncey > twins who stayed for his senior year (Maurice left early, was selected by > Pittsburgh in the first round of the NFL Draft and earned the starting center > job for the Steelers over veteran Justin Hart wig) it is pride. He’s proud to > be a Gator and proud to be the team leader. He expects to play well every > time out. A second-team All-American at right guard last year, Mike came back > to play center, the position where Maurice earned the Remington Award as the > nation’s best last year. > When you’ve invested so much into a new position and earning a chance to > better yourself in the next NFL Draft --- as a guard Mike would project late > second or early third round at best but as a center late first or early > second --- a game like the one Mike Pouncey had Saturday is the worst > possible nightmare. He’s been called out on ESPN by Mark May and is the star > of a bloopers compilation on You Tube. > The snap issues were brand new for Mike and nothing he had experienced before > either in practice or in games. He was the backup center last year and even > played half of the Sugar Bowl victory over Cincinnati at center without a > single snap incident. When his third snap of the game went bouncing past > quarterback Johnny Brantley it was a surprise, but he didn’t think it would > happen again. > It did. He bounced two more past Brantley during the game and was off target > on at least seven other snaps. > After the game, Mike Pouncey stood before the media and accepted the blame > for the way the entire team played, knowing as he spoke that he was going to > have to atone for his bad game and atonement started with figuring out what > went wrong, then doing something about it. > “I grew up where if you’re doing something wrong you change it,” Mike said. > “I was doing something wrong so I don’t want to stay the same. If I stay the > same we’ll be back in here asking about the same thing [Saturday].” > There are theories about what went wrong --- nerves, not locking his wrist, > too anxious to block instead of first focusing on getting the snap right, > sweaty palms. The list goes on and on. By now, Mike has heard them all. > Sunday morning when he and Brantley worked a long time to correct the snap > issues, Mike changed his grip on the ball. He was holding it closer to the > middle of the ball last weekend. Sunday morning he found he was comfortable > gripping near the nose of the ball and at Sunday night’s practice, the new > grip produced good results once again. Just to be sure he was doing the right > thing, Mike called Maurice to talk about snap mechanics. > “Everybody holds the ball different,” Mike said. “I was trying to hold it a > certain way that was comfortable for me and I asked him [Maurice] when I > changed it. I said I moved my hand all the way up to the top of the ball, how > do you hold it? He was like, ‘I don’t hold it like that.’ He was like, ‘I’ve > got to hold it how I’m comfortable holding it.’ “ > And, it’s not like Maurice didn’t struggle when he first took over as > Florida’s center in 2008. Maurice Pouncey started at right guard as a > freshman at UF in 2007 while Mike was starting at nose tackle to help out the > defense. In the spring of 2008, Maurice moved over to center and Mike found a > home at right guard where he started 28 straight games. > Those first practices in the spring of 2008 were a bit adventurous for > Maurice, who offered Mike a bit of solace Saturday. > “He told me that when he first started at center two years ago he had the > same thing,” Mike said. “His wasn’t as bad but he had high snaps that went > everywhere.” > During the game Saturday, Mike also drew strength from teammates who never > once lost faith in him. They knew he was struggling with the snaps. That was > obvious. The whole world saw it. > But none of them felt compelled to get on his case or call him out. > “All those guys respect me so much,” Mike said. “Even when I was messing the > snaps up Saturday, they didn’t say anything to me because they know I’m going > to get it right. I respect the guys for that. I love my teammates because > none of them turned their back on me. We’re just moving forward. This made us > a stronger team and we needed it.” > Pouncey says he’s put last Saturday’s game behind him. He’s confident that > the snap issues are a thing of the past and he’s ready to concentrate his > efforts on helping the Gators play very well against USF. He thinks that > having a couple of familiar faces back on the offensive line will help > matters considerably. Against Miami, the Gators played with Marcus Gilbert at > left tackle, James Wilson at left guard, Mike Pouncey at center, Jon Halation > at right guard and Mo Hurt at right tackle. Everyone but Wilson was making > his first collegiate start at their position. > “We get Carl Johnson (left guard) back this week and we get Xavier Nixon > (left tackle) so we’ll be a much stronger unit,” Pouncey said. Johnson had 24 > consecutive starts on the offensive line before missing the Miami game for > disciplinary reasons. Nixon, who had arthroscopic surgery on his knee a > couple of weeks ago, is hopeful he will play, which will allow Gilbert to > move back to right tackle where he started all 14 games last season. > No matter who starts where on the offensive line, Pouncey is convinced the > Gators will play much better when they’ve got the football against USF. > During the past three days, there has been plenty of criticism leveled at > offensive coordinator Steve Adagio for Florida’s poor offensive showing in > game one, but Pouncey thinks the criticism is wrongly directed and he thinks > the Gators will prove it Saturday. > “We trust in Coach Adagio,” Pouncey said. “He made great calls on Saturday > but we didn’t execute the calls. Our offense could have been explosive last > Saturday. I feel like if we don’t [execute], I’m going to have to delete my > Face book account. They’re killing me.” > That’s not the only thing that’s killing him. A good night of rest would be a > good thing for Mike Pouncey, but that won’t come until Saturday night and it > will happen only if the Gators have played well, beaten USF and if he > executes all the center snaps properly. > > > -- > 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
