The New Year’s Day ride was postponed due to HEAVY rain and flooding. It was also cold, but I was prepared for that. Naturally, I watched the game.
Randy From: Arthur Polhill Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 5:50 PM To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Well... on one hand... How did that New Year's Day ride while NOT watching the Gator/Penn St game work out? Weather MUST have played a role. BTW, Randy, Paula and I will be in the Charlotte airport until 8 pm. Come over and have dinner with us at "A Taste of Charlotte." A. Leon Polhill, Gator "I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know." - Mark Twain -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Shane Ford <goufgat...@bellsouth.net> To: "gatortalk@googlegroups.com" <gatortalk@googlegroups.com> Sent: Wed, January 5, 2011 11:04:51 AM Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Well... on one hand... Oliver, I don't know about that? I'm sure Randy rode in sunny weather, rainy weather, and cold weather. I think that qualifies him for... "In all kinds of weather". ;-) Shane Ford Sent from my iPhone Go Gators! & Skol Vikes! On Jan 5, 2011, at 6:36 AM, oli...@bobparks.com wrote: I'm not sure this qualifies for "In all kinds of weather." Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: "Randy Lyons" <gatorspo...@epbfi.com> Sender: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 06:58:38 -0500 To: <gatortalk@googlegroups.com> ReplyTo: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Well... on one hand... I can testify to that, as well. Although I DVR ALL the games, in the past, I’ve always been insistent on watching the game live at all cost. This year, several times I opted to go for a bike ride during the game and I would check the score during stops. IF we won, then I would watch the game when I got home. If not, then I deleted it without watching. The DVR and my PDA allowed me to basically do two things at once. Also, since watching DVD “reruns” of gator football games never gets old to me, watching a game that I already knew the outcome didn’t bother me at all. The main thing was I didn’t waste a beautiful Saturday afternoon inside the house screaming at the TV. <wlEmoticon-smile[1].png> Randy From: Charlie Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 6:55 PM To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Well... on one hand... Ken I do agree this was a painful product to watch many times this year. As I had remarked in an earlier post this was the first time since some of the games in the Zook era that I actually turned off the TV and did something else during a couple of games. Charlie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of k...@kirkley.net Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 6:22 PM To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Well... on one hand... I would tend to agree that a coach wouldn't lose games to prove a point, but when we continue to move sideline to sideline all year and never developed a downfield threat, what is the answer. All year long we heard Urban and Coach Addazi (no O allowed), talk about how they wanted to get the ball to the perimeter and use our speed. Guess what? Everyone has speed! When you watch Penn St. receivers beating our corners down the sideline, didn't you wonder why we weren't capable of that? There is no way they have more athletic WRs or CBs. There were things they could have done this year that would have eased the pain. They could have really modified the offense like in 2006, they could have said thanks Johnny, but this isn't working and played Burton or Reed all year. The crap they did play was embarassing and quite frankly some of the worst football I have ever seen. In fact, if this team had played the 1979 Gators, I bet they would have been 1-9-1. Ken K MNGator -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Well... on one hand... From: Stephen Manuel <srman...@bellsouth.net> Date: Tue, January 04, 2011 5:06 pm To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com I just don't buy the notion that Urban Meyer or any coach for that matter has such a big ego that they would lose 5 games just to prove a point. Let me be fair to Mike Gillislee, IMO he can be a serviceable SEC RB, contribute to winning games, but will never be a feature #1 RB that gets the majority of the carries and someone who the other team has to game plan for, he is in the mold of Kestan Moore, solid but never great. Stephen Manuel ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "k...@kirkley.net" <k...@kirkley.net> To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Sent: Tue, January 4, 2011 5:02:44 PM Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Well... on one hand... Interesting stats. One thing is Gillislee's carries tended to come late in a game, that could attribute to his high per carry average. I am not saying that Mike is an All American RB, just that we don't know because too many people were touching the ball because they are either invested in the program and/or might break a 70 yard run. Yes, Urban has won a lot of games and championships, but like other coaches we know, he has a huge ego and will prove his system works, even if it means 5 losses... I mean, look at 2006, yes the defense was much better that year, but Urban and crew took their spread offense and adapted it to Leak's capabilities. We didn't do that this year. Ken Kirkley -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Well... on one hand... From: John Vega <zebu...@gate.net> Date: Tue, January 04, 2011 3:27 pm To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com On Jan 4, 2011, at 9:17 AM, Stephen Manuel wrote: I have theory about RB’s, barring injury, a truly great RB will be great right away, if they take 2-3 years to develop they might be above average but never great. I don’t think coaching can teach Emmitt Smith how to run or any of the other great RB’s in UF history, I can’t think of many that were great after 2-3 years, most were great or very, very good right away….I believe that holds for any offensive system the RB might be in. My gut tells me that this is right. We all knew Emmitt was the real deal following his second game as a true freshman. We knew that Errict was not Emmitt, but was a worthy successor. My brain looks up statistics. UF Career Rushing Leader: Yards per Carry min: 300 attempts: Eli Williams (6.4) min: 400 attempts: Tony Green (5.8) Well, that wasn't what I expected. Let's look at notable Freshmen: James Jones: 4.4 Neal Anderson: 5.2 Emmitt Smith: 5.9 Errict Rhett: 5.7 Interestingly, those were the best single year averages for either Errict or Emmitt. Gillislee yards per carry: 5.6 Hmm. My gut doesn't even think he is in the same sentence as the Gator legends. My brain wonders why he didn't get more carries. -Zeb -- 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 -- 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
