This makes sense. I may feel different after Vanderbilt. Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks, LLC 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 615-972-4239 615-826-4040 Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message: > From: Woody Bass <[email protected]> > Date: November 4, 2013 at 3:32:07 PM CST > To: WXIA <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] Florida fans should rally behind downtrodden program - > Columns - Independent Florida Alligator > Reply-To: [email protected] > > http://m.alligator.org/content/tncms/live/ > > Florida fans should rally behind downtrodden program > > 1 image > Ryan Jones / Alligator > > Coach Will Muschamp walks off the field following Florida’s 23-20 loss to > Georgia on Saturday at EverBank Field in Jacksonville. Muschamp is now 0-7 as > a player and coach in the UF-UGA rivalry. > > > ADAM PINCUS, The Adam Bomb | Posted 14 hours ago > > JACKSONVILLE — Could it have gone any worse? Florida falls behind early only > to knock on victory’s door, have it swing open and smack it in the face. > > If Saturday ended at halftime, this column would’ve been a rip job on a > splintered Gators team. A team that looked like it didn’t want to play. A > team that looked down, dejected and disinterested in a game that could save > its season for another week. > > Instead, this is a rallying cry — an open letter to Florida fans and > students. It may have taken a fluky fumble recovery by Leon Orr and a leaping > Mack Brown to wake the Gators up, but they still need your support. > > That support appeared to be dwindling for the nation’s 110th-ranked offense > and a defense that headed into Saturday more porous than Swiss cheese. A fan > donning an orange shirt, sitting on the Florida side of EverBank Field, > flipped coach Will Muschamp the bird when he walked into the tunnel following > the game. Florida students were more concerned about heading to Tallahassee > for a top-10 matchup and the Rivalry Music Festival. > > There’s good reason to give up. The personal fouls get old. The negative > offensive plays get old. The losses are old. > > Signing two offensive linemen in the 2011 and 2012 classes has left Florida > thin at the position where it can least afford to be. Going from Spurrier’s > offense, to Urban’s Tebow-led offense, to an offensive offense has made > Florida a social-media punch line on game day. > > An unexpected 83-yard pass play to Quinton Dunbar on Saturday led to no > points as Francisco Velez missed a 40-yard field goal try. Austin Hardin, > after his missed 47-yard attempt later in the game, stared at the field-goal > posts, hands on hips, as if to ask, “What the heck happened?” > > After eight games, a better question for these Gators could be: “Why bother? > There’s nothing to play for.” > > Still, redshirt junior Mack Brown said it best following the game. While some > form of the word “frustration” spewed out of every player’s mouth, including > his, the running back had this to say: > > “We’ve got the Gator on our helmet and the names on our back,” Brown said. > “Our parents taught us better. Our coaches taught us better. We’re not going > to quit. We’re going to fight to the last game of the season.” > > Florida eventually showed some bite. Muschamp tried explaining what happened > in the first quarter, where the Gators surrendered 259 total yards to the > Bulldogs. It sounded like coach jargon. > > A better explanation is they just sucked. Florida fans have a right to be > upset. It gets tiring watching a struggling defense and a bad Big Ten offense > in the Southeastern Conference every week. > > To the guy in the orange shirt: You got your money’s worth on Saturday. That > was a hell of a second half by a Gators team that got embarrassed through two > quarters. To University of Florida students: Be happy you’re attending a > big-time SEC school where football weekends are the best weekends. > > Sure, this coaching regime is 22-12 and 4-5 versus Georgia, Florida State, > Miami and Tennessee, which are four teams Meyer went 17-2 against. > > Yet, Muschamp walked into the interview room at EverBank Field stern and > disappointed with his family among the media despite the cameras that > flashed, the questions that were asked, and the coach that stood at perhaps > his lowest professional point in three years. > > That’s what you do. Sometimes family doesn’t fulfill expectations, but one > thing remains. Family sticks together. > > Follow Adam Pincus on Twitter @adamDpincus. > > > > Woody (via iPhone) > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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