Jerry, Thanks, I’ve run across Pat’s podcast before. I just didn’t know where to go back.
Oliver Barry CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Crye-Leike, Realtors 964 Main St Nashville, TN 37206 Office: 615-650-7447 Mobile: 615-972-4239 [email protected] > On Aug 30, 2022, at 6:29 PM, Jerry Belloit <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Oliver, > > Get the WRUF app. He has a regular podcast show from 4-6 with Jeff Cardozo > called the Tailgate show. It is on weekdays unless there is a Gator sporting > event scheduled. I usually listen to it regularly when I am doing my daily > workout. It is nice because you don’t necessarily have to listen at that > time since it is available both live and streamed upon demand. There are > also some other great programs such as Inside the Huddle (Weekly) with the > Shand Matthews, SOS, and Steve Russell. > > Jerry > > From: GatorTalk <[email protected]> > Reply-To: GatorTalk <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 4:01 PM > To: GatorTalk <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatortalk] Fwd: [gatornews] Dooley's Dozen: A look at the last 12 > head coach debuts for Florida > > I miss Pat Dooley!! > > Oliver Barry CRS, GRI > Real Estate Broker > Crye-Leike, Realtors > 964 Main St > Nashville, TN 37206 > Office: 615-650-7447 > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > [email protected] > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> > Date: August 29, 2022 at 11:14:01 AM CDT > To: GatorNews <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] Dooley's Dozen: A look at the last 12 head coach debuts > for Florida > Reply-To: [email protected] > > > > > There is nothing quite like opening day no matter what the sports. But > especially in a city like Gainesville, it feels like it is an awakening, a > rebirth of sorts as we all get together to start a new chapter in the history > of Florida football. > > This one has some special juice because it has been hyped for months, partly > because Florida hasn’t played a team ranked this high for an opener since the > famous 1969 Houston game. > > Buy Gators Tickets > That’s the thing – the openers are special when the opposition is Charleston > Southern or The Citadel. > > It’s a reunion of sorts, people getting together for the first time in > months, eating and drinking and laughing and sweating. > > Sometimes, the first game of the season tells us something. Sometimes, it is > forgotten before September is over. > > This edition of Dooley’s Dozen looks at the last 12 coaches at Florida (not > including the four interim coaches in less than two decades) and how they > fared in their openers. > > 1 > > Raymond B. (Bear) Wolf, 1946 > > > Chuck Hunsinger. Courtesy: University of Florida SID > Wolf took over a team that had lost the last game of the previous season to > the U.S. Amphibs in Norfolk, Va. It didn’t get any better. His first game was > a 13-7 loss to Ole Miss. So, there was hope. Right? The Gators went 0-9 and > were never that close again. But the good news was that the players from the > time referred to it mockingly as the Golden Era and used to have reunions and > raise money for scholarships. > > 2 > > Bob Woodruff, 1950 > > > Courtesy: University of Florida SID > Woodruff — a protégé of Gen. Robert Neyland — took over for Wolf, who finally > started winning games but not enough. Woodruff’s first game as head coach was > against The Citadel and UF came out on top 7-3. The most significant thing? > It was the first home night game for the Gators at Florida Field. > > 3 > > Ray Graves, 1960 > > > AP Photo/Horace Cort > After 10 seasons of Woodruff, who did get Florida to its first-ever bowl > game, Florida went to the Neyland tree again and hired Ray Graves. His first > game was a 30-7 win over George Washington in the Gator Bowl (where they > would also finish the season). This was the first of nine wins for UF, the > first time that had happened at Florida. > > 4 > > Doug Dickey, 1970 > > > Ray Graves (left) and Doug Dickey (right). Syndication/Nashville > After Graves was kicked upstairs, Florida brought Dickey home. A former Gator > and P.K. Yonge quarterback, Dickey toned down the offense but escaped, 21-19, > despite the Blue Devils outscoring Florida 13-0 in the fourth quarter. Carlos > Alvarez had the eventual game-winner with a 67-yard punt return. > > 5 > > Charley Pell, 1979 > > > Manny Rubio-USA TODAY Sports > Pell had so much success at Clemson that it seemed like the perfect hire. He > rallied the Gator Nation and had a big part in making Florida what it is > today. His first game was a 14-10 loss in the Astrodome to a Houston team > that would win 11 games that year. Pell’s first team, of course, would win no > games. > > 6 > > Galen Hall, 1985 > > > Allen Dean Steele/Getty Images > So, you can look at this one of two ways. Hall was named interim coach after > Pell was fired so his first game was a 27-12 win over Mississippi State. But > after he was given the job permanently, his first win was 35-23 over Miami. > In Miami. He had things rolling before the past sins of the previous staff > caught up with the roster. > > 7 > > Steve Spurrier, 1990 > > > USA TODAY Sports > Shane Matthews often tells the story that he wanted a draw or screen on the > first play against Oklahoma State. That’s not the way the HBC rolls. Instead, > it was a long pass to Ernie Mills on a deep cross and Florida was on its way > to a 50-7 win in Gainesville. Things felt different that day and it certainly > was the beginning of an amazing 12-year run. Trivia: First touchdown of the > Spurrier Era? Dexter McNabb. > > 8 > > Ron Zook, 2002 > > > Andy Lyons/Getty Images > The Zooker went to dinner with Spurrier soon after he succeeded him and the > HBC told him, “You got this job because nobody else wanted it.” Bigger names > did not want to be the man after THE MAN, but Zook got off to a good start > with a bomb from Rex Grossman to Taylor Jacobs on the first play and a 51-3 > win at home over UAB. > > 9 > > Urban Meyer, 2005 > > > USA TODAY Sports > Florida opened with Wyoming at home and won 32-14 in a game where Chris Leak > set the record for consecutive completions with 17 straight. Yay. Meyer was > not a happy camper. “In case you’re wondering what the offense should look > like, that wasn’t it,” he said after the game. Lighten up, Urbs. > > 10 > > Will Muschamp, 2011 > > > Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports > Muschamp was a bit of a surprise hire and was charged with cleaning up the > broken program. It started with a 41-3 win at home over Florida Atlantic in > what was also the debut at UF of offensive coordinator Charlie Weis. Chris > Raineyscored on a pass reception, a run and a blocked punt return. Remember > when Florida used to score on blocked punts? > > 11 > > Jim McElwain, 2015 > > > Crystal LoGiudice-USA TODAY Sports > Probably the worst cultural fit at Florida, Mac started off strong with a > 61-13 win over New Mexico State. Of course, he had this quarterback named > Will Grier, who was 15-for-17 with two TD passes and a run for a score. That > didn’t work out and neither did McElwain, but he has the record for the most > points scored by a Gator coach in his debut. > > 12 > > Dan Mullen, 2018 > > > Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images > And here came Mullen, an offensive whiz who seemed to be a lot more > personable than when he was at Florida as OC. His first game was a 53-6 win > over Charleston Southern in the Swamp and we thought he had unlocked the door > to Feleipe Franks (5 TD passes). Mullen was so happy, he took a victory lap > and threw his visor into the crowd. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from Shane’s iPhone > Go Gators! > -- > -- > 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) > --- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gatornews/FF25737D-1652-4900-8901-248AB0F1C281%40gmail.com. > -- > -- > 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) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gatortalk/9C95992C-8937-4499-953A-0F124C3451A2%40realtracs.com. > -- > -- > 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) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gatortalk/05F0ACF4-FC9D-4B71-98F7-3996EB5F7117%40gmail.com. -- -- 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) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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