[gatortalk] Sagarin's preseason footbal rankings are out :-)
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt09.htm He always starts the year with a huge bias towards Big 10 and Pac 10. But give him credit - this bias usually disappears by the end of the year. 1 Southern California A = 95.75 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 95.75 1 95.75 1 2 Florida A = 93.95 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 93.95 2 93.95 2 3 Oklahoma A = 92.19 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 92.19 3 92.19 3 4 Texas A = 90.95 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 90.95 4 90.95 4 5 Ohio State A = 89.29 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 89.29 5 89.29 5 6 LSU A = 88.55 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 88.55 6 88.55 6 7 Georgia A = 86.59 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 86.59 7 86.59 7 8 Penn State A = 86.58 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 86.58 8 86.58 8 9 Virginia Tech A = 85.98 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 85.98 9 85.98 9 10 Oregon A = 85.07 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 85.07 10 85.07 10 USC (PAC 10) is #1 and Oregon #10 OSU and PSU (Big 10) Three SEC teams Two Big 12 Only one ACC team His conference rankings are 1 SOUTHEASTERN (A) = 79.76 80.15 ( 1) 12 2 PAC-10 (A) = 78.30 78.50 ( 2) 10 3 BIG 12 (A) = 78.25 78.30 ( 3) 12 4 ATLANTIC COAST (A) = 77.64 77.42 ( 4) 12 5 BIG EAST (A) = 76.34 75.89 ( 6) 8 6 BIG TEN (A) = 75.93 76.23 ( 5) 11 7 MOUNTAIN WEST (A) = 71.28 71.79 ( 7) 9 8 I-A INDEPENDENTS (A) = 69.48 68.35 ( 8) 3 9 CONFERENCE USA (A) = 64.56 64.63 ( 9) 12 10 WESTERN ATHLETIC (A) = 63.59 64.02 ( 10) 9 http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbc09.htm his top 10 conferences for last season are 1 SOUTHEASTERN (A) = 78.31 79.08 ( 1) 12 2 BIG 12 (A) = 77.86 77.80 ( 2) 12 3 ATLANTIC COAST (A) = 77.70 77.67 ( 3) 12 4 PAC-10 (A) = 76.14 75.39 ( 4) 10 5 BIG EAST (A) = 75.23 74.11 ( 5) 8 6 BIG TEN (A) = 73.21 73.49 ( 6) 11 7 MOUNTAIN WEST (A) = 70.90 71.72 ( 7) 9 8 CONFERENCE USA (A) = 65.88 65.75 ( 8) 12 9 I-A INDEPENDENTS (A) = 64.26 63.74 ( 10) 4 10 WESTERN ATHLETIC (A) = 63.91 64.18 ( 9) 9 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] [Post Courier]: FYI -- C.J. Spiller enters his senior season as the featured back with a Heisman campaign
If Spiller had come to UF - perhaps he wouldn't have so many regrets ... Original Message Subject: [gatornews] [Post Courier]: FYI -- C.J. Spiller enters hissenior season as the featured back with a Heisman campaignFrom: Shane Ford go.ufgator...@gmail.comDate: Mon, August 24, 2009 8:20 amTo: gatorn...@googlegroups.com C.J. Spiller enters his senior season as the featured back with a Heisman campaign By Travis Sawchik Sunday, August 23, 2009 C.J. Spiller C.J. Spiller returned to an old routine this summer: early-morning jogs around his hometown of Lake Butler, Fla., a practice he'd tossed aside prior to his freshman season — his best season. The last few summers the relaxed runs were shelved in favor more explosive training exercises: short sprints, running up inclines. The return to the tours of his sleepy hometown (population: 1,900) in north-central Florida, its Main Street storefronts reminiscent much of Clemson, allowed him to think, to reflect which a more energy-intensive workout precluded. 'I was just meditating about the season, envisioning things for the team that we can accomplish,' Spiller said, 'being down in Tampa and winning an ACC championship ... I want to get a chance to see what it feels like in the locker room after winning a title.' He says he thought little about passing up the NFL Draft, though he said he had a first-round grade. He thought about the Spiller-for-Heisman campaign the school was to launch. The naturally reserved Spiller thought about the vocal, motivational role Dabo Swinney persuaded him to undertake. Something Spiller had already entertained. He knew he had star talent, he thought about how he could also become a galvanizing leader, how he could become legendary. Spiller also thought about regrets. Perhaps his decision to return was sealed in his subconscious after the disaster that was last season's opener against Alabama. He was upset over the following words written and said about his former head coach Tommy Bowden. It was on the team he thought. How they, how he, allowed the season to spiral out of control. Crushed, 34-10, by Alabama on Aug. 30, the Tigers lost again, at home, to Maryland on Sept. 27. On the same day Florida lost at home to Mississippi. Spiller watched his old friend Tim Tebow, the Florida quarterback, deliver a post-game address replayed from coast to coast. Spiller knows Tebow's speech well, like speechwriters know the Gettysburg Address: 'You have never seen any player in the entire country play as hard as I will play the rest of this season and you'll never see someone push the rest of the team as hard as I will push everybody the rest of this season, and you'll never see a team play harder than we will the rest of this season.' To Spiller, 'The Promise' speech contained moving, to-the-point words from Tebow, who he watched at Ponte Vedra Beach, 50 miles east of Lake Butler, during their high school days. The former Heisman winner was a player Spiller always admired from a distance, a devout Christian like himself. Tebow's words were immortalized on a plaque outside the new Florida football headquarters this spring after the Gators went on to win the national title. While Tebow rallied his team, at Clemson, Spiller was quiet. Clemson lost its next two games at Wake Forest and home against Georgia Tech, after which Bowden was out. 'I should have said something after the Alabama game,' Spiller said, 'I could have got (a quote) memorialized. It just showed (Tebow) is not afraid to speak out and stick up for teammates. Not only did he speak up, he went out there and backed it up. 'I think about that speech every time we face adversity. How he just grasped his teammates by making that statement and his teammates followed.' Spiller made his own promise — a promise to speak up, to be a leader in all ways. He was not concerned about his new on-the-field requirements, entering his senior season in a feature-back role for the first time. He's been healthy, playing in 38 of 39 games the last three seasons. The staff is unconcerned with his 5-11, 195-pound body holding up since he is so elusive and able to avoid contact. He's taken on some of Marshall Faulk's unusual demanding workouts and studies tape of the versatile former NFL star, whom he considers similar to himself. He's even studied footage of past NFL legends like Jim Brown and Walter Payton. He expects to produce career-best numbers in what he thinks will be an explosive offense. He needs only 921 all-purpose yards to break Leon Johnson's (North Carolina, 1995) ACC mark. If all goes according to plan, he should easily eclipse his career-best marks of 938 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns set as a freshman, when he rushed for 7.3 yards a carry, the best average in the ACC since Warrick Dunn averaged 7.5 yards per carry in 1995 at Florida State. Spiller admires Dunn for his off-the-field work, and someone he used to pretend to be in youth football. While such quantifiable,
[gatortalk] Another reason our coaches and program are so awesome...
As some of you know, my son Shane is a new freshman at UF this year (starts classes today in fact). Since he didn't get football tickets in the student lottery he decided to send in an audition tape to try and get in the marching band, and was accepted. Last week was preseason band camp for The Pride of the Sunshine - they went from 8:00AM-9:30PM every day, with only breaks for lunch and dinner. Saturday night they were treated to an end of camp banquet in the Touchdown Terrace, and I got a text from an obviously excited Shane during the event to let me know that Billy Donovan, Amanda Butler, and Urban Meyer had all given speeches at the event! It says a lot that the coaches would take the time from their busy schedules to show their appreciation for the students in the band this way. I just get prouder and prouder! Steve M. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Re: Sagarin's preseason footbal rankings are out :-)
This suprises me somewhat. No objective observer is even talking about USC in the top spot. They are starting a new QB, clearly a year ahead of what Carroll wanted. They lost 8 of their defensive starters to the NFL, and they're supposed to be better this year? While USC has good depth, they do have a few tough games this year. There is simply no explanation to put them at #1. I predict USC will lose at OSU, Cal and Oregon and will have a tough game against UCLA. Ken MNGator _ From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ke...@baldwinnc.com Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 6:18 AM To: gatortalk googlegroups Subject: [gatortalk] Sagarin's preseason footbal rankings are out :-) http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt09.htm He always starts the year with a huge bias towards Big 10 and Pac 10. But give him credit - this bias usually disappears by the end of the year. 1 Southern California A = 95.750 00.00( 0)0 0 | 0 0 | 95.75195.751 2 Florida A = 93.950 00.00( 0)0 0 | 0 0 | 93.95293.952 3 Oklahoma A = 92.190 00.00( 0)0 0 | 0 0 | 92.19392.193 4 TexasA = 90.950 00.00( 0)0 0 | 0 0 | 90.95490.954 5 Ohio State A = 89.290 00.00( 0)0 0 | 0 0 | 89.29589.295 6 LSU A = 88.550 00.00( 0)0 0 | 0 0 | 88.55688.556 7 Georgia A = 86.590 00.00( 0)0 0 | 0 0 | 86.59786.597 8 Penn State A = 86.580 00.00( 0)0 0 | 0 0 | 86.58886.588 9 Virginia TechA = 85.980 00.00( 0)0 0 | 0 0 | 85.98985.989 10 Oregon A = 85.070 00.00( 0)0 0 | 0 0 | 85.07 1085.07 10 USC (PAC 10) is #1 and Oregon #10 OSU and PSU (Big 10) Three SEC teams Two Big 12 Only one ACC team His conference rankings are 1 SOUTHEASTERN(A) = 79.76 80.15 ( 1) 12 2 PAC-10 (A) = 78.30 78.50 ( 2) 10 3 BIG 12 (A) = 78.25 78.30 ( 3) 12 4 ATLANTIC COAST (A) = 77.64 77.42 ( 4) 12 5 BIG EAST(A) = 76.34 75.89 ( 6) 8 6 BIG TEN (A) = 75.93 76.23 ( 5) 11 7 MOUNTAIN WEST (A) = 71.28 71.79 ( 7) 9 8 I-A INDEPENDENTS(A) = 69.48 68.35 ( 8) 3 9 CONFERENCE USA (A) = 64.56 64.63 ( 9) 12 10 WESTERN ATHLETIC(A) = 63.59 64.02 ( 10) 9 http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbc09.htm his top 10 conferences for last season are 1 SOUTHEASTERN(A) = 78.31 79.08 ( 1) 12 2 BIG 12 (A) = 77.86 77.80 ( 2) 12 3 ATLANTIC COAST (A) = 77.70 77.67 ( 3) 12 4 PAC-10 (A) = 76.14 75.39 ( 4) 10 5 BIG EAST(A) = 75.23 74.11 ( 5) 8 6 BIG TEN (A) = 73.21 73.49 ( 6) 11 7 MOUNTAIN WEST (A) = 70.90 71.72 ( 7) 9 8 CONFERENCE USA (A) = 65.88 65.75 ( 8) 12 9 I-A INDEPENDENTS(A) = 64.26 63.74 ( 10) 4 10 WESTERN ATHLETIC(A) = 63.91 64.18 ( 9) 9 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [Post Courier]: FYI -- C.J. Spiller enters his senior season as the featured back with a Heisman campaign
I was curious to see if any one else read that sentiment into what he said. He also seems kind of jealous of Tebow, in some small way. Don't you think? Maybe I was reading too much into what he said, but then I'm still bitter that he chose Clemson over UF. --- On Mon, 8/24/09, ke...@baldwinnc.com ke...@baldwinnc.com wrote: From: ke...@baldwinnc.com ke...@baldwinnc.com Subject: [gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] [Post Courier]: FYI -- C.J. Spiller enters his senior season as the featured back with a Heisman campaign To: gatortalk googlegroups Gatortalk@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 7:41 AM If Spiller had come to UF - perhaps he wouldn't have so many regrets ... Original Message Subject: [gatornews] [Post Courier]: FYI -- C.J. Spiller enters his senior season as the featured back with a Heisman campaign From: Shane Ford go.ufgator...@gmail.com Date: Mon, August 24, 2009 8:20 am To: gatorn...@googlegroups.com C.J. Spiller enters his senior season as the featured back with a Heisman campaign By Travis Sawchik Sunday, August 23, 2009 C.J. Spiller C.J. Spiller returned to an old routine this summer: early-morning jogs around his hometown of Lake Butler, Fla., a practice he'd tossed aside prior to his freshman season — his best season. The last few summers the relaxed runs were shelved in favor more explosive training exercises: short sprints, running up inclines. The return to the tours of his sleepy hometown (population: 1,900) in north-central Florida, its Main Street storefronts reminiscent much of Clemson, allowed him to think, to reflect which a more energy-intensive workout precluded. 'I was just meditating about the season, envisioning things for the team that we can accomplish,' Spiller said, 'being down in Tampa and winning an ACC championship ... I want to get a chance to see what it feels like in the locker room after winning a title.' He says he thought little about passing up the NFL Draft, though he said he had a first-round grade. He thought about the Spiller-for-Heisman campaign the school was to launch. The naturally reserved Spiller thought about the vocal, motivational role Dabo Swinney persuaded him to undertake. Something Spiller had already entertained. He knew he had star talent, he thought about how he could also become a galvanizing leader, how he could become legendary. Spiller also thought about regrets. Perhaps his decision to return was sealed in his subconscious after the disaster that was last season's opener against Alabama. He was upset over the following words written and said about his former head coach Tommy Bowden. It was on the team he thought. How they, how he, allowed the season to spiral out of control. Crushed, 34-10, by Alabama on Aug. 30, the Tigers lost again, at home, to Maryland on Sept. 27. On the same day Florida lost at home to Mississippi. Spiller watched his old friend Tim Tebow, the Florida quarterback, deliver a post-game address replayed from coast to coast. Spiller knows Tebow's speech well, like speechwriters know the Gettysburg Address: 'You have never seen any player in the entire country play as hard as I will play the rest of this season and you'll never see someone push the rest of the team as hard as I will push everybody the rest of this season, and you'll never see a team play harder than we will the rest of this season.' To Spiller, 'The Promise' speech contained moving, to-the-point words from Tebow, who he watched at Ponte Vedra Beach, 50 miles east of Lake Butler, during their high school days. The former Heisman winner was a player Spiller always admired from a distance, a devout Christian like himself. Tebow's words were immortalized on a plaque outside the new Florida football headquarters this spring after the Gators went on to win the national title. While Tebow rallied his team, at Clemson, Spiller was quiet. Clemson lost its next two games at Wake Forest and home against Georgia Tech, after which Bowden was out. 'I should have said something after the Alabama game,' Spiller said, 'I could have got (a quote) memorialized. It just showed (Tebow) is not afraid to speak out and stick up for teammates. Not only did he speak up, he went out there and backed it up. 'I think about that speech every time we face adversity. How he just grasped his teammates by making that statement and his teammates followed.' Spiller made his own promise — a promise to speak up, to be a leader in all ways. He was not concerned about his new on-the-field requirements, entering his senior season in a feature-back role for the first time. He's been healthy, playing in 38 of 39 games the last three seasons. The staff is unconcerned with his 5-11, 195-pound body holding up since he is so elusive and able to avoid contact. He's taken on some of Marshall Faulk's unusual demanding workouts and studies tape of the versatile former NFL star, whom he considers similar to
[gatortalk] Day 15?
Did I miss it or did we skip Day 15 in the countdown? I hear we have a pretty good kid who shows some promise at QB this year wearing #15. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [Post Courier]: FYI -- C.J. Spiller enters his senior season as the featured back with a Heisman campaign
Mr Spiller might just think that college football is only something that you have to do while you wait to be age eligible for the NFL. Who knows what these kids are thinking. Spiller was probably told - the spread does not use RBs like him, he will have to sit at UF and wait versus start right away at Clemson, UF has a new coach who won't make it like Zook, the spread won't work in the SEC, etc. Hindsight is 20-20 It is getting to where - if you are a starter at UF - no matter what position - you most likely will be drafted. You have already beaten out the best of the best for that starting position, you have competed against the best talent in all of college, and had the best coaching. Original Message Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [Post Courier]: FYI -- C.J.Spiller enters his senior season as the featured back with a HeismancampaignFrom: Shane Ford goufgat...@bellsouth.netDate: Mon, August 24, 2009 11:10 amTo: gatortalk@googlegroups.com I was curious to see if any one else read that sentiment into what he said. He also seems kind ofjealous of Tebow, in some small way. Don't you think? Maybe I was reading too much into what he said, but then I'm still "bitter" that he chose Clemson over UF. --- On Mon, 8/24/09, ke...@baldwinnc.com ke...@baldwinnc.com wrote: From: ke...@baldwinnc.com ke...@baldwinnc.comSubject: [gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] [Post Courier]: FYI -- C.J. Spiller enters his senior season as the featured back with a Heisman campaignTo: "gatortalk googlegroups" Gatortalk@googlegroups.comDate: Monday, August 24, 2009, 7:41 AM If Spiller had come to UF - perhaps he wouldn't have so many regrets ... Original Message Subject: [gatornews] [Post Courier]: FYI -- C.J. Spiller enters hissenior season as the featured back with a Heisman campaignFrom: Shane Ford go.ufgator...@gmail.comDate: Mon, August 24, 2009 8:20 amTo: gatorn...@googlegroups.com C.J. Spiller enters his senior season as the featured back with a Heisman campaign By Travis Sawchik Sunday, August 23, 2009 C.J. Spiller C.J. Spiller returned to an old routine this summer: early-morning jogs around his hometown of Lake Butler, Fla., a practice he'd tossed aside prior to his freshman season — his best season. The last few summers the relaxed runs were shelved in favor more explosive training exercises: short sprints, running up inclines. The return to the tours of his sleepy hometown (population: 1,900) in north-central Florida, its Main Street storefronts reminiscent much of Clemson, allowed him to think, to reflect which a more energy-intensive workout precluded. 'I was just meditating about the season, envisioning things for the team that we can accomplish,' Spiller said, 'being down in Tampa and winning an ACC championship ... I want to get a chance to see what it feels like in the locker room after winning a title.' He says he thought little about passing up the NFL Draft, though he said he had a first-round grade. He thought about the Spiller-for-Heisman campaign the school was to launch. The naturally reserved Spiller thought about the vocal, motivational role Dabo Swinney persuaded him to undertake. Something Spiller had already entertained. He knew he had star talent, he thought about how he could also become a galvanizing leader, how he could become legendary. Spiller also thought about regrets. Perhaps his decision to return was sealed in his subconscious after the disaster that was last season's opener against Alabama. He was upset over the following words written and said about his former head coach Tommy Bowden. It was on the team he thought. How they, how he, allowed the season to spiral out of control. Crushed, 34-10, by Alabama on Aug. 30, the Tigers lost again, at home, to Maryland on Sept. 27. On the same day Florida lost at home to Mississippi. Spiller watched his old friend Tim Tebow, the Florida quarterback, deliver a post-game address replayed from coast to coast. Spiller knows Tebow's speech well, like speechwriters know the Gettysburg Address: 'You have never seen any player in the entire country play as hard as I will play the rest of this season and you'll never see someone push the rest of the team as hard as I will push everybody the rest of this season, and you'll never see a team play harder than we will the rest of this season.' To Spiller, 'The Promise' speech contained moving, to-the-point words from Tebow, who he watched at Ponte Vedra Beach, 50 miles east of Lake Butler, during their high school days. The former Heisman winner was a player Spiller always admired from a distance, a devout Christian like himself. Tebow's words were immortalized on a plaque outside the new Florida football headquarters this spring after the Gators went on to win the national title. While Tebow rallied his team, at Clemson, Spiller was quiet. Clemson lost its next two games at Wake Forest and home against Georgia Tech, after which
[gatortalk] Re: Another reason our coaches and program are so awesome...
Steve... that is fantastic. I can only imagine how proud you must be! GO GATORS! Cee - Original Message - From: Steve McKibben augiega...@yahoo.com To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 10:20 AM Subject: [gatortalk] Another reason our coaches and program are so awesome... As some of you know, my son Shane is a new freshman at UF this year (starts classes today in fact). Since he didn't get football tickets in the student lottery he decided to send in an audition tape to try and get in the marching band, and was accepted. Last week was preseason band camp for The Pride of the Sunshine - they went from 8:00AM-9:30PM every day, with only breaks for lunch and dinner. Saturday night they were treated to an end of camp banquet in the Touchdown Terrace, and I got a text from an obviously excited Shane during the event to let me know that Billy Donovan, Amanda Butler, and Urban Meyer had all given speeches at the event! It says a lot that the coaches would take the time from their busy schedules to show their appreciation for the students in the band this way. I just get prouder and prouder! Steve M. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Re: Sagarin's preseason footbal rankings are out :-)
That's what everyone thought last year until they played Iowa. The Pac 10 will be more competitive this year due to the fact that USC is rebuilding, but also because Cal, UCLA and Oregon will all be better. The Big Televen will still be weak, but there are some tough outs in that league too. Illinois can beat anyone, Michigan is a year away but has the ability to rise up and bite you, Wisconsin always plays tough, and this year Minnesota will be playing in a new on-campus outdoor stadium, so that might make for some interesting late season games. I don't think anyone has an easy path to an undefeated season, if they make it, more power to them. Ken MNGator _ From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ke...@baldwinnc.com Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 10:18 AM To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Sagarin's preseason footbal rankings are out :-) The PAC10 and Big 10 have the easiest paths to the BCS. The only good team teat Penn State plays is OSU. They win that game - and they are undefeated - versus a (most likely) 1 loss SEC team Original Message Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Sagarin's preseason footbal rankings are out :-) From: Ken Kirkley k...@kirkley.net Date: Mon, August 24, 2009 10:23 am To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com This suprises me somewhat. No objective observer is even talking about USC in the top spot. They are starting a new QB, clearly a year ahead of what Carroll wanted. They lost 8 of their defensive starters to the NFL, and they're supposed to be better this year? While USC has good depth, they do have a few tough games this year. There is simply no explanation to put them at #1. I predict USC will lose at OSU, Cal and Oregon and will have a tough game against UCLA. Ken MNGator _ From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ke...@baldwinnc.com Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 6:18 AM To: gatortalk googlegroups Subject: [gatortalk] Sagarin's preseason footbal rankings are out :-) http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt09.htm He always starts the year with a huge bias towards Big 10 and Pac 10. But give him credit - this bias usually disappears by the end of the year. 1 Southern California A = 95.750 00.00( 0)0 0 | 0 0 | 95.75195.751 2 Florida A = 93.950 00.00( 0)0 0 | 0 0 | 93.95293.952 3 Oklahoma A = 92.190 00.00( 0)0 0 | 0 0 | 92.19392.193 4 TexasA = 90.950 00.00( 0)0 0 | 0 0 | 90.95490.954 5 Ohio State A = 89.290 00.00( 0)0 0 | 0 0 | 89.29589.295 6 LSU A = 88.550 00.00( 0)0 0 | 0 0 | 88.55688.556 7 Georgia A = 86.590 00.00( 0)0 0 | 0 0 | 86.59786.597 8 Penn State A = 86.580 00.00( 0)0 0 | 0 0 | 86.58886.588 9 Virginia TechA = 85.980 00.00( 0)0 0 | 0 0 | 85.98985.989 10 Oregon A = 85.070 00.00( 0)0 0 | 0 0 | 85.07 1085.07 10 USC (PAC 10) is #1 and Oregon #10 OSU and PSU (Big 10) Three SEC teams Two Big 12 Only one ACC team His conference rankings are 1 SOUTHEASTERN(A) = 79.76 80.15 ( 1) 12 2 PAC-10 (A) = 78.30 78.50 ( 2) 10 3 BIG 12 (A) = 78.25 78.30 ( 3) 12 4 ATLANTIC COAST (A) = 77.64 77.42 ( 4) 12 5 BIG EAST(A) = 76.34 75.89 ( 6) 8 6 BIG TEN (A) = 75.93 76.23 ( 5) 11 7 MOUNTAIN WEST (A) = 71.28 71.79 ( 7) 9 8 I-A INDEPENDENTS(A) = 69.48 68.35 ( 8) 3 9 CONFERENCE USA (A) = 64.56 64.63 ( 9) 12 10 WESTERN ATHLETIC(A) = 63.59 64.02 ( 10) 9 http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbc09.htm his top 10 conferences for last season are 1 SOUTHEASTERN(A) = 78.31 79.08 ( 1) 12 2 BIG 12 (A) = 77.86 77.80 ( 2) 12 3 ATLANTIC COAST (A) = 77.70 77.67 ( 3) 12 4 PAC-10 (A) = 76.14 75.39 ( 4) 10 5 BIG EAST(A) = 75.23 74.11 ( 5) 8 6 BIG TEN (A) = 73.21 73.49 ( 6) 11 7 MOUNTAIN WEST (A) = 70.90 71.72 ( 7) 9 8 CONFERENCE USA (A) = 65.88 65.75 ( 8) 12 9 I-A INDEPENDENTS(A) = 64.26 63.74 ( 10) 4 10 WESTERN ATHLETIC(A) = 63.91 64.18 ( 9) 9 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE
[gatortalk] Re: Sagarin's preseason footbal rankings are out :-)
The PAC10 and Big 10 have the easiest paths to the BCS. The only good team teat Penn State plays is OSU. They win that game - and they are undefeated - versus a (most likely) 1 loss SEC team Original Message Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Sagarin's preseason footbal rankings are out:-)From: "Ken Kirkley" k...@kirkley.netDate: Mon, August 24, 2009 10:23 amTo: gatortalk@googlegroups.com This suprises me somewhat. No objective observer is even talking about USC in the top spot. They are starting a new QB, clearly a year ahead of what Carroll wanted. They lost 8 of their defensive starters to the NFL, and they're supposed to be better this year? While USC has good depth, they do have a few tough games this year. There is simply no explanation to put them at #1. I predict USC will lose at OSU, Cal and Oregon and will have a tough game against UCLA. Ken MNGator From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatortalk@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ke...@baldwinnc.comSent: Monday, August 24, 2009 6:18 AMTo: gatortalk googlegroupsSubject: [gatortalk] Sagarin's preseason footbal rankings are out :-) http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt09.htm He always starts the year with a huge bias towards Big 10 and Pac 10. But give him credit - this bias usually disappears by the end of the year. 1 Southern California A = 95.75 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 95.75 1 95.75 1 2 Florida A = 93.95 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 93.95 2 93.95 2 3 Oklahoma A = 92.19 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 92.19 3 92.19 3 4 Texas A = 90.95 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 90.95 4 90.95 4 5 Ohio State A = 89.29 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 89.29 5 89.29 5 6 LSU A = 88.55 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 88.55 6 88.55 6 7 Georgia A = 86.59 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 86.59 7 86.59 7 8 Penn State A = 86.58 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 86.58 8 86.58 8 9 Virginia Tech A = 85.98 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 85.98 9 85.98 9 10 Oregon A = 85.07 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 85.07 10 85.07 10 USC (PAC 10) is #1 and Oregon #10 OSU and PSU (Big 10) Three SEC teams Two Big 12 Only one ACC team His conference rankings are 1 SOUTHEASTERN (A) = 79.76 80.15 ( 1) 12 2 PAC-10 (A) = 78.30 78.50 ( 2) 10 3 BIG 12 (A) = 78.25 78.30 ( 3) 12 4 ATLANTIC COAST (A) = 77.64 77.42 ( 4) 12 5 BIG EAST (A) = 76.34 75.89 ( 6) 8 6 BIG TEN (A) = 75.93 76.23 ( 5) 11 7 MOUNTAIN WEST (A) = 71.28 71.79 ( 7) 9 8 I-A INDEPENDENTS (A) = 69.48 68.35 ( 8) 3 9 CONFERENCE USA (A) = 64.56 64.63 ( 9) 12 10 WESTERN ATHLETIC (A) = 63.59 64.02 ( 10) 9 http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbc09.htm his top 10 conferences for last season are 1 SOUTHEASTERN (A) = 78.31 79.08 ( 1) 12 2 BIG 12 (A) = 77.86 77.80 ( 2) 12 3 ATLANTIC COAST (A) = 77.70 77.67 ( 3) 12 4 PAC-10 (A) = 76.14 75.39 ( 4) 10 5 BIG EAST (A) = 75.23 74.11 ( 5) 8 6 BIG TEN (A) = 73.21 73.49 ( 6) 11 7 MOUNTAIN WEST (A) = 70.90 71.72 ( 7) 9 8 CONFERENCE USA (A) = 65.88 65.75 ( 8) 12 9 I-A INDEPENDENTS (A) = 64.26 63.74 ( 10) 4 10 WESTERN ATHLETIC (A) = 63.91 64.18 ( 9) 9
[gatortalk] Re: Another reason our coaches and program are so awesome...
That's awesome Steve. My daughter is starting her 3rd year at UF today. She had to go back on August 8th for sorority pre-recruitment activities. I often get calls or texts about how excited she is to be there. The most recent of which was at a banquet she attended in April with the football team for the powder puff charity that Tebow hosts. It was something to the effect of Sitting here next to Tebow and Meyer, it truely is great to be a Florida Gator. I also remember getting a call from her during the middle of the day during her Freshman year and I answered thinking something must be serious for her to call me at work. She said oh my god mom, the most awesome thing just happened. I was thinking this could be good or bad, so I braced myself. She informed me that on her way to her Biology class she had walked by Tebow on his scooter just leaving his prior class. Hahaha. What instrument does Shane play? I'll have to watch for him on the field during halftime at the games. On Aug 24, 2009, at 10:20 AM, Steve McKibben wrote: As some of you know, my son Shane is a new freshman at UF this year (starts classes today in fact). Since he didn't get football tickets in the student lottery he decided to send in an audition tape to try and get in the marching band, and was accepted. Last week was preseason band camp for The Pride of the Sunshine - they went from 8:00AM-9:30PM every day, with only breaks for lunch and dinner. Saturday night they were treated to an end of camp banquet in the Touchdown Terrace, and I got a text from an obviously excited Shane during the event to let me know that Billy Donovan, Amanda Butler, and Urban Meyer had all given speeches at the event! It says a lot that the coaches would take the time from their busy schedules to show their appreciation for the students in the band this way. I just get prouder and prouder! Steve M. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [Post Courier]: FYI -- C.J. Spiller enters his senior season as the featured back with a Heisman campaign
It seemed to me as though he wants to be where he's the top dog, and knows that in Gainesville, with Tebow there, that would never happen. --- On Mon, 8/24/09, Shane Ford goufgat...@bellsouth.net wrote: I was curious to see if any one else read that sentiment into what he said. He also seems kind of jealous of Tebow, in some small way. Don't you think? Maybe I was reading too much into what he said, but then I'm still bitter that he chose Clemson over UF. --- On Mon, 8/24/09, ke...@baldwinnc.com ke...@baldwinnc.com wrote: If Spiller had come to UF - perhaps he wouldn't have so many regrets ... --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [Post Courier]: FYI -- C.J. Spiller enters his senior season as the featured back with a Heisman campaign
From what I understand the bottom line for CJ was that his impression of Clemson was that the entire coaching staff was highly religious, and apparently that was #1 for him. I'm guessing he's regretted his decision since the rumor leaked out that he was interested in transferring to UF. I tend to believe it was true, but that's long past now anyway. -Original Message- From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com]on Behalf Of ke...@baldwinnc.com Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 11:24 AM To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [Post Courier]: FYI -- C.J. Spiller enters his senior season as the featured back with a Heisman campaign Importance: Low Mr Spiller might just think that college football is only something that you have to do while you wait to be age eligible for the NFL. Who knows what these kids are thinking. Spiller was probably told - the spread does not use RBs like him, he will have to sit at UF and wait versus start right away at Clemson, UF has a new coach who won't make it like Zook, the spread won't work in the SEC, etc. Hindsight is 20-20 It is getting to where - if you are a starter at UF - no matter what position - you most likely will be drafted. You have already beaten out the best of the best for that starting position, you have competed against the best talent in all of college, and had the best coaching. Original Message Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [Post Courier]: FYI -- C.J. Spiller enters his senior season as the featured back with a Heisman campaign From: Shane Ford goufgat...@bellsouth.net Date: Mon, August 24, 2009 11:10 am To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com I was curious to see if any one else read that sentiment into what he said. He also seems kind of jealous of Tebow, in some small way. Don't you think? Maybe I was reading too much into what he said, but then I'm still bitter that he chose Clemson over UF. --- On Mon, 8/24/09, ke...@baldwinnc.com ke...@baldwinnc.com wrote: From: ke...@baldwinnc.com ke...@baldwinnc.com Subject: [gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] [Post Courier]: FYI -- C.J. Spiller enters his senior season as the featured back with a Heisman campaign To: gatortalk googlegroups Gatortalk@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 7:41 AM If Spiller had come to UF - perhaps he wouldn't have so many regrets ... Original Message Subject: [gatornews] [Post Courier]: FYI -- C.J. Spiller enters his senior season as the featured back with a Heisman campaign From: Shane Ford go.ufgator...@gmail.com Date: Mon, August 24, 2009 8:20 am To: gatorn...@googlegroups.com C.J. Spiller enters his senior season as the featured back with a Heisman campaign By Travis Sawchik Sunday, August 23, 2009 C.J. Spiller C.J. Spiller returned to an old routine this summer: early-morning jogs around his hometown of Lake Butler, Fla., a practice he'd tossed aside prior to his freshman season — his best season. The last few summers the relaxed runs were shelved in favor more explosive training exercises: short sprints, running up inclines. The return to the tours of his sleepy hometown (population: 1,900) in north-central Florida, its Main Street storefronts reminiscent much of Clemson, allowed him to think, to reflect which a more energy-intensive workout precluded. 'I was just meditating about the season, envisioning things for the team that we can accomplish,' Spiller said, 'being down in Tampa and winning an ACC championship ... I want to get a chance to see what it feels like in the locker room after winning a title.' He says he thought little about passing up the NFL Draft, though he said he had a first-round grade. He thought about the Spiller-for-Heisman campaign the school was to launch. The naturally reserved Spiller thought about the vocal, motivational role Dabo Swinney persuaded him to undertake. Something Spiller had already entertained. He knew he had star talent, he thought about how he could also become a galvanizing leader, how he could become legendary. Spiller also thought about regrets. Perhaps his decision to return was sealed in his subconscious after the disaster that was last season's opener against Alabama. He was upset over the following words written and said about his former head coach Tommy Bowden. It was on the team he thought. How they, how he, allowed the season to spiral out of control. Crushed, 34-10, by Alabama on Aug. 30, the Tigers lost again, at home, to Maryland on Sept. 27. On the same day Florida lost at
[gatortalk] Re: Another reason our coaches and program are so awesome...
Shane plays sousaphone (tuba for marching band). I'm sure that I'll be posting a picture or two some time during the season! --- On Mon, 8/24/09, Cathryn Lasky wrote: What instrument does Shane play? I'll have to watch for him on the field during halftime at the games. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Saturday sports radio pundits
Predicting UF vs. Notre Dame in the title game, which the Gators win, and Meyer exercising his 500k buyout clause and leaving for ND. They say the Gator Nation has it’s head buried in the sand. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Re: Day 15?
Oh yeah? Who's that?!! :-) On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:11 AM, tgi...@cfl.rr.com wrote: Did I miss it or did we skip Day 15 in the countdown? I hear we have a pretty good kid who shows some promise at QB this year wearing #15. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Re: Day 15?
Chris Leak? From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of dbadr...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 1:23 PM To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Day 15? Oh yeah? Who's that?!! :-) On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:11 AM, tgi...@cfl.rr.com wrote: Did I miss it or did we skip Day 15 in the countdown? I hear we have a pretty good kid who shows some promise at QB this year wearing #15. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Fw: Countdown to Kickoff - Day 15!
I sent it out, must have gotten lost in the innertubes. '-) #15 - Tim Tebow Tim is a 6-3, 245 lb. true Senior Quarterback from Jacksonville (Nease HS) who is the most decorated QB in UF history, including the only Sophomore to ever win the Heisman Trophy as well only the second player to repeat as a Maxwell Award winner and is the only player in NCAA history to rush and pass for at least 20 touchdowns in a season. A complete list of his awards and honors can be found here: http://www.gatorzone.com/football/honors/2007/tebow.pdf He has thrown for 6,390 yards and 67 TDs in three seasons, while gaining 2,037 yards on the ground with 43 rushing touchdowns, both school records by a Florida quarterback. The son of Gator grads Bob and Pam Tebow, Tim was born on August 14, 1987. He is majoring in Family, Youth and Community Services. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~--- inline: tebow.jpg
[gatortalk] Re: Fw: Countdown to Kickoff - Day 15!
Not trying to sound pedantic, but this should be updated to read the FIRST sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy - Bradford was a sophomore last year (redshirt sophomomore, but still...). #15 -Tim Tebow Tim is a 6-3, 245 lb. true Senior Quarterback from Jacksonville (Nease HS) who is the most decorated QB in UF history, including the onlySophomore to ever win the Heisman Trophy as wellonly thesecond player to repeat as a Maxwell Award winner and is the only player in NCAA history to rush and pass for at least 20 touchdowns in a season. A complete list of his awards and honors can be found here: http://www.gatorzone.com/football/honors/2007/tebow.pdf He has thrown for 6,390 yards and 67 TDs in three seasons, whilegaining 2,037yards on the ground with 43 rushing touchdowns, both school records by a Florida quarterback. The son of Gator grads Bob and Pam Tebow, Tim was born on August 14, 1987. He is majoring in Family, Youth and Community Services. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Re: Fw: Countdown to Kickoff - Day 15!
Yep, but my source, the UF media guide, didn't update either. ;-) - Original Message - From: Steve McKibben To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 1:32 PM Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Fw: Countdown to Kickoff - Day 15! Not trying to sound pedantic, but this should be updated to read the FIRST sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy - Bradford was a sophomore last year (redshirt sophomomore, but still...). #15 - Tim Tebow Tim is a 6-3, 245 lb. true Senior Quarterback from Jacksonville (Nease HS) who is the most decorated QB in UF history, including the only Sophomore to ever win the Heisman Trophy as well only the second player to repeat as a Maxwell Award winner and is the only player in NCAA history to rush and pass for at least 20 touchdowns in a season. A complete list of his awards and honors can be found here: http://www.gatorzone.com/football/honors/2007/tebow.pdf He has thrown for 6,390 yards and 67 TDs in three seasons, while gaining 2,037 yards on the ground with 43 rushing touchdowns, both school records by a Florida quarterback. The son of Gator grads Bob and Pam Tebow, Tim was born on August 14, 1987. He is majoring in Family, Youth and Community Services. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~--- inline: tebow.jpg
[gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [Post Courier]: FYI -- C.J. Spiller enters his senior season as the featured back with a Heisman campaign
Good riddance. See ya. A. Leon Polhill, Gator From: ke...@baldwinnc.com ke...@baldwinnc.com To: gatortalk googlegroups Gatortalk@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 8:41:52 AM Subject: [gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] [Post Courier]: FYI -- C.J. Spiller enters his senior season as the featured back with a Heisman campaign If Spiller had come to UF - perhaps he wouldn't have so many regrets ... Original Message Subject: [gatornews] [Post Courier]: FYI -- C.J. Spiller enters his senior season as the featured back with a Heisman campaign From: Shane Ford go.ufgator...@gmail.com Date: Mon, August 24, 2009 8:20 am To: gatorn...@googlegroups.com C.J. Spiller enters his senior season as the featured back with a Heisman campaign By Travis Sawchik Sunday, August 23, 2009 C.J. Spiller C.J. Spiller returned to an old routine this summer: early-morning jogs around his hometown of Lake Butler, Fla., a practice he'd tossed aside prior to his freshman season — his best season. The last few summers the relaxed runs were shelved in favor more explosive training exercises: short sprints, running up inclines. The return to the tours of his sleepy hometown (population: 1,900) in north-central Florida, its Main Street storefronts reminiscent much of Clemson, allowed him to think, to reflect which a more energy-intensive workout precluded. 'I was just meditating about the season, envisioning things for the team that we can accomplish,' Spiller said, 'being down in Tampa and winning an ACC championship ... I want to get a chance to see what it feels like in the locker room after winning a title.' He says he thought little about passing up the NFL Draft, though he said he had a first-round grade. He thought about the Spiller-for-Heisman campaign the school was to launch. The naturally reserved Spiller thought about the vocal, motivational role Dabo Swinney persuaded him to undertake. Something Spiller had already entertained. He knew he had star talent, he thought about how he could also become a galvanizing leader, how he could become legendary. Spiller also thought about regrets. Perhaps his decision to return was sealed in his subconscious after the disaster that was last season's opener against Alabama. He was upset over the following words written and said about his former head coach Tommy Bowden. It was on the team he thought. How they, how he, allowed the season to spiral out of control. Crushed, 34-10, by Alabama on Aug. 30, the Tigers lost again, at home, to Maryland on Sept. 27. On the same day Florida lost at home to Mississippi. Spiller watched his old friend Tim Tebow, the Florida quarterback, deliver a post-game address replayed from coast to coast. Spiller knows Tebow's speech well, like speechwriters know the Gettysburg Address: 'You have never seen any player in the entire country play as hard as I will play the rest of this season and you'll never see someone push the rest of the team as hard as I will push everybody the rest of this season, and you'll never see a team play harder than we will the rest of this season.' To Spiller, 'The Promise' speech contained moving, to-the-point words from Tebow, who he watched at Ponte Vedra Beach, 50 miles east of Lake Butler, during their high school days. The former Heisman winner was a player Spiller always admired from a distance, a devout Christian like himself. Tebow's words were immortalized on a plaque outside the new Florida football headquarters this spring after the Gators went on to win the national title. While Tebow rallied his team, at Clemson, Spiller was quiet. Clemson lost its next two games at Wake Forest and home against Georgia Tech, after which Bowden was out. 'I should have said something after the Alabama game,' Spiller said, 'I could have got (a quote) memorialized. It just showed (Tebow) is not afraid to speak out and stick up for teammates. Not only did he speak up, he went out there and backed it up. 'I think about that speech every time we face adversity. How he just grasped his teammates by making that statement and his teammates followed.' Spiller made his own promise — a promise to speak up, to be a leader in all ways. He was not concerned about his new on-the-field requirements, entering his senior season in a feature-back role for the first time. He's been healthy, playing in 38 of 39 games the last three seasons. The staff is unconcerned with his 5-11, 195-pound body holding up since he is so elusive and able to avoid contact. He's taken on some of Marshall Faulk's unusual demanding workouts and studies tape of the versatile former NFL star, whom he considers similar to himself. He's even studied footage of past NFL legends like Jim Brown and Walter Payton. He expects to produce career-best numbers in what he thinks will be an explosive offense. He needs only 921 all-purpose yards to break Leon Johnson's (North Carolina,
[gatortalk] Countdown to Kickoff - Day 12!
#12 - John Brantley John is a 6-3, 217 lb. redshirt Sophomore Quarterback from Ocala (Trinity Catholic HS) who has played nine games, recording 18 completions on 28 attemps for 235 yards and three TDs. He has also ran nine times for eight yards. The son of former UF QB John Brantley III and his wife Karen, John was born on March 3, 1989. He is majoring in Humanities and Letters. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~--- inline: brantley.jpg
[gatortalk] Re: Fw: Countdown to Kickoff - Day 15!
He also has ONLY 3 credites to graduat!!! :-) On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Darlene Goodfellow goodfell...@earthlink.net wrote: Yep, but my source, the UF media guide, didn't update either. ;-) - Original Message - *From:* Steve McKibben augiega...@yahoo.com *To:* gatortalk@googlegroups.com *Sent:* Monday, August 24, 2009 1:32 PM *Subject:* [gatortalk] Re: Fw: Countdown to Kickoff - Day 15! Not trying to sound pedantic, but this should be updated to read the FIRST sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy - Bradford was a sophomore last year (redshirt sophomomore, but still...). *#15 -* *Tim Tebow* ** *Tim is a 6-3, 245 lb. true Senior Quarterback from Jacksonville (Nease HS) who is the most decorated QB in UF history, including the only Sophomore to ever win the Heisman Trophy as well only the second player to repeat as a Maxwell Award winner and is the only player in NCAA history to rush and pass for at least 20 touchdowns in a season. A complete list of his awards and honors can be found here: * http://www.gatorzone.com/football/honors/2007/tebow.pdf* * *He has thrown for 6,390 yards and 67 TDs in three seasons, while gaining 2,037 yards on the ground with 43 rushing touchdowns, both school records by a Florida quarterback.* *The son of Gator grads Bob and Pam Tebow, Tim was born on August 14, 1987. He is majoring in Family, Youth and Community Services. * ** --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~--- inline: tebow.jpg
[gatortalk] Re: Another reason our coaches and program are so awesome...
I have to say CONGRATULATIONS! Post some pics that he takes from the middle of the field! :-) On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Steve McKibben augiega...@yahoo.comwrote: As some of you know, my son Shane is a new freshman at UF this year (starts classes today in fact). Since he didn't get football tickets in the student lottery he decided to send in an audition tape to try and get in the marching band, and was accepted. Last week was preseason band camp for The Pride of the Sunshine - they went from 8:00AM-9:30PM every day, with only breaks for lunch and dinner. Saturday night they were treated to an end of camp banquet in the Touchdown Terrace, and I got a text from an obviously excited Shane during the event to let me know that Billy Donovan, Amanda Butler, and Urban Meyer had all given speeches at the event! It says a lot that the coaches would take the time from their busy schedules to show their appreciation for the students in the band this way. I just get prouder and prouder! Steve M. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Re: Fw: Countdown to Kickoff - Day 15!
I am ashamed at my typing...I meant to type He also needs ONLY 3 more credits to graduate!!. On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 5:48 PM, dbadr...@gmail.com dbadr...@gmail.comwrote: He also has ONLY 3 credites to graduat!!! :-) On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Darlene Goodfellow goodfell...@earthlink.net wrote: Yep, but my source, the UF media guide, didn't update either. ;-) - Original Message - *From:* Steve McKibben augiega...@yahoo.com *To:* gatortalk@googlegroups.com *Sent:* Monday, August 24, 2009 1:32 PM *Subject:* [gatortalk] Re: Fw: Countdown to Kickoff - Day 15! Not trying to sound pedantic, but this should be updated to read the FIRST sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy - Bradford was a sophomore last year (redshirt sophomomore, but still...). *#15 -* *Tim Tebow* ** *Tim is a 6-3, 245 lb. true Senior Quarterback from Jacksonville (Nease HS) who is the most decorated QB in UF history, including the only Sophomore to ever win the Heisman Trophy as well only the second player to repeat as a Maxwell Award winner and is the only player in NCAA history to rush and pass for at least 20 touchdowns in a season. A complete list of his awards and honors can be found here: * http://www.gatorzone.com/football/honors/2007/tebow.pdf* * *He has thrown for 6,390 yards and 67 TDs in three seasons, while gaining 2,037 yards on the ground with 43 rushing touchdowns, both school records by a Florida quarterback.* *The son of Gator grads Bob and Pam Tebow, Tim was born on August 14, 1987. He is majoring in Family, Youth and Community Services. * ** --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~--- inline: tebow.jpg
[gatortalk] Re: Another reason our coaches and program are so awesome...
As you should. Congratulations, Steve. A. Leon Polhill, Gator From: Steve McKibben augiega...@yahoo.com To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 10:20:02 AM Subject: [gatortalk] Another reason our coaches and program are so awesome... As some of you know, my son Shane is a new freshman at UF this year (starts classes today in fact). Since he didn't get football tickets in the student lottery he decided to send in an audition tape to try and get in the marching band, and was accepted. Last week was preseason band camp for The Pride of the Sunshine - they went from 8:00AM-9:30PM every day, with only breaks for lunch and dinner. Saturday night they were treated to an end of camp banquet in the Touchdown Terrace, and I got a text from an obviously excited Shane during the event to let me know that Billy Donovan, Amanda Butler, and Urban Meyer had all given speeches at the event! It says a lot that the coaches would take the time from their busy schedules to show their appreciation for the students in the band this way. I just get prouder and prouder! Steve M. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Re: Fw: Countdown to Kickoff - Day 15!
Relax, Badman. I just had to apologize to a friend of over 50 years for telling him he was 'an impotant horn player'in our musical group in high school. I, of course meant 'important horn player.' :(A. Leon Polhill, Gator From: "dbadr...@gmail.com" dbadr...@gmail.comTo: gatortalk@googlegroups.comSent: Monday, August 24, 2009 5:49:46 PMSubject: [gatortalk] Re: Fw: Countdown to Kickoff - Day 15!I am ashamed at my typing...I meant to type "He also needs ONLY 3 more credits to graduate!!". On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 5:48 PM, dbadr...@gmail.com dbadr...@gmail.com wrote: He also has ONLY 3 credites to graduat!!! :-) On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Darlene Goodfellow goodfell...@earthlink.net wrote: Yep, but my source, the UF media guide, didn't update either. ;-) - Original Message - From: Steve McKibben To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 1:32 PM Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Fw: Countdown to Kickoff - Day 15! Not trying to sound pedantic, but this should be updated to read the FIRST sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy - Bradford was a sophomore last year (redshirt sophomomore, but still...). #15 -Tim Tebow Tim is a 6-3, 245 lb. true Senior Quarterback from Jacksonville (Nease HS) who is the most decorated QB in UF history, including the onlySophomore to ever win the Heisman Trophy as wellonly thesecond player to repeat as a Maxwell Award winner and is the only player in NCAA history to rush and pass for at least 20 touchdowns in a season. A complete list of his awards and honors can be found here: http://www.gatorzone.com/football/honors/2007/tebow.pdf He has thrown for 6,390 yards and 67 TDs in three seasons, whilegaining 2,037yards on the ground with 43 rushing touchdowns, both school records by a Florida quarterback. The son of Gator grads Bob and Pam Tebow, Tim was born on August 14, 1987. He is majoring in Family, Youth and Community Services. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~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-~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] I'm back from Alaska
I am back from my Alaska Fishing trip. I posted a few photos on my facebook page for those who are interested. Fishing with one hand was a real challenge but I managed to bring home a few nice fish (about 75 lbs of filets.) Now it is time for football. It is time for Pick'em! Is anyone working on it this year? Jerry --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
