[gatortalk] Re: Gators Vs. Buccaneers Pre-Game Party Pictures 9-5-09
Nice pictures Paul! Thanks, Jerry From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Gatornet Admin Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 8:30 PM To: GatorTalk Subject: [gatortalk] Gators Vs. Buccaneers Pre-Game Party Pictures 9-5-09 This was mistakenly posted to Gatornews. Apparently, Paul didn't know GN is for articles only. Randy - College football is God's way of making up for the end of summer... _ I uploaded the small collection of pictures I took this past weekend in Gainesville before the Charleston Southern Buccaneers game. Are the live alligators at that big gator head booth a new thing this year? I've never seen them before. Here's the gallery - http://www.paulstravelpictures.com/Gators-Vs-Buccaneers-Tailgating-9-5-09-Ga inesville-FL I'm looking forward to going up again for the Tennessee or the Arkansas game. Cheers, Paul Michaels Ft. Lauderdale, FL --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: [gatornews] Gainesville Sun News 9-9-9!
I just wanted to find out if Randy had got back from luxuriating on Jekle Island. A. Leon Polhill, Gator - Forwarded Message From: Arthur Polhill lpolh...@bellsouth.net To: gatornews+ow...@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 10:36:06 AM Subject: Re: [gatornews] Gainesville Sun News 9-9-9! Any weekend with a Gator win and a Semi loss is a great weekend. A. Leon Polhill, Gator From: Jerry Belloit bell...@clarion.edu To: gatorn...@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 8:31:28 AM Subject: [gatornews] Gainesville Sun News 9-9-9! UF still overwhelming choice atop Associated Press poll The Associated Press Published: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 12:45 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 12:45 p.m. NEW YORK — Florida is still an overwhelming No. 1 in the first regular-season Top 25 Associated Press poll, receiving 56 of 60 first-place votes Tuesday. Texas holds steady at No. 2, with two first-place votes. Alabama moved up one spot to No. 4 after its 34-24 victory against Virginia Tech. Alabama has received two first-place votes. No. 9 BYU has jumped 11 spots. The Cougars pulled the biggest upset of the opening weekend of the college football season, beating Oklahoma 14-13 on Saturday. Sooners Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford was knocked out of the game with a shoulder injury. Oklahoma drops 10 spots from No. 3 to No. 13. Moving into the rankings are Miami, Cincinnati and Missouri. Oregon, Florida State and Iowa fall 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Re: dag gummit!
On Sep 8, 2009, at 8:35 PM, Gatornet Admin wrote: The only reason I wanted f$u to win was so that when we beat them, we'd have a clear-cut state champion. Without us playing Miami, 2009 will go undecided, unless by some chance that f$u beats us, then Miami would be state champs. Ugh! That just SOUNDS nasty! :( We will play Miami in Pasadena, that ought to settle matters. -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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] athletes and coaches
I watched several games this past weekend NC State - South Carolina - appeared to me to be not very good athletes, not very well coached Miami - FSU - appeared to be very good athletes - just not well coached Are my perceptions biased and pre conceived or did anyone notice the same sorts of things --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] [Scout.com Blog?] The South: Where Football is a Religion
* The South: Where Football is a Religion * [image: Football] *By Ronda Templetonjavascript:location.href='http://search.scout.com/a.z?s=184p=4c=1search=1sskey=%22'%20+%20author%20+%20'%22sssiteid=184'; * GamecockAnthem.com Posted Sep 9, 2009 [image: Ronda Templeton] *There's an old saying that in the south, football is a religion. This year's opening day proved it, as the faithful gathered in stadiums all over the region, clad in their teams' colors and fervently dreaming of gridiron glory.* As an Air Force brat, I've lived all over the country and the South is where football traditions come to life in glorious Technicolor. People in South Carolina http://southcarolina.scout.com/, in Georgiahttp://georgia.scout.com/, in Alabama http://alabama.scout.com/, in Mississippi -- in every Southern state -- live for football. Their children are steeped in it and they grow up to passionately support the family team. I'm currently dividing my time between San Antonio and Columbus, Georgia, where I work at Aflac. The Aflac Duck is a familiar icon to gridiron fans, because we advertise heavily during games and also sponsor Aflac Trivia that features little-known football facts. Since coming to Georgia three months ago, I've been reminded of the South's passion for pigskin. Yesterday -- game day -- brought it fully into focus. My husband and I visited the local Winn Dixie (by the way, I love grocery shopping at Winn Dixie) and the SEC fans were out in full force. Game day apparel was everywhere, with the loyal Auburn http://auburn.scout.com/, Georgia, Florida http://florida.scout.com/ and Tennesseehttp://tennessee.scout.com/fans sporting their colors with pride. Later in the day, when we went out to dinner, the story was the same. I sported my Carolina Girls -- Sweeter than Sweet Tea shirt and was surrounded by a sea of SEC fans (some of whom congratulated me on my team's Thursday night victory before rushing off to catch their own teams' kick-offs). Here's something that's true of SEC fans: We support our individual teams first and our conference -- including our rivals --second. It's the way we roll. So, that said, how did SEC teams fare in their 2009 openers? Fine and dandy, thank you very much. The Florida Gators, as expected, recorded an easy 63-3 victory over their under-matched victims from Charleston Southern. As one acerbic sportscaster put it, the Gators essentially took the day off. Two other SEC teams -- Alabama and Georgia -- took a different route by facing ranked opponents in their first showings. The strategy paid off in spades for fifth-ranked Alabama as a flurry of fourth-quarter points put the kibosh on No. 7 Virginia Tech, with a final score of 34-24. It looks like the Crimson Tide, which went 12-0 last season before falling to Florida in the SEC championship game, is the real deal and the team to beat in the SEC West. The then No. 13 Georgia Bulldogs employed the same strategy as Alabama, taking on ninth-ranked Oklahoma State, but experienced a different result. The Bulldogs looked dominant in the early action, taking a 7-0 lead in the first quarter, before OSU woke up in the second and eventually claimed a 24-10 win. The remainder of the teams in the SEC emerged victorious. In the SEC East, Kentucky http://kentucky.scout.com/, Tennessee and Vanderbilthttp://vanderbilt.scout.com/enjoyed easy Saturday wins; as did the SEC West's Arkansas, Auburn, Ole Miss http://mississippi.scout.com/ and Mississippi Statehttp://mississippistate.scout.com/. LSU's victory over Washington was a bit narrower than the rest with a final score of 31-23, but -- hey -- a win is a win. Just a couple of personal notes from Saturday's football extravaganza: • Add the OSU Cowboy to the list of creepy humanoid mascots. That giant plastic head -- reminiscent of the Burger King King-- is enough to give me nightmares. [image: OSU Cowboy] • That iPhone application that makes my phone chime every time an SEC team scores was a mistake. It sounded like a Las Vegas slot machine Saturday as the teams racked up points like crazy. • No wild first-game upsets like last year's Appalachian State victory over Michigan. Sure, Oklahoma fell to BYU, but that was after the Sooner's Heisman-winning quarterback, Sam Bradford, injured his shoulder (leading sportscasters across the nation to ask whether he should have chosen the NFL draft over another year of college ball). And I felt a little sorry for Navy in its l --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: Gators Vs. Buccaneers Pre-Game Party Pictures 9-5-09
Love all that bright orange and blue. I haven't seen the live alligators on display before. On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Jerry Belloit bell...@clarion.edu wrote: Nice pictures Paul! Thanks, Jerry *From:* gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Gatornet Admin *Sent:* Tuesday, September 08, 2009 8:30 PM *To:* GatorTalk *Subject:* [gatortalk] Gators Vs. Buccaneers Pre-Game Party Pictures 9-5-09 This was mistakenly posted to Gatornews. Apparently, Paul didn't know GN is for articles only. Randy - College football is God's way of making up for the end of summer... -- I uploaded the small collection of pictures I took this past weekend in Gainesville before the Charleston Southern Buccaneers game. Are the live alligators at that big gator head booth a new thing this year? I've never seen them before. Here's the gallery - http://www.paulstravelpictures.com/Gators-Vs-Buccaneers-Tailgating-9-5-09-Gainesville-FL I'm looking forward to going up again for the Tennessee or the Arkansas game. Cheers, Paul Michaels Ft. Lauderdale, FL --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: athletes and coaches
I think you are underestimating the defenses in the USC/NCS game. As far as Miamuh and SOW, they have some premier playmakers, but not as many as they used to, especially on the defensive side of the ball. I wish we could play either of those teams now, because they are truly terrible on defense. Time will tell, we will see how SOW does at BYU and the ewe's next 3 opponents aren't pushovers. Ken K MNGator _ From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ke...@baldwinnc.com Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 9:48 AM To: gatortalk googlegroups Subject: [gatortalk] athletes and coaches I watched several games this past weekend NC State - South Carolina - appeared to me to be not very good athletes, not very well coached Miami - FSU - appeared to be very good athletes - just not well coached Are my perceptions biased and pre conceived or did anyone notice the same sorts of things No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.87/2356 - Release Date: 09/09/09 06:53:00 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Let's play Pick 'Em
In case you don't get the email from the mysterious server in the top of the bedroom closet, it's time to play Pick 'Em! http://pickem.g8r.com Go Gators, BEAT..(who is it?)...oh yeah...TROY! John and Oz --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: [gatornews] Gainesville Sun News 9-9-9!
I got back Monday evening, but I don't remember much about yesterday. Mentally, I was still on Jekyll Island. Today, I'm pretty much back to normal. ;-) Randy - Original Message - From: Arthur Polhill To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 10:37 AM Subject: [gatortalk] Fw: [gatornews] Gainesville Sun News 9-9-9! I just wanted to find out if Randy had got back from luxuriating on Jekle Island. A. Leon Polhill, Gator - Forwarded Message From: Arthur Polhill lpolh...@bellsouth.net To: gatornews+ow...@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 10:36:06 AM Subject: Re: [gatornews] Gainesville Sun News 9-9-9! Any weekend with a Gator win and a Semi loss is a great weekend. A. Leon Polhill, Gator -- From: Jerry Belloit bell...@clarion.edu To: gatorn...@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 8:31:28 AM Subject: [gatornews] Gainesville Sun News 9-9-9! UF still overwhelming choice atop Associated Press poll The Associated Press Published: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 12:45 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 12:45 p.m. NEW YORK — Florida is still an overwhelming No. 1 in the first regular-season Top 25 Associated Press poll, receiving 56 of 60 first-place votes Tuesday. Texas holds steady at No. 2, with two first-place votes. Alabama moved up one spot to No. 4 after its 34-24 victory against Virginia Tech. Alabama has received two first-place votes. No. 9 BYU has jumped 11 spots. The Cougars pulled the biggest upset of the opening weekend of the college football season, beating Oklahoma 14-13 on Saturday. Sooners Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford was knocked out of the game with a shoulder injury. Oklahoma drops 10 spots from No. 3 to No. 13. Moving into the rankings are Miami, Cincinnati and Missouri. Oregon, Florida State and Iowa fall 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Re: dag gummit!
Say what? What you smokin, boy? It's not nice to bogart! :) Randy - Original Message - From: John Vega To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 10:41 AM Subject: [gatortalk] Re: dag gummit! On Sep 8, 2009, at 8:35 PM, Gatornet Admin wrote: The only reason I wanted f$u to win was so that when we beat them, we'd have a clear-cut state champion. Without us playing Miami, 2009 will go undecided, unless by some chance that f$u beats us, then Miami would be state champs. Ugh! That just SOUNDS nasty! :( We will play Miami in Pasadena, that ought to settle matters. -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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
