[gatortalk] Re: What are our opponents afraid of - when playing us?
My feeling is this team is playing on the edge. We have a few players that are injured, a few more that are playing but not 100%, couple that with conservative play calling and what I sense as the offense playing 'tight'. That leads to a 31 point 1st quarter in Kentucky when everything goes right or to a 10 point win against UT when Tim fumbles late or a near death experience when we get into the redzone 4 times with zero points to show for the effort. In the Arky game, if we don't fumble, we win going away. Arky had to play the best game of their lives and we had to play our worst. Still it took essentially two defensive breakdowns to keep them in the game. If we make one of the 5 missed tackles on the long TD run, or if Janoris doesn't get caught playing the run (for the 2nd time), the long pass play doesn't happen. For everyone who is saying it is okay to play conservative, survive and advance, that is fine but it leaves no room for error. This team needs to learn to trust the younger receivers, play a little looser and have a margin for error when we get the best from our opponent. Having said that, I do think we will turn it around. Everyone wants to talk about how great Alabama is, but that USC game was a lot closer than the final score indicated. If SOS wasn't so damn stubborn and insisted on throwing the same fade pattern from the 4, 3 times in a row - that game might be different as well. I think we figure it out this week. Miss St was always known for tough defense, not sure they have that this year. Their offense is better, but they don't have the athletes they need to run the spread effectively against our defense. Gators 42 Miss St. 3 Ken K MNGator _ From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ke...@baldwinnc.com Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 8:24 AM To: gatortalk googlegroups Subject: [gatortalk] What are our opponents afraid of - when playing us? That depends a lot on the quality of the opponent. Kentucky, Vanderbilt, and less talented teams - fear everything and hope to catch us napping. But the better teams - do they fear our defense? What about after the Arkansas game? The only real offense we have played this year. Do they fear our offense? Obviously they are psyched out about Tebow. But what if we played Brantley instead of Tebow - would they fear our offense? Do they fear our special teams? Use to be - whenever Brandon James would go out to field a kickoff or a punt - everyone was on the edge of their seat. And when it came time for our opponents to punt - everyone sat on the edge of their seat - wondering if we would block it? Or do we suffer from a phenom of where we have so many talents - that no one talent stands out - so we have nothing special about us? After all we are ranked #1 and lead the SEC in many categories. I would say the latter - but college football experts see that in Alabama - but not us? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Re: What are our opponents afraid of - when playing us?
You can say that again. From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ken Kirkley Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:24 PM To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: [gatortalk] Re: What are our opponents afraid of - when playing us? My feeling is this team is playing on the edge. We have a few players that are injured, a few more that are playing but not 100%, couple that with conservative play calling and what I sense as the offense playing 'tight'. That leads to a 31 point 1st quarter in Kentucky when everything goes right or to a 10 point win against UT when Tim fumbles late or a near death experience when we get into the redzone 4 times with zero points to show for the effort. In the Arky game, if we don't fumble, we win going away. Arky had to play the best game of their lives and we had to play our worst. Still it took essentially two defensive breakdowns to keep them in the game. If we make one of the 5 missed tackles on the long TD run, or if Janoris doesn't get caught playing the run (for the 2nd time), the long pass play doesn't happen. For everyone who is saying it is okay to play conservative, survive and advance, that is fine but it leaves no room for error. This team needs to learn to trust the younger receivers, play a little looser and have a margin for error when we get the best from our opponent. Having said that, I do think we will turn it around. Everyone wants to talk about how great Alabama is, but that USC game was a lot closer than the final score indicated. If SOS wasn't so damn stubborn and insisted on throwing the same fade pattern from the 4, 3 times in a row - that game might be different as well. I think we figure it out this week. Miss St was always known for tough defense, not sure they have that this year. Their offense is better, but they don't have the athletes they need to run the spread effectively against our defense. Gators 42 Miss St. 3 Ken K MNGator From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ke...@baldwinnc.com Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 8:24 AM To: gatortalk googlegroups Subject: [gatortalk] What are our opponents afraid of - when playing us? That depends a lot on the quality of the opponent. Kentucky, Vanderbilt, and less talented teams - fear everything and hope to catch us napping. But the better teams - do they fear our defense? What about after the Arkansas game? The only real offense we have played this year. Do they fear our offense? Obviously they are psyched out about Tebow. But what if we played Brantley instead of Tebow - would they fear our offense? Do they fear our special teams? Use to be - whenever Brandon James would go out to field a kickoff or a punt - everyone was on the edge of their seat. And when it came time for our opponents to punt - everyone sat on the edge of their seat - wondering if we would block it? Or do we suffer from a phenom of where we have so many talents - that no one talent stands out - so we have nothing special about us? After all we are ranked #1 and lead the SEC in many categories. I would say the latter - but college football experts see that in Alabama - but not us? BR --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: What are our opponents afraid of - when playing us?
He did! --- On Tue, 10/20/09, Jay Cicone jay.cic...@raymondjames.com wrote: You can say that again. My feeling is this team is playing on the edge. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: What are our opponents afraid of - when playing us?
I was just trying to nut up. Ken K MNGator _ From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jay Cicone Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 11:29 AM To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: [gatortalk] Re: What are our opponents afraid of - when playing us? You can say that again. From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ken Kirkley Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:24 PM To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: [gatortalk] Re: What are our opponents afraid of - when playing us? My feeling is this team is playing on the edge. We have a few players that are injured, a few more that are playing but not 100%, couple that with conservative play calling and what I sense as the offense playing 'tight'. That leads to a 31 point 1st quarter in Kentucky when everything goes right or to a 10 point win against UT when Tim fumbles late or a near death experience when we get into the redzone 4 times with zero points to show for the effort. In the Arky game, if we don't fumble, we win going away. Arky had to play the best game of their lives and we had to play our worst. Still it took essentially two defensive breakdowns to keep them in the game. If we make one of the 5 missed tackles on the long TD run, or if Janoris doesn't get caught playing the run (for the 2nd time), the long pass play doesn't happen. For everyone who is saying it is okay to play conservative, survive and advance, that is fine but it leaves no room for error. This team needs to learn to trust the younger receivers, play a little looser and have a margin for error when we get the best from our opponent. Having said that, I do think we will turn it around. Everyone wants to talk about how great Alabama is, but that USC game was a lot closer than the final score indicated. If SOS wasn't so damn stubborn and insisted on throwing the same fade pattern from the 4, 3 times in a row - that game might be different as well. I think we figure it out this week. Miss St was always known for tough defense, not sure they have that this year. Their offense is better, but they don't have the athletes they need to run the spread effectively against our defense. Gators 42 Miss St. 3 Ken K MNGator _ From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ke...@baldwinnc.com Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 8:24 AM To: gatortalk googlegroups Subject: [gatortalk] What are our opponents afraid of - when playing us? That depends a lot on the quality of the opponent. Kentucky, Vanderbilt, and less talented teams - fear everything and hope to catch us napping. But the better teams - do they fear our defense? What about after the Arkansas game? The only real offense we have played this year. Do they fear our offense? Obviously they are psyched out about Tebow. But what if we played Brantley instead of Tebow - would they fear our offense? Do they fear our special teams? Use to be - whenever Brandon James would go out to field a kickoff or a punt - everyone was on the edge of their seat. And when it came time for our opponents to punt - everyone sat on the edge of their seat - wondering if we would block it? Or do we suffer from a phenom of where we have so many talents - that no one talent stands out - so we have nothing special about us? After all we are ranked #1 and lead the SEC in many categories. I would say the latter - but college football experts see that in Alabama - but not us? BR --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: What are our opponents afraid of - when playing us?
If not this week, soon. If you look at last year, this was about the same time we got going. As I said earlier, I'm happy for Alabama to be under the magnifying glass for awhile. I bet it will help us play looser. Yeah, what was up with that fade 4 times in a row? SC could have won that game with a more imaginative offense. Oliver Barry CRS,GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks Realty 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 Phone: 615-826-4040 Fax: 615-822-2027 Mobile: 615-972-4239 _ From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ken Kirkley Having said that, I do think we will turn it around. Everyone wants to talk about how great Alabama is, but that USC game was a lot closer than the final score indicated. If SOS wasn't so damn stubborn and insisted on throwing the same fade pattern from the 4, 3 times in a row - that game might be different as well. I think we figure it out this week. Miss St was always known for tough defense, not sure they have that this year. Their offense is better, but they don't have the athletes they need to run the spread effectively against our defense. Gators 42 Miss St. 3 Ken K MNGator --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: What are our opponents afraid of - when playing us?
Paulaand I hope you are right. We leave for Starkville Thursday. A. Leon Polhill, Gator Friends are the family that we choose for ourselves. From: Ken Kirkley k...@kirkley.net To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:23:50 PM Subject: [gatortalk] Re: What are our opponents afraid of - when playing us? My feeling is this team is playing on the edge. We have a few players that are injured, a few more that are playing but not 100%, couple that with conservative play calling and what I sense as the offense playing 'tight'. That leads to a 31 point 1st quarter in Kentucky when everything goes right or to a 10 point win against UT when Tim fumbles late or a near death experience when we get into the redzone 4 times with zero points to show for the effort. In the Arky game, if we don't fumble, we win going away. Arky had to play the best game of their lives and we had to play our worst. Still it took essentially two defensive breakdowns to keep them in the game. If we make one of the 5 missed tackles on the long TD run, or if Janoris doesn't get caught playing the run (for the 2nd time), the long pass play doesn't happen. For everyone who is saying it is okay to play conservative, survive and advance, that is fine but it leaves no room for error. This team needs to learn to trust the younger receivers, play a little looser and have a margin for error when we get the best from our opponent. Having said that, I do think we will turn it around. Everyone wants to talk about how great Alabama is, but that USC game was a lot closer than the final score indicated.. If SOS wasn't so damn stubborn and insisted on throwing the same fade pattern from the 4, 3 times in a row - that game might be different as well.. I think we figure it out this week. Miss St was always known for tough defense, not sure they have that this year. Their offense is better, but they don't have the athletes they need to run the spread effectively against our defense. Gators 42 Miss St. 3 Ken K MNGator From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ke...@baldwinnc.com Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 8:24 AM To: gatortalk googlegroups Subject: [gatortalk] What are our opponents afraid of - when playing us? That depends a lot on the quality of the opponent. Kentucky, Vanderbilt, and less talented teams - fear everything and hope to catch us napping. But the better teams - do they fear our defense? What about after the Arkansas game? The only real offense we have played this year. Do they fear our offense? Obviously they are psyched out about Tebow. But what if we played Brantley instead of Tebow - would they fear our offense? Do they fear our special teams? Use to be - whenever Brandon James would go out to field a kickoff or a punt - everyone was on the edge of their seat. And when it came time for our opponents to punt - everyone sat on the edge of their seat - wondering if we would block it? Or do we suffer from a phenom of where we have so many talents - that no one talent stands out - so we have nothing special about us? After all we are ranked #1 and lead the SEC in many categories. I would say the latter - but college football experts see that in Alabama - but not us? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
