Go Gators!

[jrs2]

On 9/5/2022 at 6:55 AM, spenser1058 said:

There were huge wins for the Gators and ‘Noles last weekend along with expected wins for Da U and our Knights.

Of course, Duh Cows lost to BYU.

All in all, so far it looks like, for now at least, the State of Florida Football is  undergoing a return to the powerhouse era.

Charge On!

late to the party...I am...

Yes, FSU special teams had 4 big plays.  when you have that many big plays it is tough for the opponent to win.  LSU left 4 pts on the field and muffed two punt returns.  I can't remember whether those muffed punts translated to FSU points, but, it hearkens back to the Bowden era and the infamous puntrooskie vs Clempsen that gave them that notoriety.

Gayterz:  Well, they won.  they had a 4 down goal line stand vs Utah which was huge.  Then they intercepted that pass in the endzone when Utah was like on the 5 yard line- that was huge.  UF got a 2 pt conversion.  Utah attempted one but it failed.

So, UF had good special teams as well.  The 2 pt conversion and failed attempt was a 4 pt swing.  UF won by 3.  The 4-down stop saved a TD.  They did that against LSU under MacElwain.  

AR15 played pretty sound.  Montrell Johnson and Etienne ran well.  Shorter and Pearsall caught balls well.  I don't recall Lingard in the game at all.  And I don't remember seeing Whittemore unless he was the designated decoy.

Cox Jr. had a few good plays as well.  Burney made the INT to win it- if he doesn't intercept it, it's either a ties or we lose at the end of regulation.

They are now ranked No.12 now in the AP.  A win over ranked UK will help solidify that ranking.  But two weeks later they play at UT...

Hard work ahead...but it looks like Napier can use this game as a litmus test to focus on what worked and filter out what didn't.  Osiris and another OL played the whole game while the other three mixed and matched throughout the game.  Napes needs to identify an 3rd OL that's consistent, but I think he's trying to get snap experience under their belts.

Oh, and Shemar James had some good plays (the 5 star from IMG) on defense.

Edited September 6, 2022 by jrs2

[jrs2]

Gayterz got one of the "Wildcat" teams coming to The Swamp on saturday, this one being from Lexington.  UF is favored.  UK is limping in with 3 of 4 RB's injured.  UF should win, but, we'll see.

[spenser1058]

Well, after the Gators shot up the AP rankings last week for squeaking past Utah, let’s see what happens after their loss to Kentucky last night 26-16.

Truthfully, my issue isn’t so much with the Gators. In the first year of Billyball, there will of course be rattles in the machinery. Besides, AR has always been mercurial, something that kept Dan Mullen from making him QB1 in the first place.  (Coach Billy may want to appoint a Hubris coordinator just to keep expectations in line, though…)

No, my issue is more with the sportswriters of the AP poll, who should have known that the Gators were neither as bad as the preseason poll leaving them off entirely nor anywhere near as good as their rocket-launching finish in the poll last week. That was ridiculous.

Fortunately, A&M’s debacle with App State and ‘Bama’s near miss from doom should keep SEC eyes off the Gators while they regroup.

Meanwhile, the steady rise of Kentucky’s fortunes  under Head Coach Mark Stoops reinforces my belief that slow and steady wins the race, even in today’s amped-up college football  and that the coaching carrousel is counterproductive in the long run.

In other news, we might also note that Coach Frosty’s hot seat is blazing after the ‘Huskers lost to Georgia Southern (!) 45-42.

 

Edited September 11, 2022 by spenser1058

[jrs2]

On 9/11/2022 at 6:07 AM, spenser1058 said:

Well, after the Gators shot up the AP rankings last week for squeaking past Utah, let’s see what happens after their loss to Kentucky last night 26-16.

Truthfully, my issue isn’t so much with the Gators. In the first year of Billyball, there will of course be rattles in the machinery. Besides, AR has always been mercurial, something that kept Dan Mullen from making him QB1 in the first place.  (Coach Billy may want to appoint a Hubris coordinator just to keep expectations in line, though…)

No, my issue is more with the sportswriters of the AP poll, who should have known that the Gators were neither as bad as the preseason poll leaving them off entirely nor anywhere near as good as their rocket-launching finish in the poll last week. That was ridiculous.

Fortunately, A&M’s debacle with App State and ‘Bama’s near miss from doom should keep SEC eyes off the Gators while they regroup.

Meanwhile, the steady rise of Kentucky’s fortunes  under Head Coach Mark Stoops reinforces my belief that slow and steady wins the race, even in today’s amped-up college football  and that the coaching carrousel is counterproductive in the long run.

In other news, we might also note that Coach Frosty’s hot seat is blazing after the ‘Huskers lost to Georgia Southern (!) 45-42.

So, Frosty's gone.

Kentucky won- mind you, with a QB transfer from Penn St.

AR may in fact have issues Mullen saw last year.  But, Mullen did a bad job recruiting QB's.  Trask and Franks were Mac's.  Jack Miller III is hurt or recovering from surgery.  Kitna is all we've got b/c DelRio took off.

But I dunno right now; AR seems kind of...broken...after that loss.

I think Napes needs to hire SOS as QB coach...seriously...

[spenser1058]

David Whitley at GatorSports goes into painful detail why the Gators are likely to obtain a very different result with Duh Cows than last year’s bowl game with The Knights.

He also gives a heckuva good description of why the past 15 years have led to such a result:

https://www.gatorsports.com/story/columns/david-whitley/2022/09/14/florida-gators-football-ucf-chose-path-power-five-while-usf-south-florida-bulls/10358526002/

[jrs2]

4 hours ago, spenser1058 said:

David Whitley at GatorSports goes into painful detail why the Gators are likely to obtain a very different result with Duh Cows than last year’s bowl game with The Knights.

He also gives a heckuva good description of why the past 15 years have led to such a result:

https://www.gatorsports.com/story/columns/david-whitley/2022/09/14/florida-gators-football-ucf-chose-path-power-five-while-usf-south-florida-bulls/10358526002/

good article.  I think the game will be close b/c UF needs to reinvent itself after losing to UK.  They will not cover the spread.

but the reality of what they discuss in that article re UCF and USF is several-fold:

I am curious to see how the "Big 12" fares without Texas and OU.  I've beaten this dead horse already; The Big XII was the Big 8 and the SWC big boys wrapped into one ala 1996 merger.  Since then, A&M, Arkansas, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, Texas, and OU have left.  That is 7 teams from the 12 team Big 12.  That's like saying "The new look SEC won't have Alabama, UGA, LSU, Auburn, UF, Tennessee, A&M" with the lone big boys being ...Ole Miss and Kentucky?  That's not the SEC...not even close.

And a conference where Okie St. and BYU are the headliners isn't the Former Big 8/SWC Big Boys.  Why?  Because the teams that mattered in those two conference are no longer there.  The legacies of Barry Switzer, Bob Stoops, Tom Osborne, even Mack Brown, and national titles from OU, Nebraska, Texas, Colorado, are no longer around.  I take offense that they are still using that name (Big XII) because that flies in the face of the Big 8 and SWC merger and the teams that MATTERED that kept those two conferences going.  Now, the SEC inherits Texas and OU (as odd as it sounds geographically for OU (and MO)).

Nevertheless, this is just as bad as the Non-Big East Conference, aka, The AAC, which lost Louisville, BC, Syracuse, Miami, Pitt, VaTech, Rutgers when UCF joined it. 

In fact, what is rather odd is how BOTH times that UCF joins a "major" conference, the first time that "major" conference got demoted in status, and the second time, they got demoted based on membership, but as far as name and status, we'll have to wait and see, but it doesn't look good.  The $42.5M TV money was there b/c of Texas and OU.  Without them, what happens now?  UCF, BYU, and Cinci combined don't compare to just even one of those two schools leaving.  And no-one cares about TV markets.  If UCF plays OU, that's a major game for UCF but prime time won't pick it up.  If UCF plays BYU, that's a Thursday night game or a noon game.  The networks will have to reevaluate the contract to make sure they can still make that money.

So it's bitter sweet for UCF.  You beat out USF, like you always wanted, but at the end of the day UCF only gets an invite because the conference is looking to survive and keep from completely disbanding.  And their template for survival isn't to poach a better conference (because that won't work), rather, it's to poach what was probably perceived as a lesser conference in the AAC (compared to the new look Big XII).  In fact, they should rename the Big XII to the "VII Replacements Conference."

UF lost to UCF in the bowl game with an interim HC.  Bravo to UCF.  But UF will be back and will always be in a stellar conference.

That article comparing UCF to USF as far as the schools were concerned was laughable b/c the author didn't even realize the medical portion and patents portion of the USF product over the years.  UCF's product was simply "we're the largest commuter school" and "we're number one" and "we're obnoxious" and "we're where UF flunkies go (correction: lesser schools than UF)."   The only saving grace UCF had over the decades was the proximity of the CFLA Res Park, for whatever that's worth.

When UCF joined the Big East, literally a few days later their entity changed to the AAC.  Fast forward to now with the VII Replacements Conference.

Why bother on my part with this commentary?  Because the author of that article needs to wait and see whether USF actually did blow it.

[spenser1058]

19 hours ago, jrs2 said:

good article.  I think the game will be close b/c UF needs to reinvent itself after losing to UK.  They will not cover the spread.

but the reality of what they discuss in that article re UCF and USF is several-fold:

I am curious to see how the "Big 12" fares without Texas and OU.  I've beaten this dead horse already; The Big XII was the Big 8 and the SWC big boys wrapped into one ala 1996 merger.  Since then, A&M, Arkansas, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, Texas, and OU have left.  That is 7 teams from the 12 team Big 12.  That's like saying "The new look SEC won't have Alabama, UGA, LSU, Auburn, UF, Tennessee, A&M" with the lone big boys being ...Ole Miss and Kentucky?  That's not the SEC...not even close.

And a conference where Okie St. and BYU are the headliners isn't the Former Big 8/SWC Big Boys.  Why?  Because the teams that mattered in those two conference are no longer there.  The legacies of Barry Switzer, Bob Stoops, Tom Osborne, even Mack Brown, and national titles from OU, Nebraska, Texas, Colorado, are no longer around.  I take offense that they are still using that name (Big XII) because that flies in the face of the Big 8 and SWC merger and the teams that MATTERED that kept those two conferences going.  Now, the SEC inherits Texas and OU (as odd as it sounds geographically for OU (and MO)).

Nevertheless, this is just as bad as the Non-Big East Conference, aka, The AAC, which lost Louisville, BC, Syracuse, Miami, Pitt, VaTech, Rutgers when UCF joined it. 

In fact, what is rather odd is how BOTH times that UCF joins a "major" conference, the first time that "major" conference got demoted in status, and the second time, they got demoted based on membership, but as far as name and status, we'll have to wait and see, but it doesn't look good.  The $42.5M TV money was there b/c of Texas and OU.  Without them, what happens now?  UCF, BYU, and Cinci combined don't compare to just even one of those two schools leaving.  And no-one cares about TV markets.  If UCF plays OU, that's a major game for UCF but prime time won't pick it up.  If UCF plays BYU, that's a Thursday night game or a noon game.  The networks will have to reevaluate the contract to make sure they can still make that money.

So it's bitter sweet for UCF.  You beat out USF, like you always wanted, but at the end of the day UCF only gets an invite because the conference is looking to survive and keep from completely disbanding.  And their template for survival isn't to poach a better conference (because that won't work), rather, it's to poach what was probably perceived as a lesser conference in the AAC (compared to the new look Big XII).  In fact, they should rename the Big XII to the "VII Replacements Conference."

UF lost to UCF in the bowl game with an interim HC.  Bravo to UCF.  But UF will be back and will always be in a stellar conference.

That article comparing UCF to USF as far as the schools were concerned was laughable b/c the author didn't even realize the medical portion and patents portion of the USF product over the years.  UCF's product was simply "we're the largest commuter school" and "we're number one" and "we're obnoxious" and "we're where UF flunkies go (correction: lesser schools than UF)."   The only saving grace UCF had over the decades was the proximity of the CFLA Res Park, for whatever that's worth.

When UCF joined the Big East, literally a few days later their entity changed to the AAC.  Fast forward to now with the VII Replacements Conference.

Why bother on my part with this commentary?  Because the author of that article needs to wait and see whether USF actually did blow it.

David Whitley’s a long time Gator fanboy infamous for hating UCF. He was on the Sentinel Ed. Board for years before heading up to the Sun. Given his longtime broadsides against UCF (did you notice how many times he called it “directional”?) Under the circumstances, I thought he did admirably.

The Big 12 will be just fine - they got an up and coming commish instead of a good ol’ boy (he had good success at rebranding NASCAR, for example). As of right now, it’s an open question if the PAC-12 and/or the ACC are more vulnerable than the Big 12. There’s no way to know how it will work out; after all, even KANSAS (!) is off to a good start and Notre Dame’s a mess. The PAC-12 is about to lose the LA market and the Big 12 is picking up the Houston and Orlando markets, not to mention annoying THE OSU in their home state for the first time. BYU is also a YUGE brand (it is to the Mormons across the country what ND is to the Catholics). So we’ll see.

The B1G and SEC are in a class by themselves - none of the remaining P5 conferences have a lock after that. We’re also discovering the portal is bringing some parity - look how the Sun Belt’s doing at the moment.

Edited September 15, 2022 by spenser1058

[jrs2]

1 hour ago, spenser1058 said:

David Whitney’s a long time Gator fanboy infamous for hating UCF. He was on the Sentinel Ed. Board for years before heading up to the Sun. Given his longtime broadsides against UCF (did you notice how many times he called it “directional”?) Under the circumstances, I thought he did admirably.

The Big 12 will be just fine - they got an up and coming commish instead of a good ol’ boy (he had good success at rebranding NASCAR, for example). As of right now, it’s an open question if the PAC-12 and/or the ACC are more vulnerable than the Big 12. There’s no way to know how it will work out; after all, even KANSAS (!) is off to a good start and Notre Dame’s a mess. The PAC-12 is about to lose the LA market and the Big 12 is picking up the Houston and Orlando markets, not to mention annoying THE OSU in their home state for the first time. BYU is also a YUGE brand (it is to the Mormons across the country what ND is to the Catholics). So we’ll see.

The B1G and SEC are in a class by themselves - none of the remaining P5 conferences have a lock after that. We’re also discovering the portal is bringing some parity - look how the Sun Belt’s doing at the moment.

The Big XII needs to have a good showing by UCF, BYU, OSU, Baylor, and the usual suspects.  I foresee if OSU keeps its rivalry with OU, that will be HUGE.  And if they beat OU head to head that is great marketing.  And if UCF beats UF again (which they very well can after what I saw on Saturday) then that will be great marketing that the conference can market ala viewership and relevance.  Cinci needs to stay good with Fickle.  And if Cinci can keep scheduling Power 5 schools and beating them, that would be huge for the conference.

As it is now, the ACC, SEC, and Big XII are represented in Florida.  If the aforementioned teams start sliding backwards, then that may affect viewership of the Big XII product which translates to network dollars.

[spenser1058]

Ummmmmm, 31-28 against Duh Cows? Really?

[jrs2]

On 9/17/2022 at 11:32 PM, spenser1058 said:

Ummmmmm, 31-28 against Duh Cows? Really?

um...so...there's a dumpster colored orange and blue...and...I smell smoke...

[spenser1058]

In the least surprising bit of sports news you’ll get this year, the ACC is not moving to Orlando:

Orlando loses out to Charlotte for new home of ACC
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/florida-state-seminoles/os-sp-acc-headquarters-moving-to-charlotte-20220920-lr44nkfmbbg3rmaxgb6yzh3dli-story.html

From The Sentinel 
 

[jrs2]

Tenn is favored by as much...10 1/2 pts...

I think it's fair.  If I was betting, I would pick UT to cover.  If Miller was playing, I would pick UF to win outright.  But this AR experiment is causing an ulcer.  I think it's bad karma...for Napier snagging two of his players from ULL and getting them to transfer to UF.  

2 hours ago, spenser1058 said:

In the least surprising bit of sports news you’ll get this year, the ACC is not moving to Orlando:

Orlando loses out to Charlotte for new home of ACC
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/florida-state-seminoles/os-sp-acc-headquarters-moving-to-charlotte-20220920-lr44nkfmbbg3rmaxgb6yzh3dli-story.html

From The Sentinel 
 

they kinda belong there, but it would've been cool if they came to ORL.

[spenser1058]

@jrs2, have you been practicing your rendition of “Rocky Top” for this weekend? I suspect you may be hearing it a lot…

https://youtu.be/_n9prNixjbg

Edited September 21, 2022 by spenser1058

[jrs2]

On 9/21/2022 at 10:31 AM, spenser1058 said:

@jrs2, have you been practicing your rendition of “Rocky Top” for this weekend? I suspect you may be hearing it a lot…

https://youtu.be/_n9prNixjbg

unfortunately I know it by heart.  I'm cool with it.  the UT atmosphere is pretty cool; the Vol Navy, etc.  The only thing I think is cheesy is how the team with an alligator as its mascot shortened to 'Gators, which is a real word (albeit slang)  has started a trend where teams have copied them ala "Vols" and "Noles".  I get it but it's cheesy.  Are Seminole Indian casino workers referred to as Noles?  Are vets of WWI or II referred to as Vols?  No.  Even TOSU did it with the Buckeyes, ala Bucks.  "Hey, watch out that you don't get hit in the eye with a buck."  There's more:  "Canes."  "Watch out for that darn Cane, Irma."

See?  It just doesn't translate well...

I'm just being a nugget.  At least I didn't call a conspiracy on the whole thing!

[spenser1058]

Anything’s better than being one of Duh Cows!

Btw, do you remember when UF went to that funky blue color the uniforms are now?

When I was a kid, it was true navy (like Auburn). Slowly but surely, they keep inching toward something approaching teal ….eeeek! I sure hope the HBC didn’t do this.

Back when an AD dubbed us the “Golden Knights” (eeeeww…), a Vandy friend dubbed us the “GK”’s. Thankfully, you can’t do much with plain old Knights. Of course, personally, I wish we’d go back to Citronauts!

Medieval Knights and a mythological Greek Pegasus really don’t belong together.

https://www.google.com/search?q=citronaut+photo&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#imgrc=Eqh4R_WH73NxGM

Edited September 22, 2022 by spenser1058

[jrs2]

20 hours ago, spenser1058 said:

Anything’s better than being one of Duh Cows!

Btw, do you remember when UF went to that funky blue color the uniforms are now?

When I was a kid, it was true navy (like Auburn). Slowly but surely, they keep inching toward something approaching teal ….eeeek! I sure hope the HBC didn’t do this.

Back when an AD dubbed us the “Golden Knights” (eeeeww…), a Vandy friend dubbed us the “GK”’s. Thankfully, you can’t do much with plain old Knights. Of course, personally, I wish we’d go back to Citronauts!

Medieval Knights and a mythological Greek Pegasus really don’t belong together.

https://www.google.com/search?q=citronaut+photo&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#imgrc=Eqh4R_WH73NxGM

in this crazy world we live in...it makes perfect sense!

[spenser1058]

DA U IS BACK! Ummmm, back where exactly?  They got beat up on by MTSU 45 -31. “We’re going all the way this year!” Apparently, they ran out of gas in Pahokee… why is it every year, we hear the same song and dance, yet they sputter after 2 or 3 games. And how ‘bout all that money their boosters are throwing around? Sad.

Kudos to my buds in Murfreesboro, the midpoint of Tennessee. Salute!

Meanwhile, head on over on I-40 to Knoxville and The Gators kept it real, 38-33. Billyball has yet to arrive but the wheels aren’t falling off.

Oh, speaking of Miami and teams that are CONSTANTLY overrated every year, Texas loses to Texas Tech 37 - 34.

The ‘Noles continue their winning ways with an ACC win over BC 44 -14. They’re 4 - 0 for the first time in several years and ranked in the AP for the first time since 2018 (#23). St. Bobby would be proud!

Edited September 25, 2022 by spenser1058

[spenser1058]

Another bit of hubris. Scott Frost was determined Adrian Martinez would be the future of the ‘Huskers at QB. For whatever reason, it never quite panned out and Frosty changed course this season just before his demise.

Well. Today, Kansas State(!) took down Oklahoma (sorry, not sorry, DG) 41 -34. KSU’s QB? Adrian Martinez!

Edited September 25, 2022 by spenser1058

[jrs2]

On 9/24/2022 at 7:35 PM, spenser1058 said:

DA U IS BACK! Ummmm, back where exactly?  They got beat up on by MTSU 45 -31. “We’re going all the way this year!” Apparently, they ran out of gas in Pahokee… why is it every year, we hear the same song and dance, yet they sputter after 2 or 3 games. And how ‘bout all that money their boosters are throwing around? Sad.

Kudos to my buds in Murfreesboro, the midpoint of Tennessee. Salute!

Meanwhile, head on over on I-40 to Knoxville and The Gators kept it real, 38-33. Billyball has yet to arrive but the wheels aren’t falling off.

Oh, speaking of Miami and teams that are CONSTANTLY overrated every year, Texas loses to Texas Tech 37 - 34.

The ‘Noles continue their winning ways with an ACC win over BC 44 -14. They’re 4 - 0 for the first time in several years and ranked in the AP for the first time since 2018 (#23). St. Bobby would be proud!

wow.  did not know about Da U.  For them that is a program killer to lose to MTSU.

Yeah, FSU looks pretty good.

UF is improving ala the not quitting aspect; but UT was better.  Had UF been a little better in the first three games, they could've done a better job of handling UT.

They are blaming Mullen for lack of depth.  Perhaps.  He lost control of that team, IMO, at the beginning in 2018.  The whole Franks to Trask to Jones locker room seemed stressed.  Beginning of 2019, Franks tried to give the game away to UM.  Had he not had Trask, UF would've been thru when Franks got hurt in the UK game.  That year, the team was still not focused is most games, and almost lost to UVA in the bowl game.

In 2020, Anakin Mullen transformed to Darth Vader and the defense was dead the entire year.  It was bad in 2019 sans the pass rusher transfer from Louisville, who was an all-star.

2021 was a shambles; 

2020 is a turnaround from 2021, but it's a slow rollout to get the collective attitude back on track so that everyone is on the same page...on defense, as well as offense...

if looks like AR can get it done...but...I don't think the coaches anticipated his inconsistency to this extent and need to get more creative with play calling to compliment his deficiencies...

If Miller III is a better passer, maybe get him in the game.

[spenser1058]

 @jrs2’s favorite sports columnist (via Bianchi) weighs in….

‘From David Whitley of the Gainesville Sun: “To be safe, Florida should move this week’s game to Eastern Washington and play it at red-turfed Roos Field. With a capacity of 8,600 fans, the Gators might learn to appreciate what Miami players see at every home game.” …’

[spenser1058]

Let’s hear it for the Gators who manhandled Eastern Washington in The Swamp 52 - 17.

Go Gators!

Edited October 2, 2022 by spenser1058

[spenser1058]

Meanwhile, Auburn lost to LSU ( @jrs2, are you available as the next head coach?)

Jimbo lost to Miss State. Since I’ve never much liked Jimbo, I’ll just grin.

Have you noticed that all that money schools were going to throw around this year doesn’t seem to mean bupkus? Apparently, football quality doesn’t mean much to this crowd (“Show Me the Money!”, if I may throw in a Tom Cruise movie quote-Tom always gives me the vapors…).

Edited October 2, 2022 by spenser1058

[jrs2]

On 10/2/2022 at 4:08 PM, spenser1058 said:

Meanwhile, Auburn lost to LSU ( @jrs2, are you available as the next head coach?)

Jimbo lost to Miss State. Since I’ve never much liked Jimbo, I’ll just grin.

Have you noticed that all that money schools were going to throw around this year doesn’t seem to mean bupkus? Apparently, football quality doesn’t mean much to this crowd (“Show Me the Money!”, if I may throw in a Tom Cruise movie quote-Tom always gives me the vapors…).

Auburn's total collapse...yeah...

Jimbo lost to Air Raid.  I was waiting to see Air Raid unleashed in the SECW.  A&M is big money...perhaps the biggest of money.  They should be better than Alabama with their money.  But, they aren't even close.

Jimbo derailed FSU.  And, FSU was derailed by Wake once more.

I cannot gloat b/c I don't really even know how good dem Gayterz are right now.  The only good news is that QB Kitna got some good reps in and RB Lingard got some good carries, and I think WR Douglas (?) made some good catches and ran some good routes.  

If as a result AR loosens up a bit b/c of Kitna's good play, then going forward things should be ok.

The problem is that Mizzou looked good vs UGA...so...we'll just have to wait and see how that one goes.  I am counting on wins vs Mizzou, SoCar, and Vandy to get to 6 wins.  Then, if we beat LSU and FSU, that's 8.  After that, we've got UGA and Jimbo & M.   We beat Utah but lost to UT, so that was a wash.  The UK loss at home, to me, was unforgiveable, I don't care how good UK is or seems.

UF is not what it was. Kids need to play like they care.  I get the star ratings.  The thought is that b/c it is hard to get them to play their "A" games ala motivation, then of a 5-star plays his "B" game, that's like a 4-star playing his "A" game.  Maybe.  But that was the beauty of SOS...he would out-scheme you without even trying.

I hope Napier is taking notes.  

[spenser1058]

19 minutes ago, jrs2 said:

Auburn's total collapse...yeah...

Jimbo lost to Air Raid.  I was waiting to see Air Raid unleashed in the SECW.  A&M is big money...perhaps the biggest of money.  They should be better than Alabama with their money.  But, they aren't even close.

Jimbo derailed FSU.  And, FSU was derailed by Wake once more.

I cannot gloat b/c I don't really even know how good dem Gayterz are right now.  The only good news is that QB Kitna got some good reps in and RB Lingard got some good carries, and I think WR Douglas (?) made some good catches and ran some good routes.  

If as a result AR loosens up a bit b/c of Kitna's good play, then going forward things should be ok.

The problem is that Mizzou looked good vs UGA...so...we'll just have to wait and see how that one goes.  I am counting on wins vs Mizzou, SoCar, and Vandy to get to 6 wins.  Then, if we beat LSU and FSU, that's 8.  After that, we've got UGA and Jimbo & M.   We beat Utah but lost to UT, so that was a wash.  The UK loss at home, to me, was unforgiveable, I don't care how good UK is or seems.

UF is not what it was. Kids need to play like they care.  I get the star ratings.  The thought is that b/c it is hard to get them to play their "A" games ala motivation, then of a 5-star plays his "B" game, that's like a 4-star playing his "A" game.  Maybe.  But that was the beauty of SOS...he would out-scheme you without even trying.

I hope Napier is taking notes.  

You know you’re just hoping for another bowl game with our Knights!

Edited October 4, 2022 by spenser1058

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24 minutes ago, jrs2 said:

Auburn's total collapse...yeah...

Jimbo lost to Air Raid.  I was waiting to see Air Raid unleashed in the SECW.  A&M is big money...perhaps the biggest of money.  They should be better than Alabama with their money.  But, they aren't even close.

Jimbo derailed FSU.  And, FSU was derailed by Wake once more.

I cannot gloat b/c I don't really even know how good dem Gayterz are right now.  The only good news is that QB Kitna got some good reps in and RB Lingard got some good carries, and I think WR Douglas (?) made some good catches and ran some good routes.  

If as a result AR loosens up a bit b/c of Kitna's good play, then going forward things should be ok.

The problem is that Mizzou looked good vs UGA...so...we'll just have to wait and see how that one goes.  I am counting on wins vs Mizzou, SoCar, and Vandy to get to 6 wins.  Then, if we beat LSU and FSU, that's 8.  After that, we've got UGA and Jimbo & M.   We beat Utah but lost to UT, so that was a wash.  The UK loss at home, to me, was unforgiveable, I don't care how good UK is or seems.

UF is not what it was. Kids need to play like they care.  I get the star ratings.  The thought is that b/c it is hard to get them to play their "A" games ala motivation, then of a 5-star plays his "B" game, that's like a 4-star playing his "A" game.  Maybe.  But that was the beauty of SOS...he would out-scheme you without even trying.

I hope Napier is taking notes.  

It’s hard to expect loyalty from the kids when the coaches have none. I still believe the problem with Heup at UCF was that he clearly had no desire to be there. It was nothing more than a stepping stone. He is so much different on Rocky Top and you can see the results.

Then there’s Jeff Scott at USF. His first year in Temple Terrace , he showed up at the Clemson bowl game in CLEMSON SWAG. Any questions where his loyalty is? It shows (so far, one(!) win against FBS opponents with Duh Cows).