National Championship Open Thread
by Bud Elliott on Jan 8, 2009 7:47 PM EST
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A lot of the blogs are doing this, so I figured I would as well. Comments, observations, thoughts, etc. Keep it within the rules.
My prediction: UF 35-28, as UF has a huge advantage in the special teams. Also, OU's recievers and defensive backs are pretty poor, so UF focuses on their all-world TE's and limits them. OU's tackles are huge but slow and probably can't handle UF looping guys off the edge (like they did to Alabama's AA OT Andre Smith).
Boomer, Sooner!
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My prediction
41-27 UF as much as I hate to say it, I think they will be to much for OU.
Boomer, Sooner!!
Who is UF's Nickel Corner?
Jenkins and Haden start, right?
Reason I ask is I think Broyles will have a big day for OU. I can see safeties keying in on the TE’s and RB’s and Broyles having one-on-one against the Nickel back all day.
Broyles 7 rec, 126 yards and 2 TD’s
I'm not sure Florida can match Oklahoma's no huddle.
and because I said that, its going to be 30-7 Florida at halftime
"This club plays better baseball now. Some of them look fairly alert." ~ Casey Stengel on the 1969 New York Mets
ugh
I expect a blowout. Just because I feel like mentioning it, I wont be watching. I just can not handle watching that team dismantle others. I dont like USC, but I think they couldve beaten UF.
I wish I had an AP vote, then I could justifiably vote for Utah
how does UF keep getting away with holding on D and O ???
do they have an official clocking device?
Yeah, right!
Hmm
So is that INT a sign of things to come from Tebow?
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by Jonathan Loesche on Jan 8, 2009 8:44 PM EST reply actions
"If you are fortunate to spend 15-20 minutes around TEbow your life is better for it."
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?!?!? These guys’ tebowners are raging.
fast break
Man, I really think the no-huddle, shot-gun would work for us – We could do that couldn’t we???
Who's bright idea was it to have ACC refs do this game?
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by Jonathan Loesche on Jan 8, 2009 9:20 PM EST reply actions
UF is 6 for 6 on 3rd downs tonight so far
I guess we’re finding out it was that the Big 12 defenses were really that bad
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by Jonathan Loesche on Jan 8, 2009 9:22 PM EST reply actions
Terrible goal line blocking by OU
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by Jonathan Loesche on Jan 8, 2009 9:29 PM EST reply actions
well good good day gents.
Im looking at the stats so far and it looks like a good game. so far the stats are saying both teams are having problems running and Tebow has thrown 2 picks but OU cant cap.
UF is lucky
I cant believe OU has turned the ball over twice inside the 5
Jorts
I guess its to cold for gator fan to wear jorts???
After that hit on the first drive I thought this game would be way more entertaining.
I hate both these teams, but this game is pretty boring for how close it is.
They've gotten lucky tonight on two HUGE mistakes by Tebow
otherwise I don’t think this game is close
This is what we need to teach CP
When we have routes where safeties running backwards he can throw over their heads
We allowed this to happen
Hopefully this will be….another….wakeup call that we can’t play with one arm tied behind our back. How many of those UF players should be playing for FSU?
I blame the FSU admin, not Bowden
Bowden is just collecting wins and a paycheck. It’s our admin’s job to put an end to this nonsense. It’s obvious Bowden is off his rocker and isn’t going to step down any time soon, or else he would’ve done so several years ago. Our admin is doing a piss-poor job and they should be held accountable.
As we speak, Bowden is probably rationalizing our failures on UF being good. He thinks using “UF is a great team” as an excuse is a free pass. Sorry Bobby, for some of our clueless boosters who have a low football IQ that might work, but not for us.
SOMEBODY WITHIN THE FSU PROGRAM PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND APOLOGIZE. APOLOGIZE AND ASSURE THE FANS AND ALUMNI THAT STATUS QUO IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND NOT TOLERATED. WE ARE SICK OF BEING HELD HOSTAGE.
This dysfunctional coaching hiarchy is not helping us reach our goals.
Bowden hates FSU and he owns the Administration.
Everyone knows he’s been extremely bitter, paranoid, and defensive since his son was the worst failure in the history of college coaching.
Tebow hyperbole...
Sweet mother of God enter the NFL draft. I can’t take another year of listening to these morons carry on about him. He’s either a humungous douce or a 12 year old stuck in a 21 year olds body possessing the feared “retard strength.” There are no other rational possibilities to explain him.
I am convinced his teammates merely tolerate him.
Reggie Bush, Vince Young, Peter Warrick, Hershel Walker, Tommie Frazier? I respect your opinions but I would take Vince Young above all else over Tim Tebow.
"Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground, dead to the world, it is never any more than a grain of wheat. But if it is buried, it sprouts and reproduces itself many times over. In the same way, anyone who holds on to life just as it is destroys that life. But if you let it go, reckless in your love, you'll have it forever, real and eternal. If any of you wants to serve me, then follow me"
Herschel
"Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground, dead to the world, it is never any more than a grain of wheat. But if it is buried, it sprouts and reproduces itself many times over. In the same way, anyone who holds on to life just as it is destroys that life. But if you let it go, reckless in your love, you'll have it forever, real and eternal. If any of you wants to serve me, then follow me"
The argument will be this:
2 rings
Great leader
Heisman and a runner up
Played in the toughest conference we’ve ever seen (SEC from 2006-2009)
Only QB to do ____, _______, and __________
C'mon rfday53
Don’t knock him… just let him enter your life for fifteen minutes and you will live a better man.
CFB has turned into a ride at Disney World. The ESPN and FOX analysts and announcers are just like those claymation dolls that sit on the ledge and repeat mindless drivel while you ride by.
This dysfunctional coaching hiarchy is not helping us reach our goals.
I would rather cut off my left testicle than let him enter my life for fifteen minutes. I hope he just enters the NFL already so we see him as a bust at TE.
by thirdcoastnole on Jan 9, 2009 12:53 AM EST up reply actions
I think we should all take a chill pill and not let Florida rile us up so much.
It is annoying to see though.
"Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground, dead to the world, it is never any more than a grain of wheat. But if it is buried, it sprouts and reproduces itself many times over. In the same way, anyone who holds on to life just as it is destroys that life. But if you let it go, reckless in your love, you'll have it forever, real and eternal. If any of you wants to serve me, then follow me"
Not rile us up so much?
Be a Seminole fan 100%. Bleed garnet & gold everyday 24/7. Love and support our University until the days we are put to rest. These alone should fuel your hatred for anything and EVERYthing related to FU. I don’t care what any player or alum does positive in their life. To me, there will ALWAYS be a line drawn in the ground, and either you are on the Tallahassee side, or the Swamp side. You either live and die FSU or you are against us. Give Tebow respect and dues? Please…I will never subdue to the media’s nut-swinging of such overrated athlete who will undoubtedly be a bust in the NFL.
by thirdcoastnole on Jan 9, 2009 1:02 AM EST up reply actions
Didn't say give Tebow dues.
I am a seminole fan 100%.
"Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground, dead to the world, it is never any more than a grain of wheat. But if it is buried, it sprouts and reproduces itself many times over. In the same way, anyone who holds on to life just as it is destroys that life. But if you let it go, reckless in your love, you'll have it forever, real and eternal. If any of you wants to serve me, then follow me"
Im sick and tired
of the media portraying Tebow to be a god or something. Dont get me wrong he is a hell of a football player and seems like a great person, but the way the media talks about him is sickening. I cant take anymore UF national titles.
I live in J’ville heard someone who played pickup basketball with him in high school say he was a whiney brat and a poor sport.
This dysfunctional coaching hiarchy is not helping us reach our goals.
If you go by these type of stories
then ever person in the public eye is a jerk, cry baby, diva, etc. I have met him, he was very nice. I also have met his mother several times. Don’t judge the guy negatively until you have the opportunity to meet him. BTW, he was actually a very good high school basketball player and baseball player. He was told to stop doing both of these his senior year (for good reason).
It is no secret that I really like Tebow as a human and a player……as much as I despise the team he plays for. There is absolutely no reason this guy should succeed in the NFL, but I wouldn’t be the least bit surprise if he stuns us all. He has the heart to put in the work to do what it takes, leadership abilities and he definitly has the size. I am all about Tampa taking a ‘flyer’ on Tebow in the next couple of years.
I'm still surprised no one has made a concerted effort to go after him.
You should concede theyre going to score and spend on drive waiting for him to run. He’s not going to run out of bounds. He’s not going to slide. Someone huge emmeffer needs to step up and give him a powerbomb compliments of Captain Insano. I’m not surprised he hasn’t left yet because other than us breaking his arm last year, getting hurt is not a risk for him. Teams need to make him pay for this decision next year. I would hate to wish harm on another person, but I think teams need to make him pay for his decision next year and not just teach people to kneel down before him when he’s running.
Nice unsportsmanlike conduct penalty Timmy...
The guy is a great college football player, no matter how much i hate him i will admit that. But to me i still think he’s a punk. The unsportsmanlike conduct penalty at the end of the game proves my point. Yeah yeah everyone trash talks but to go up and do the chomp right in front of someone’s face like that? come on now. And he did the same crap this year in Tallahassee, running up on down our sideline doing the chomp. I was at the game and i wish we could have enacted the “Terry Tate Tallahassee Linebacker Rule” because it would give me incentive to jump the fence and powerbomb him into the endzone.
Yeah some will come back and counter that it’s in the heat of the moment, everyone does it,etc, but i dont buy that. You can do it in a much more subtle way without all of America seeing it. Show emotion sure great whatever, even though i still hate seeing the way athletes celebrate like they just lost their virginity. But to taunt someone right in their face????Everyone makes him out to be this saint? Do you want to see a saint, look at Warrick Dunn. Would you ever see Warrick Dunn run up to a player and do what Tim did. No. I played collegiate sports so i know what goes on the field, i’m not dumb. And it’s not just football and if anyone who says otherwise is naive. Your true character shines in moments like that. So because the guy said he’d be the 4th best qb in the big 12? who cares, show it on the field. You don’t need to get in his face, tell him what his mother said last week at the dinner table and then do the chomp in his face.
Hes a competitor
Him and Warrick Dunn are very different players. Thats like comparing Peyton Manning and Brett Favre. Both have very different methods of leadership. Also, Harris (I believe thats the CB’s name) came up to Tim Tebow in the pregame and got in his face during warm ups. My guess Tebow isn’t proud of it, and in fact after the game they showed him seeking Harris out and talking to him longer than he talked to any other player. It IS FOOTBALL. It’s not ‘dumb’ to say that. I respect that you played college ball, but I just disagree with you. I would also say that Harris was in his right of trash talking Tebow if he were to have picked him off or sacked him late in the game. Certainly guilty of unsportsmanlike, but it doesn’t make him a classless player.
We'll have to agree to disagree then
i’m not comparing leadership styles, i’m comparing sportsmanship. I think its fair to compare the two i dont see why not in this argument. And i made the point that i could care less about trash talking but to go up to someone like that and do that in my opinion shows very little class especially for someone that garners the amount of discussion that he does with regard to his striking resemblance to JC. Maybe it’s my hatred for him and UF but this isn’t a one time thing. And like i said above, he is a great college football player i would never argue that with anyone.
I dont think he's saying that he's completely classless...
I think he’s arguing how the media saints Tebow for teaching English in the Phillipines and putting John 3:16 on his eyeblack and laude him for the same character mold as Warrick Dunn. However, no one chastizes his trash talking or willingness to stoop to the level of others.
Personally, I have no problem for trash talking, chomping, or getting in people’s faces. It adds to the excitement. But if you’re going to be celebrated as the next coming of JC, you’re football goodwill portfolio better be strong to quite strong.
Well
As a Youth Director I may look at this a little differently. I really appreciate how he handles his Faith. I don’t like how the media tries to paint him as perfect, a saint, or the next coming of Christ as you say. I dont think Tebow agrees with any of that. However, as a Christian, I respect and am encouraged that there are athletes who have solid faith and are open to talking about it. He has really brought conversation about Missions work and Athletes with faith to the forefront in culture.
Tebow is a little crybaby bitch
If he came up and did the gator chomp in my face I’d kick him in the balls. He acts like a little twelve-year-old. I have no more respect for him on a personal level than your average college football player.
This dysfunctional coaching hiarchy is not helping us reach our goals.
I'm not held at his standards
Tebow is no different than half the gator fans I’ve know in my lifetime; can be nice, sensible people, but when it comes to football they are obnoxious, immature, cry-babies. I’d respectfully ask you don’t try to defend him to me b/c these are my opinions and they likely aren’t going to change.
This dysfunctional coaching hiarchy is not helping us reach our goals.
its only a matter of time before he discovers he’s not starring in his own Disney movie:
1. Vick met Dawkins/Wolverine. He was never the same.
2. VY met Rodney Harrison and the need to move to his second progression. Ditto
3. I am out of good examples. But you get the point.
I wish they'd let me coach linebackers next year.
I would train Nigel Bradham to unveil Steve Irwin Mode and pick Tebow up by the legs, swing him around, and throw him through the goal posts.
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