Archive for August, 2008

How will the Florida Gators fare in College Football this season?

Posted by admin on August 17th, 2008   No Comment

Here are my Projections: (and their schedule)

8/30 Hawai’i Warriors- W,(1-0) This game really shouldn’t be close because Hawaii’s best weapon is in the NFL. Colt Brennan. This really should be a repeat the Sugar Bowl and just kill the Warriors. Name the score, Florida will have it.

9/6 Miami (FL)- W, (2-0) Miami is steadily improving however, I think Urban Meyer outcoaches Randy Shannon, it what will be a closer than should be match. This a battle for braggin rights in the state of Florida, so I expect Miami to be ready, but Florida pull away at the end. Remember, this game is going to be nationally televised in primetime. Buckle your seatbelts gator fans!
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Was Junes-Jones scared of Tebow

Posted by admin on August 15th, 2008   No Comment

June Jones made the comment last season the week before the Heisman Trophy was handed out that his quarterback Colt Brennan was not a “system quarterback” like Tim Tebow.

The media went into a frenzy. How could he call the Heisman frontrunner (and eventual winner) a product of a system?

Jones quickly backtracked on his comments and said he never meant to down Tebow, but it was too late. When asked about Brennan Tebow said, “I think he’s a good quarterback and runs a good system.” The reporters all around him burst out in laughter.

Jones then quickly backtracked on what he said. “Guess what we’ve got to go down there and play him and they are going to be playing what I said. We’ve got to open up in Gainesville next season,” said the Hawaii coach.

And then it looked like everything was adding up to a great Tim Tebow-June Jones showdown 15 days from now……

But shortly after the season Jones left and took the SMU job. Was June Jones scared of Tim Tebow? It’s a crazy thought but I just wonder if it entered into his mind at all when he made his decision to leave Hawaii. Maybe it did. Maybe it didn’t.

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Has Florida found their running backs?

Posted by admin on August 11th, 2008   No Comment

Florida has already won a SEC Championship, a national championship, and had a player claim the Heisman Trophy since Urban Meyer stepped in as head coach in Gainesville.

The crazy thing is that they’ve done it all without a true running back, but this year he is more than loaded at that position dating secrets with lots of young talent.

Kestahn Moore has the most experience but will probably still get overshadowed by Chris Rainey, transfer Emanuel Moody, and Brandon James with his electrifying special teams play.

Meyer had to run Tebow entirely too much last season and then had to move Percy Harvin, another Heisman favorite, to take a large brunt of the carries as well.

This year he won’t have to. Moore will likely be the starter because Moody has had trouble picking up the spread offense since transferring from USC. Rainey shined in the Orange-Blue game but hasn’t excelled in an actual game yet, but should be changed this year.

James will just continue doing what he does best, scoring points on both kickoff and punt returns.

Expect Florida’s offense to be even better than they were the last two seasons with the emergence of all this great talent at running back. The Gators should have the most explosive offense in the country this season.

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Ingram tears ACL, Will miss entire season

Posted by admin on August 8th, 2008   No Comment

Florida tight end Cornelius Ingram will reportedly miss the entire college football season due to a ACL injury that he suffered on Tuesday. This is a huge blow for the Gators explosive offense and will take away some of its firepower.

Sure Tim Tebow, Percy Harvin, and Chris Rainey are the names you are familiar with for making big plays in Florida’s explosive spread offense but Ingram plays a very important role. He makes big catches and since he actually went to Gainesville as a wide receiver (and was converted to tight end) provides speed and athleticism few tight ends in the country can match up to.

The injury occurred in a 7 on 7 drill. Ingram showed how tough he was initially because he didn’t believe the injury was serious but his knee swelled later that night and a MRI revealed that his ACL is completely torn.

Florida had been working on a two tight end formation that would feature both Ingram and Anthony Hernandez. Now it appears Tate Casey will have to be the one in Ingram’s shoes, trying to make the formation a success.

“It’s the hardest part of the game, the hardest part of coaching and the hardest part of playing, especially when you’ve got a guy like that who does everything right,” Meyer said. (source: ESPN.com)

The Heisman Trophy winner didn’t take the news much better either.

“You feel terrible for [Ingram],” the Florida quarterback said. “He’s such a big part of what we were planning to do, and I know he was going to have a great season. We’ve got to handle it, deal with it and go on, but it’s not easy.”.(source: ESPN.com)

Ingram almost decided to leave early for the NFL this past season but decided to stick around for another go at a national title. He could petition the NCAA for a sixth year but Meyer is pretty sure that the NFL will be the next place you see the inspired tight end.

Good luck Cornelius, things are going to be a lot tougher without you this season.

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Lady Gators No. 8 in Pre-season Polls

Posted by admin on August 8th, 2008   No Comment

The Lady Gators come in ranked #8 to start the preseason polls. This past year in the NCAA Tournament, they went to the regional semifinals and lost. This year, they are looking to do further damage in the Tournamanet. Final Four possibilities are definitely on the look out this year, and they could be looking for National Championship acquantances also. They feel like they have a good shot at it as well. To round it off, this is also the 12th time that Florida has garnered a spot in the top 10 preseason wise.

The top 8 looks just like this:

1. Penn St
2. Stanford
3. Texas
4. USC
5. California
6. UCLA
7. Nebraska
8. Florida

Time will tell how Florida starts their season, its not going to be easy….especially playing a tough schedule.

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Why Tim Tebow won’t win the 2008 Heisman Trophy

Posted by admin on August 5th, 2008   No Comment

That’s bad right? Actually no. Last season Tebow had to do everything in Florida’s offense; running and passing for touchdowns at will while single handedly carrying Florida to the Capital One Bowl.

This year he won’t need to do that. If Tebow scores 40 touchdowns this year (combined throwing & passing total) then the Gators will play in a BCS Bowl, and depending on what happens in Jacksonville it might just be the national title game for the second time in three years.

So why the dramatic change between 2007 Tebow and 2008 Tebow?

Well I assure you this, he hasn’t gotten any worse. He’s just got a lot more weapons. Percy Harvin is developing even more of a weapon (depending on how he recovers from his surgery), Chris Rainey has emerged as a star, and Deonte Thompson will be a great second receiver behind Harvin.

Tebow will be just as good as ever but he won’t have to do everything. I really expect Rainey to step it up a lot this year along with Ketashn Moore, Brandon James, and newcomer Emanuel Moody from USC. For a team that seemed to struggle to find a running back last year the Gators are now loaded at the position.

Tebow won’t have to take all the quarterback carries any more either. Hidden behind Tebow is another star quarterback, Cameron Newton, that hasn’t been able to play much because of Tebow’s success. He will receive a lot of snaps this season and will take some of the brunt off of the Heisman winner’s workload.

He won’t win the Heisman again though, but he won’t need to. Florida will be better off if Tebow scores 35-40 touchdowns next season and their offense will be just as explosive.

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Florida begins the title chase at no.5 pre-season poll

Posted by admin on August 1st, 2008   No Comment

The Gators kick off the 2009 college football season on August 31st against the Hawaii Warriors at home, but we have now learned that the number 5 will stand beside of the University Of Florida’s name on the television scoreboard.

That’s right, out Florida Gators will begin the 2009 campaign with the fifth ranked team in college football. We have some obvious defensive concerns at defensive line and safety, but that’s been been overlooked and our offense has been the concern to USA Today, or so it seems. Ranked just behind Oklahoma , Ohio State , Southern California and SEC rival Georgia , the Gators hope to climb the rankings throughout the season and become a top team.

Title contenders on the prowl once more? The Gators sure ended last season on a bitter note, losing to Michigan in the Capitol One Bowl and finishing 9-4, but last year they made mistakes that shouldn’t have been made. So often we lost games because of inexperience at the defensive back position, or because of critical turnovers. I expect the team to be much more aware of what’s going on around them, as they have gotten some crucial experience.

Overall, we did lose Andre Caldwell at wide receiver, Kyle Jackson and Tony Joiner and safety and Derrick Harvey at defensive end, but we’re Florida . We can certainly find a way to win, and the pre-season polls indicate the wild ride that’s up ahead for us at the number five ranked team in the nation. It will be interesting to see how high the University of Florida climbs on their way to a possible National Championship.

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