Oh they ended up having a good game yes and I know how I sound. however..
* 13 Penalties. THIRTEEN!!!! That probably already makes us the most penalized team in the country.. again. That will be our Achilles heel if Meyer & Co don't nip it in the bud. 8 of those in the first half.. although one of them was ridiculous (the unsportsmanlike thing is way WAY too much... I still don't see what he did that was so bad. So basically that means our boys cant even do the chomp with Gator Fans.) * We should have EASILY reached my goal on offensive yardage and probably would have had they not been asleep the first quarter. Even without Harvin. * Tebow did not have his best game.. lets face it. * Uhhhhhhhhhh... Johnny Brantley? *knock knock* I know. first snap in the college game. etc etc. but he looked totally lost and overwhelmed. Maybe that will change as the year goes and he gets more reps but as of right now. totally unimpressed. Since I sound so bitter and negative.. Ill tell you what I did like: * You are right... less Tebow more of everyone else like we have been screaming about. Will that hold up the rest of the year? We will see. * Overall.. the team did look better than they did last year. I will give them that and even this Hawaii team was better than that WKy team. * James/Demps/Rainey.. it 'appears' UF has some backs. and I still think Brandon James is maybe the second coming of Emmitt (ducks and runs). * Cam Newton ... was SO proud of him.. he finally woke up and stepped up. Hopefully we'll make good use of it. * 6 turnovers by the D - 2 led to defensive TDs. Obvious improvement if it was Hawai'i. * Based upon what I am reading about comments made below about the Miami game... I think UF has some swagger and hunger back. I love it.I just hope they can live up to it, but they need to be careful with that. I will restate what I said early Saturday.... this is a year of NO EXCUSES. D has a year under their belt. Tebow shouldn't have to bear the brunt with all these playmakers around him. Am I expecting a NC? Would be nice.. but no. Not happening this year. I do want to see them in the Dome though against Auburn and extract revenge. I do want to annihilate those damn mutts and send them home crying/whimpering and wishing they had never even heard of the sport of football. Call me unrealistic if you want. but I said it here before. I am FIRED UP. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Kirkley Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 11:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Attention, Miami Hurricanes: Florida beat Hawaii by 46 points on Saturday, and its two best players didn't play a snap. - Miami Herald Come in off the ledge Woody. We scored 56 points in two quarters of play, can't complain about that. Yes, we started slow, but once we got into rhythm, we never looked back. I liked what I saw. The 'bows had success with the shovel pass early on, we adjusted and shut that down for the most part. We had a lot of penalties, but most were the over-aggressive type, I can handle that. We saw many new young faces get game experience, that is always good, and no one was injured, that is great! All of this and we didn't rely on Timmy, had no Percy and Siler was gone on D. I would grade this performance a B+ or A-, based solely on the sluggish start. Ken MNGator -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gatorrrrrr Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 10:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] Attention, Miami Hurricanes: Florida beat Hawaii by 46 points on Saturday, and its two best players didn't play a snap. - Miami Herald Oh great... a team giving Miami bulletin board material when they were controlled by a sub par Hawaii team for an entire quarter. You would have thought they learned about doing that with Bama... remember that? They better live up to it now! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 11:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [gatornews] Attention, Miami Hurricanes: Florida beat Hawaii by 46 points on Saturday, and its two best players didn't play a snap. - Miami Herald Posted on Sat, Aug. 30, 2008 Florida Gators cruise past Hawaii BY JOSEPH GOODMAN Attention, Miami Hurricanes: Florida beat Hawaii by 46 points on Saturday, and its two best players didn't play a snap. Attention, Miami Hurricanes: Florida junior quarterback Tim Tebow is ready for this rivalry week to commence. He called out ''The U'' on Saturday shortly after the Gators' 56-10 victory. Florida plays host to Miami in six days, and Tebow is ready for the Canes' six-game winning streak against the Gators to end. ''We're going to change that,'' Tebow said. Attention, Miami Hurricanes: Florida senior receiver Louis Murphy has something to add. 'I don't refer to them as `The U,' '' Murphy said. 'Because `U' stands for university, and we're the real university.'' And with that, the first week of the college football season is officially over, and the real season begins. Tebow is predicting a big crowd. ''We'll probably have 80 percent of the state of Florida here next week,'' he said. ``[ESPN's] GameDay will probably be here. It will be hype. No matter how good [Miami] played teams last year or whoever they play the rest of the year, they'll play their best game next Saturday versus us.'' BIG-PLAY DAY No. 5 Florida (1-0) spoke with confidence Saturday after dispatching Hawaii (0-1) with one big play after another -- despite not having its most electrifying player, junior receiver Percy Harvin. He is still recovering from offseason heel surgery but could see action next week. Hawaii held Florida scoreless in the first quarter, but after that the Gators wowed a crowd of 90,575 with an array of highlight-reel plays. Six Florida touchdowns came on plays of at least 32 yards, including a 74-yard punt return by junior Brandon James in the second quarter. Although UF coach Urban Meyer referred to James as the team's player of the game, the defense was the collective star. The unit played without its leader, middle linebacker Brandon Spikes (toe), but still looked better than it did in 2007. The Gators forced six turnovers, including four interceptions. ''It's great having those guys out their making big plays,'' Tebow said. ``It's great to see.'' Florida scored 28 points off turnovers. Safeties Major Wright (Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas) and Ahmad Black returned interceptions for scores. Wright's interception, a 32-yard return in the second quarter, gave Florida a 14-0 lead. ''It felt real good,'' Wright said. ``That was my first time ever getting into the end zone on defense.'' MAKING HIS CASE Black, who started in place of Dorian Munroe (Miami Coral Reef), had two interceptions, returning the second for an 80-yard touchdown in the third quarter. It gave Florida a 56-0 lead and validated Black's role as a starter. A third-string cornerback in 2007, Black was elevated to starting strong safety when Munroe sustained a season-ending knee injury in July. ''We got a lot of pressure on the quarterback,'' Black said. Although Hawaii's quarterbacks took a pounding, their counterpart, Heisman Trophy winner Tebow, breezed through Saturday's game barely breaking a sweat. His final statistics were nothing compared with the gaudy numbers he had on a weekly basis last season. Tebow finished the game with 137 passing yards and one touchdown. He rushed for 37 yards on nine carries. ''I didn't take too much of a pounding,'' said Tebow, who saw his streak of 14 games with at least one rushing touchdown end Saturday. ``I don't think I'm sore, so I can go condition now.'' 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