[gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] [FL TODAY]: Spikes: Vols 'quit'

[keith]

great ...

 

That should just about do it for their required bulletin board material ...

 

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Subject: [gatornews] [FL TODAY]: Spikes: Vols 'quit'
From: "Shane Ford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, September 16, 2008 1:37 pm
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (GatorNEWS)

Spikes: Vols 'quit'

BY DAVID JONES • FLORIDA TODAY • September 16, 2008

http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080916/SPORTS/809160334

 

Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes said after Monday's practice Tennessee "quit playing" in last year's 59-20 loss to the Gators in Gainesville.

The two teams meet again at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Knoxville.

"They kind of gave up," Spikes said. "Our whole program is about, backed up against the wall, you've got to keep fighting. We saw them give up. . . . They quit playing. I know they are going to be pretty jacked up (this time)."

Former UF special teams player Derek Baldry, who served two tours of duty in the Middle East during a four-year Army stint before coming to Florida as a walk on, told a story after the game that one of the Volunteers' players told him he wasn't going to try to block an extra-point attempt late in the game.

While Spikes and several other players felt Tennessee stopped playing hard at the end, it was Baldry's story that gained a lot of attention. A replay of the extra-point showed at least one Vols' player stood up and didn't try to rush the kick.

"That kind of surprised me, for him saying I don't want to rush," Spikes said. "But I know they are not really as tough as us."

Spikes said a lot of players on the team talked about the incident afterward. He said he'd never seen a team quit, at least, "not on this level." Relayed Baldry's comments, Volunteer players disputed anyone quit playing.

But Spikes said he wasn't surprised Tennessee quit last year, adding, "I've seen them do the same thing (before)."

Contact Jones at 242-3682 or [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 

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