I disagree. The defense didn't turn the ball over three times and they had their part of the game under control until that happened. I consider this an offensive failure by their repeatedly putting the defense in an untenable position and by the offensive line failing to control the line of scrimmage.
Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Lucas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 10:22 AM Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Tebow sorry, promises better days > > I call BS! > > Quite simply... Tebow doesn't play defense. > > Gators score 30 points and we should win! Defense > stops ol' miss ONE time and we win. Defense doesn't > allow an 85 yard TD to answer and we win... > > Offense did what they had to do. Defense does not. > Why are you blaming the leader on offense for > something that is quite clearly a defensive loss. > Blame your defensive leader... if we have one. > > Scott L. > > --- Gatorrrrrr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> And he should be damn sorry. He is the leader of >> this team. He knows its on his shoulders to be >> super focused and efficient. >> >> >> >> There is something going on with Tebow that we may >> not be aware of. either physically. or more >> probable mentally. his head is not on right. his >> focus and preparation were already under scrutiny >> coming into this season because he spent all >> summer playing pastor-wannabe. That is where his >> heart is and honorable as it may be.. I know.. but >> he has a job to do and I think he has to make a >> choice. yesterday was not entirely his fault.. but >> he deserves the brunt of the blame. I think he >> and the rest of the team needed this loss to wake >> the hell up. >> >> >> >> Tebow D >> >> Coaches F >> >> Moody B+ other backs C- >> >> Harvin and the receivers D >> >> Oline D- >> >> Defense C- >> >> >> >> This loss wasn't that much of a surprise to me.. >> and when they are available... my picks will show >> that. I said it once already.. but I don't like >> it when Im right. This game is a culimination of >> everything we have hidden that was wrong with this >> team. I don't think this was just a "one game >> slip up". >> >> >> >> Ill be in Tampa again Thurs afternoon thru Sun.. >> hopefully sitting at Chilis or somewhere watching >> a very different team. Hopefully one that's gone >> back square one. >> >> >> >> Woody >> >> >> >> _____ >> >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 11:18 AM >> To: gatortalk googlegroups >> Subject: [gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] Tebow sorry, >> promises better days >> >> >> >> Out of 85 players on scholarship - we only have >> one player that is sorry? Only one player that is >> going to try harder? >> >> >> >> This was a team loss. Coaches, players, etc. >> This was not a Tim Tebow loss. >> >> >> >> Until we have 85 players that are trying harder - >> it will be "wait until next year". >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: [gatornews] Tebow sorry, promises better >> days >> From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Sun, September 28, 2008 10:53 am >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> >> floridatoday.com >> <http://www.floridatoday.com/graphics/mastlogo.gif >> > >> >> >> September 28, 2008 >> >> Tebow sorry, promises better days >> >> BY DAVID JONES >> FLORIDA TODAY >> >> Florida quarterback Tim Tebow was emotional after >> the fourth-ranked Gators' 31-30 loss to Ole Miss >> on Saturday and before leaving the interview room >> sent a message to Gator followers. >> >> "To the fans and everybody in Gator Nation: You >> know what? I'm sorry, extremely sorry," a >> misty-eyed Tebow said. "We were hoping for an >> undefeated season, that was my goal. It's >> something Florida has never done here. But I >> promise you one thing. A lot of good will come out >> of this. You have never seen any player in the >> entire country play as hard as I will play the >> rest of the season." >> >> It was Ole Miss' first win against a ranked team >> since a 20-13 win against No. 3 Notre Dame in >> 1977. The Rebels, who hadn't won an SEC road game >> in four seasons, ended a 15-game losing streak to >> ranked teams. >> >> Tebow came into the game without a rushing >> touchdown this season, after becoming the first >> player in NCAA history to rush and pass for 20 >> touchdowns in a season a year ago. He managed a >> pair of 1-yard scores against the Rebels, but was >> held to seven yards on 15 rushes against the >> Rebels after picking up 166 on 27 attempts in last >> year's game in Oxford. >> >> He still hasn't thrown an interception in his last >> 183 attempts, however, which is the fifth-longest >> streak in SEC history. >> >> Streak ends >> >> Florida had not turned the ball over so far this >> season, the only team in the nation that could >> make that claim, prior to Saturday. But the Gators >> coughed it up three times. >> >> "Three turnovers and dropped passes made the >> offense non-functional," UF coach Urban Meyer >> said. >> >> The last time the Gators lost three fumbles in a >> game was a 34-17 win at Vanderbilt on Nov. 6, >> 2004. >> >> "We're real disappointed," UF offensive lineman >> Mike Pouncey said. "We played real sloppy on the >> offensive side." >> >> Swim stars honored >> >> Gator graduates and Olympic swim medalists Ryan >> Lochte and Dara Torres were honored at halftime. >> Both have been extremely busy since the Olympic >> Games. Both appeared on "Oprah Winfrey." Daytona >> had a Ryan Lochte Day on Sept. 17, about a week >> after he rang the bell at the New York Stock >> Exchange. Torres was on the "Tonight Show" and >> threw out the first pitch at a New York Yankees >> game. >> >> She's working on two books -- one on physical >> fitness and the other on her life story. Lochte >> has definite plans to compete in the 2012 Games in >> London. Torres, the oldest woman to ever win an >> Olympic medal at 41, could be a different story -- >> but don't count her out yet. She plans to train >> for the World Championships and take it from >> there. >> >> "I can't say, 'no,' just because the previous two >> (Olympics) I said that and then I came back," >> Torres said of London. >> >> Stunned silence >> >> Florida cornerback Joe Haden said the locker room >> was beyond just a little quiet after the defeat. >> >> "You could have heard a pin drop," he said. "There >> was nobody talking, nobody saying anything. People >> were just sitting at their lockers in full pads. . >> . . We're going to keep fighting and try to finish >> off our season undefeated." >> >> > === message truncated === > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
