Speaking of the "ole ball coach", there is a rumor going around up here in Tennessee that he is negotiating with UT and that they are working on an offer for him. I have been "ho humming" these rumors because I don't believe he would be "talking" to anyone before the season ends, but then, as we found out later, his agent had been talking with the Redskins before OUR season ended.
Randy ----- Original Message ----- From: PCGator To: Gatornews Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 7:33 PM Subject: [gatornews] Grading the Gators vs Vanderbilt Grading The Gators vs. VU The Florida Gators will return to the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta as the SEC Eastern Division Champion after cruising to a 41 - 14 victory over the Vanderbilt University Commodores in Nashville, TN on Saturday night. The Gators jumped out to 28 - 0 lead with three minutes gone in the second quarter and were never really challenged. FIRST IMPRESSIONS IMPRESSIVE: Tim Tebow, the first team offense, the first team defense, special teams, mental preparation SOLID: You were impressive or you need work NEED WORK: There is a reason they are called backups, they can use the work. THE GRADES DEFENSIVE LINE: Through two and a half quarters the defensive line was very impressive with solid pressure and limiting the run. Vanderbilt's more athletic quarterback Chris Nickson gave the defensive fits in the second half by breaking containment several times. GRADE B+ LINEBACKERS: MLB Brandon Spikes and WLB Ryan Stamper lead the defense in tackles with seven stops each. Spikes had two tackles for losses. Backups Brandon Hicks and Lorenzo Edwards struggled in the second half GRADE B+ DEFENSIVE BACKS: CB Ahmad Black intercepted another pass, his fifth of the season, as the Gators completely shut down Vanderbilt's passing attack in the first half (47-yards). Despite allowing just 67-yards passing in the second half, the reserves did allow to passing touchdowns for the Commodores. GRADE C OFFENSIVE LINE: The Gators scored six out of the first seven times they had the ball as the starting offensive line was absolutely dominant to start the game. The starting offensive line did not allow a sack and paved the way for 240 yards on the ground. The reserves could only muster 8 total yards on three drives. GRADE A- RECEIVERS: WR's Louis Murphy, Riley Cooper, and David Nelson had the touchdowns catches, Carl Moore lead in reception with four, while Percy Harvin had three consecutive first down receptions totaling 32 yards and rushed for 60 yards and a touchdown. Collectively a very efficient and very impressive performance. GRADE A+ RUNNING BACKS: Not a lot of productions in terms of stats, but the RB's Emmanuel Moody, Chris Rainey, and Jeffrey Demps looked pretty good getting what they got, 95 yards on 16 carries for a 6 yard per carry average. GRADE A QUARTERBACK: Tim Tebow played on of his most efficient and impressive performance as a Gator. Tebow accounted for the first 5 Gator touchdowns. Tebow completed 12 passes, out of 17 attempts, for 171 yards and three touchdowns, while rushing eleven times for two scores. Tebow's 26-yard touchdown run on Florida's second possession was a career long run. Reserve John Brantley struggled, throwing his first interception of his career and failing to move the offense GRADE A- KICKING/SPECIALTY: Another game another blocked punt, actually two blocked punts, both by DE Carlos Dunlap. Both blocked punts led to scores. Punting and extra points were solid, coverage teams were up to snuff, and the Gators appear to have settled on Caleb Sturgis to handle the kickoff duties. GRADE A+ COACHING: Offensive coordinator Dan Mullen didn't have to go deep into the playbook as the Gators benefited from great field position early, thanks to the blocked punts, and pretty much had everything working anyway. Defensive coordinators Charlie Strong's defense didn't give up it's initial first down until late in the second quarter and by then it was 28 - 0. Special teams coach Urban Meyer had to be satisfied as special teams played inspired football and played a crucial part in the victory GRADE Offense A Defense A Special Teams A FANS: Looked like a solid Gator following in attendance, but this was a television game for me. GRADE I FINAL THOUGHTS Percy Harvin scored, I couldn't believe the referees didn't overturn that call. Tim Tebow has really looked like a Heisman trophy winning quarterback these last 5 games. With Penn State's loss to Iowa the Gators have a realistic chance at things beyond an SEC Championship, but we can't get ahead of ourselves. The Old Ball Coach is coming to town and he would like nothing better than to win one against his old team. OVERALL GRADE: A= Randy Platt The Armchair Quarterback Later GATORS, after while the rest! E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.386) Database version: 5.11080 http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
