I'm holding onto the motorhome. :) A. Leon Polhill, Gator "I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know." - Mark Twain
________________________________ From: Wanda Barry <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, December 3, 2009 9:06:14 PM Subject: Re: [gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] [espn.com] Maisel: Coaches: Tebow is the difference Would you like a tent or a prefab to live in under the bridge??? Wanda ----- Original Message ----- >From: Arthur Polhill >To: [email protected] >Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 2:59 PM >Subject: Re: [gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] [espn.com] Maisel: Coaches: Tebow is >the difference > > >I do not think this game will be close. > >We will dominate the first and second quarters. Alabama will try to mount a >comeback in the third quarter and will totally wilt in the fourth. > >I've mortgaged the house to the hilt, sold all the silver, gold, china and >chrystal and am looking for Alabama fans for side bets. If Saban could have >kept a job, he would have. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. > >If any of his former teams had wanted to keep him, they could have. That's >also my story and I'm standing by it. > >If he had been any good, Lame would own his a@@ in the land of slime. That's >indesputable and a very big part of my story. > >If they were national caliber, Auburn should not have been able to drive them >into tomorrow. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. > >If Mount Cody is immovable, great! We'll go around him. If he's too high, >we'll mount him. (Comments are not allowed on GatorTalk at this point.) Or, >we'll tunnel under him. That is my story and I'll stick to it. > >Alabama is the second peice of Gator toast this week. > >UF 38 > >Bama 10 > A. Leon Polhill, Gator >"I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. >I said I didn't know." - Mark Twain > > > > > ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >To: gatortalk googlegroups <[email protected]> >Sent: Thu, December 3, 2009 3:42:59 PM >Subject: [gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] [espn.com] Maisel: Coaches: Tebow is the >difference > >I agree. Tebow is in their minds. They are convinced that they can't beat >Tebow. They are convinced that next year - the Gators will suck because >Tebow will be gone. > >In huge games - I agree that Tebow is a difference maker. But next year I >expect our offense to be better. Better passing QB and better use of all >those weapons. > >Alabama is not some second rate team. Even if Florida is better - Alabama >could still win if Florida turns the ball over. > >Remember all those ugly wins we had this year? > >Urban Meyer has been planning and practicing for this game all year. Protect >the football - at all costs - on offense, use the special teams to control >field position, and expect the defense to play lights out. > >I hated those games as much as anyone. But going into the biggest game of the >year - I'm feeling confident. > >We got some big uglies up on the OL that can wall out mount cody. We got some >play makers that can take it to the house whenever they touch the ball. We've >got a mismatch TE - sometimes FB, sometimes wideout that could be our most >potent weapon. We have so much depth that a first round NFL draft pick is >ineligible, our star running back has a high ankle sprain, one of our leading >receivers (Carl Moore) is out, our next Percy (Debose) is out, plus I think it >is Hobbs, Monroe, and several other players out or with injuries - and its no >big deal. > >But just in case we lose - I'll stop by Home Depot and pick up some wall patch >repair stuff. > >This game is too close to call. It will be a game that everyone talks about >for decades. > >Thank god superman is on our side. > > >-------- Original Message -------- >>Subject: [gatornews] [espn.com] Maisel: Coaches: Tebow is the >>difference >>From: Badrish <[email protected]> >>Date: Thu, December 03, 2009 3:19 pm >>To: [email protected] >> >> >> >>Originally Published: December 2, 2009 >>Coaches: Tebow is the difference >> >> By Ivan Maisel >>ESPN.com >>Archive >>The four Southeastern Conference coaches ESPN.com surveyed to analyze the >>league championship game Saturday between No. 1 Florida and No. 2 Alabama >>have one thing in common: All four went 0-2 against the Gators and the >>Crimson Tide this season. >>[+] Enlarge >>Don McPeak/US PresswireIf there was any team that knew Tim Tebow, it was Dan >>Mullen's Mississippi State squad. >>They have one other thing in common, that is, with the fans and the media: >>They didn't stop talking about Gators senior quarterback Tim Tebow. But on >>that topic, the coaches' mileage did vary. >>There was the conventional stance of Tennessee head coach Lane Kiffin, who >>said, "If it wasn't for Tebow, it's easy. Alabama wins the game." >>There lies the conundrum of defending against Florida. The coaches also said >>the key to stopping the Gators' offense is to put the ball in Tebow's hands. >>Well, not in so many words. Let them explain. >>Tebow will make plays, as the saying goes. But he doesn't make big plays. >>"They don't have the quick-strike capability they had with [Percy] Harvin and >>[Louis] Murphy," South Carolina defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson said, >>referring to the star wideouts of the 2008 team. "The teams that played them >>early didn't realize it. They've got real good receivers, but not like Harvin >>and Murphy. They are a little more blue-collar." >>Mississippi State tried to make Tebow and the Gators' offense execute long >>drives. The strategy of head coach Dan Mullen, Tebow's offensive coordinator >>for the quarterback's first three seasons, worked well. Florida scored only >>two offensive touchdowns, only one of which came on a drive that began in >>Florida territory. >>"We really encouraged them to run Tim Tebow," Mullen said. "One thing with >>Tim is he will wear you down but he will not beat you with the big play. They >>moved the ball on us, but we stopped them in the red zone." >>How They Fared ... >>• Oct. 3: Alabama 38, Kentucky 20 >>• Oct. 17: Alabama 20, So. Carolina 6 >>• Oct. 24: Alabama 12, Tennessee 10 >>• Nov. 14: Alabama 31, Mississippi St. 3 >>• Sept. 19: Florida 23, Tennessee 13 >>• Sept. 26: Florida 41, Kentucky 7 >>• Oct. 24: Florida 29, Mississippi St. 19 >>• Nov. 14: Florida 24, South Carolina 14 >>Tebow has rushed for 796 yards on 193 carries this season. But he has only >>six rushes of more than 20 yards. His rushing totals are skewed by sacks, >>which is another issue. Florida has allowed 28 sacks, 10th in the SEC. >>Kentucky head coach Rich Brooks thinks Tebow took a step back after the >>Wildcats' 41-7 loss to the Gators on Sept. 26. Kentucky defensive end Taylor >>Wyndham's full-speed sack of Tebow ended in a concussion for the quarterback. >>"He isn't doing it like he was doing it earlier," Brooks said. "He's been >>sacked a whole bunch of times. They are one of the worst teams in terms of >>protecting. He looks a little indecisive in the passing game. ... He goes >>away from the first read and gets indecisive and starts running around and >>gets sacked." >>Unless he doesn't. The problem with putting the ball in Tebow's hands is that >>you're putting the ball in Tebow's hands. No one is better at converting >>third downs. Kiffin summed up a defense's dilemma well. >>"People are coming free versus Florida," Kiffin said. "But Tebow is so hard >>to tackle." >>If stopping the Florida offense means taking away the big play, stopping >>Alabama is the polar opposite. >>"With Florida, let's see you execute 14 plays," Mullen said. "That's what >>Alabama wants to do. You want to force Alabama to take shots." >>Alas, the Crimson Tide cruised to a 31-3 victory over the Bulldogs. >>"We wanted to force them into making big plays," Mullen said. "They made four >>of them." >>Greg McElroy threw touchdown passes of 45 and 48 yards in that game, while >>tailback Mark Ingram ran 70 yards for a fourth-quarter touchdown. Ingram took >>over the fourth quarter against South Carolina as well, getting all 68 >>rushing yards on the final touchdown drive to finish with a career-high 246 >>yards in a 20-6 victory. >>[+] Enlarge >>Marvin Gentry/US PresswireCan quarterback Greg McElroy make enough plays for >>Alabama? >>"A lot of our game plan was predicated on getting to the quarterback," >>Johnson said. "I got greedy and allowed Ingram to break out of the box. ... >>The quarterback is a very limited kid. He's had some good drives. You can't >>rattle him mentally. Our pressure package was totally focusing on making that >>quarterback make mistakes." >>Johnson put it simply: "If Alabama can run the ball, they'll beat Florida." >>That is not easy to do. The Gators allow 89.9 rushing yards per game, second >>in the SEC to Alabama (77.1). The coaches admire both defenses. To a man, >>they raved about the speed and athleticism of the Gators, especially in the >>secondary. None would venture a guess at the effect of the suspension of >>defensive end Carlos Dunlap. Brooks said it's hard to gauge the inner >>dynamics of a team. >>"They could rally and say, 'We're not a one-man team,'" Brooks said. "Or it >>could be a major distraction, this close to the biggest game of the year." >>The Alabama defense drew admiration for head coach Nick Saban's ability to >>take very talented players and concoct a scheme to confound the opposing >>quarterback. >>"They are so schematically sound," Kiffin said. "If you do start to beat >>them, Nick and Kirby [Smart, the defensive coordinator] are so good. They >>adjust. They are an NFL staff. NFL offenses will expose you, but can you >>adjust?" >>Kiffin called Saban's Crimson Tide "the best-coached team in the country. >>They have few penalties. They allow few sacks. They're very disciplined. They >>don't give up big plays." >>And yet, the Crimson Tide don't have a quarterback who has started 22 >>consecutive victories, has won a national championship and a Heisman, and is >>34-5 overall as a starter. Alabama doesn't have Tebow. >>"The biggest difference, when Florida has the ball, when you get to the big >>game, is experience at the quarterback position when the game is on the >>line," Mullen said. "Not that Alabama can't do it. The guy did it last week. >>It's the experience. Maybe he'll do it in the big game. Tebow plays his best >>in the biggest games." >>Ivan Maisel is a senior writer for ESPN.com and hosts the ESPNU College >>Football podcast. 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