For those that care and are following along at home
That "insider" information that was emailed to Randy and he posted here -
MAJOR soap opera / drama regarding it. (I am kidding that Randy had anything to do with inciting a riot - or at least not this one)
The guy that generated all that information is/was an important member of GatorCountry (ESPN affiliate). Fighting Gators site (Scout affiliate) is saying that it is all made up and not true.
I remember a remark by one of the Gator Players parents - maybe Tebows? - about some internet rumors being way off base. At the time - it did not sink in. But supposedly the GC poster said that Tebow missed a tackle on an interception on purpose.
This poster is the same poster that said a lot of the juniors going pro and seniors did not play hard in the SEC CG because they were afraid they would get hurt. Made up some stories about Gonzalez leaving, etc.
I am currently not a member of GatorCountry - all my information is from Scout site - so take it for the bias it's worth. I would expect loyal GC members to have a contrasting view. The third site (Rivals) appears to be staying out of it.
I live and breath everything Gator Football. When Gator Bait was a weekly newspaper and the Gainesville Sun was a daily newspaper - I use to get both mailed to me in North Carolina - just so I could have my Gator fix.
I remember so many Thursdays - dying for the mail man to come because that was when the GatorBait usually showed up.
Of course the internet changed all of that.
But they usually had knowledgeable people going to the practices and telling us what they saw.
But all of that is gone now - with the blackout on the media. All we get is the sterilized news from the Sports Information office.
Now, I see the same sterilized "news" articles over and over from most of the major news outlets.
So I subscribe to get the "insider" information - which is rare - perhaps once per month.
They try to push all the recruting stuff - but that is so wishy washy - and full of more drama - its like - who cares? Until a kid is sitting in his classes and is wowing coaches and players on the field - they might have even not signed with the Gators. Deonte Thompson, Carl Moore, and Debose were all five stars and going to change everything. For a variety of reasons - they did not change anything this year. My point is - why follow all the recruiting stuff - when you have no idea who will sign, much less play, much less perform?
But I noticed this disconnect in insider information - and it has really blown up. Scout site saying that GatorCountry is in meltdown, etc.
I have no dog in this fight (to use a Michael Vick phrase). All I want is Gator practices open so that the sites can go back to watching practice and reporting on it.
Not this sterilized information and fighting over which insider information is right.
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