I know why: The team is in a downward spiral. That's the same reason fans are not going to be enthused about buying tickets to the bowl game. If you think the team is getting better, you're excited to watch the improvement (Tennessee). If you think the team is getting worse, you certainly don't want to pay money to watch in person. If you think the current coaches have no clue about how to get the team playing better, you don't even want to watch on TV.
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 11:04 AM, John Vega <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Nov 30, 2010, at 8:25 AM, Shane Ford wrote: > > I have to admit, I have never been happier to see a Florida season end > > > I share this sentiment, and am not sure why. > > Certainly, I have suffered through worse seasons. Worse losses. Tougher > losses. > > Still, this was the first year where I had no desire to watch the FSU game. > In retrospect, that may have been a good idea. > > One thought is that we are worse than our 7-5 records suggests. The NCAA > added a 12th game a year or two ago. We used it for a Division II team in > App. State. > > If our traditional schedule were in place (only fair when comparing to > Zook, Spurrier, Hall or even Darnell), we were 6-5. > > Included in those 6 wins were two patsies that we paid to come to our place > in September and two teams (Vandy and Kentucky) that haven't beaten us in > our players' lifetimes. > > Of the games where UF realistically had a chance to lose, we were 2-5. > > That's only part of the story for me. > > I think another part is the mass confusion on offense. That confusion led > to a marked increase in three wildly annoying trends; increased penalties, > giving up sacks, and turnovers. > > A typical UF drive seemed to be dive play for no gain, sweep to Rainey for > a 2 yard gain, and then Brantley running for his life on 3rd and 12 after a > delay of game or motion penalty. > > It was simply unpleasant to watch, and that unpleasantness was only > accentuated by the talent of our players. > > I suppose that we have always had a feast or famine offense under Meyer, > with the dive plays setting up a home run play by Demps or Harvin. With > those players and Tebow, we outslugged a lot of teams and piled up a lot of > points. We didn't seem to have those type of threats this year, and that > exposed the herky-jerky nature of this offense. Adding the multiple > quarterbacks - in my mind - didn't seem to help, but only made the offense > more awkward and created more penalties. > > What was the year that we lost to Washington in the Garbage Bowl? That's > about how excited I am about this team. > > -Zeb > > -- > 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 > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- Helen Huntley (727) 823-3801 www.helenhuntley.com -- 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 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
