Hmmmm ... ok.. so question to everyone... How confident are you that things will be turned around and better next year?
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Helen Huntley <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- 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
