Oliver, I don't know about that? I'm sure Randy rode in sunny weather, rainy weather, and cold weather. I think that qualifies him for... "In all kinds of weather". ;-)
Shane Ford Sent from my iPhone Go Gators! & Skol Vikes! On Jan 5, 2011, at 6:36 AM, [email protected] wrote: > I'm not sure this qualifies for "In all kinds of weather." > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > From: "Randy Lyons" <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 06:58:38 -0500 > To: <[email protected]> > ReplyTo: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Well... on one hand... > > I can testify to that, as well. Although I DVR ALL the games, in the past, > I’ve always been insistent on watching the game live at all cost. This year, > several times I opted to go for a bike ride during the game and I would check > the score during stops. IF we won, then I would watch the game when I got > home. If not, then I deleted it without watching. > > The DVR and my PDA allowed me to basically do two things at once. Also, > since watching DVD “reruns” of gator football games never gets old to me, > watching a game that I already knew the outcome didn’t bother me at all. The > main thing was I didn’t waste a beautiful Saturday afternoon inside the house > screaming at the TV. <wlEmoticon-smile[1].png> > > Randy > > > From: Charlie > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 6:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Well... on one hand... > > Ken I do agree this was a painful product to watch many times this year. As I > had remarked in an earlier post this was the first time since some of the > games in the Zook era that I actually turned off the TV and did something > else during a couple of games. > > Charlie > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 6:22 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Well... on one hand... > > I would tend to agree that a coach wouldn't lose games to prove a point, but > when we continue to move sideline to sideline all year and never developed a > downfield threat, what is the answer. All year long we heard Urban and Coach > Addazi (no O allowed), talk about how they wanted to get the ball to the > perimeter and use our speed. Guess what? Everyone has speed! When you > watch Penn St. receivers beating our corners down the sideline, didn't you > wonder why we weren't capable of that? There is no way they have more > athletic WRs or CBs. > > There were things they could have done this year that would have eased the > pain. They could have really modified the offense like in 2006, they could > have said thanks Johnny, but this isn't working and played Burton or Reed all > year. The crap they did play was embarassing and quite frankly some of the > worst football I have ever seen. In fact, if this team had played the 1979 > Gators, I bet they would have been 1-9-1. > > Ken K > MNGator > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Well... on one hand... > From: Stephen Manuel <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, January 04, 2011 5:06 pm > To: [email protected] > > I just don't buy the notion that Urban Meyer or any coach for that matter has > such a big ego that they would lose 5 games just to prove a point. > > Let me be fair to Mike Gillislee, IMO he can be a serviceable SEC RB, > contribute to winning games, but will never be a feature #1 RB that gets the > majority of the carries and someone who the other team has to game plan for, > he is in the mold of Kestan Moore, solid but never great. > > Stephen Manuel > > > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, January 4, 2011 5:02:44 PM > Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Well... on one hand... > > Interesting stats. One thing is Gillislee's carries tended to come late in a > game, that could attribute to his high per carry average. I am not saying > that Mike is an All American RB, just that we don't know because too many > people were touching the ball because they are either invested in the program > and/or might break a 70 yard run. Yes, Urban has won a lot of games and > championships, but like other coaches we know, he has a huge ego and will > prove his system works, even if it means 5 losses... > > I mean, look at 2006, yes the defense was much better that year, but Urban > and crew took their spread offense and adapted it to Leak's capabilities. We > didn't do that this year. > > Ken Kirkley > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Well... on one hand... > From: John Vega <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, January 04, 2011 3:27 pm > To: [email protected] > > > On Jan 4, 2011, at 9:17 AM, Stephen Manuel wrote: > >> I have theory about RB’s, barring injury, a truly great RB will be great >> right away, if they take 2-3 years to develop they might be above >> average but never great. I don’t think coaching can teach Emmitt Smith how >> to run or any of the other great RB’s in UF history, I can’t think of many >> that were great after 2-3 years, most were great or very, very good right >> away….I believe that holds for any offensive system the RB might be >> in. > > > My gut tells me that this is right. > > We all knew Emmitt was the real deal following his second game as a true > freshman. > > We knew that Errict was not Emmitt, but was a worthy successor. > > My brain looks up statistics. > > UF Career Rushing Leader: Yards per Carry > > min: 300 attempts: Eli Williams (6.4) > min: 400 attempts: Tony Green (5.8) > > Well, that wasn't what I expected. > > Let's look at notable Freshmen: > > James Jones: 4.4 > Neal Anderson: 5.2 > Emmitt Smith: 5.9 > Errict Rhett: 5.7 > > Interestingly, those were the best single year averages for either Errict or > Emmitt. > > Gillislee yards per carry: 5.6 > > Hmm. My gut doesn't even think he is in the same sentence as the Gator > legends. My brain wonders why he didn't get more carries. > > -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 > -- > 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 > -- > 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 > -- > 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 -- 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
