Think it will be raining at the game with Hurricane Sandy swirling around offshore?
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 8:54 PM, Arthur Polhill <[email protected]>wrote: > Paula and I will be there as well. Who else is going to Jax? > > 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:* Tom Clarke <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thu, October 25, 2012 1:53:25 PM > > *Subject:* RE: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Prepping for Pups GatorNews > from the Palm Beach Post and Miami Herald, Courtesy of JunoGator > > I was there too Randy and it was quite a nightmare- at least that is a more > polite description! > > For now we just look at beating UGA again and I plan to be there on Sat. > > Go Gators > > gatortc > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Randy Lyons > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 10:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Prepping for Pups GatorNews from > the Palm Beach Post and Miami Herald, Courtesy of JunoGator > > Yes, it was a nightmare. Remember this? "Tommy Frazier just scored AGAIN!" > OMG! My head hurts just thinking about it. :( > > Randy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 10:49 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Prepping for Pups GatorNews from the > Palm Beach Post and Miami Herald, Courtesy of JunoGator > > Uh, what? Was that game against a Nebraska just a nightmare? > > "The Gators, who are actually second in the most recent installment of the > BCS rankings, have jumped out to a 7-0 start for the sixth time in school > history, and the fourth time since 1995 when they won the first of > back-to-back national championships." > > > > (3) Florida (7-0) vs. (12) Georgia (6-1) (ET) > > > > BY THE SPORTS NETWORK > > GAME NOTES: The third-ranked Florida Gators can clinch a spot in the > > SEC > Championship Game this Saturday if they are able to knock off the > 12th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs when the two long-time rivals meet at EverBank > Stadium in Jacksonville. > > > > The Gators, who are actually second in the most recent installment of > > the > BCS rankings, have jumped out to a 7-0 start for the sixth time in school > history, and the fourth time since 1995 when they won the first of > back-to-back national championships. This game represents UF's fourth > against a ranked opponent this season, as it took out No. 23 Tennessee > (37-20), No. 3 LSU (14-6) and No. 8 South Carolina (44-11), not to mention > a > 20-17 triumph over now-ranked Texas A&M early on. > > > > As for the Bulldogs, they are 6-1 on the season despite not facing the > same daunting schedule as has Florida. Georgia's biggest wins have been > over > league foes Missouri (41-20) and Tennessee (51-44), and the team is coming > off a less-than-inspired 29-24 victory at Kentucky. UGA's one loss was a > 35-7 verdict at South Carolina on Oct. 6, meaning a win in this game is an > absolute must if it has any chance of reaching the SEC title tilt for the > second straight year. > > > > Georgia owns a 48-40-2 advantage in the all-time series with Florida, > which includes a 24-20 win in last year's tussle. The Bulldogs haven't won > two straight over the Gators since taking three-in-a-row from 1987-89. > Prior > to last year's encounter, Florida had won three straight and 18 of the > previous 22 meetings. > > > > The Gators have outscored their six SEC foes by a 184-71 margin, > > including > 57-8 in the third quarter and 51-13 in the fourth. Last week against South > Carolina, the Florida offense certainly wasn't firing on all cylinders as > the unit generated a mere 183 total yards (89 rushing, 94 passing), but QB > Jeff Driskel threw four TD passes, with a pair going to Jordan Reed. All 21 > of the Gators' points in the first half came off turnovers, the Gamecocks > committing four giveaways on the day. Conversely, Florida did not have a > single turnover. > > > > The UF defense was on point as well, allowing USC a meager 191 total > yards, which included just 36 yards on the ground. In addition to coming up > with the four takeways, the Gators logged four sacks and got 11 tackles > from > Reginald Bowens. > > > > Driskell has been an efficient, if unspectacular, game manager for > > coach > Will Muschamp's squad this season, completing 66.9 percent of his pass with > eight TDs and only one interception, but he averages just 132.7 ypg. The UF > run game however, has been rather potent, with Mike Gillislee picking up > 652 > yards and scoring seven TDs, helping the team churn out 212.7 ypg on the > ground and account for 16 of its 24 offensive scores. > > > > Florida is averaging 30.1 ppg while allowing just 12.1 ppg, the > > defensive > yield currently ranking the team fourth in the country. The unit has been > especially tough against the run, as foes are averaging just 3.1 ypc and > only 97.3 ypg. As for their effort against the pass, the Gators have > allowed > a grand total of three aerial scores in seven games. Florida has collected > 15 sacks and 16 turnovers. > > > > Despite their success, Muschamp knows there is still a considerable > > amount > of work that needs to be done before the team reaches all of its goals. > > > > "We are very hard self-evaluators and I said if from the beginning > > that we > watch the film and say what do we need to do better. I stand in front of > the > team on Mondays and tell the team what I need to do better as far as > managing the game and how we practice and how we approach the week. I tell > them each week what we need to do to be successful and we self-reflect on > what we need to do." > > > > The Bulldogs trailed three times in last week's game against Kentucky, > > but > used a record-setting 427-yard, four-TD pass performance from Aaron Murray > to avoid what would have been a monumental upset. Murray, who now has 16 TD > passes and only four interceptions on the year, set a new school record for > career TD passes and was named the SEC's Offensive Player of the Week as a > result. Both Tavarres King (nine catches, 188 yards, two TDs) and Malcolm > Mitchell (nine catches, 103 yards) had monster receiving days. > > > > In addition to Murray's exploits (130-of-199, 1,914 yards), the > > Georgia > offense has gotten production from RBs Todd Gurley (93 carries, 622 yards, > nine TDs) and Keith Marshall (70 carries, 488 yards, five TDs), as well as > King (26 rec., 511 yards, five TDs), Michael Bennett (24 rec., 345 yards, > four TDs) before he suffered a knee injury a few weeks ago that will > sideline him for the remainder of the season, Marlon Brown (22 rec., 326 > yards, three TDs) and Mitchell (18 rec., 229 yards). In all, six guys have > at least 100 receiving yards, helping the UGA offense average 39.6 points > and 486.9 total yards per contest (205.1 ypg rushing, 281.7 ypg passing). > > > > The Georgia defense has performed much better in the second half of > > its > seven games to this point, as it has allowed a total of 108 points in the > first two quarters compared to just 61 over the final two. The unit permits > 367.4 ypg, and has come up with just 10 turnovers and 11 sacks. Shawn > Williams and Amarlo Herrera currently sit atop the team's tackles list with > 51 and 50, respectively, while Jarvis Jones has proven his worth in the > trenches by logging a club-best five sacks. > > > > Kentucky scored the first points of the game last week, and wound up > > with > 206 rushing yards on 43 attempts (4.8 ypc). The Wildcats finished with just > 123 passing yards, as Alec Ogletree led three UGA defenders in double-digit > tackles with 11. > > > > Murray knows his team is going to have play exceptionally well in all > phases of the game to have a shot against Florida. > > > > "At the end of the day, it all depends on how we play next Saturday. > > We > know we have to play an unbelievable game offensively, defensively and > special teams if we want to have a chance to win that game so we just have > to be ready to go." > > > > There is no question this game will be physical and feature more than > > few > big plays, but while the Bulldogs seem to be just getting by at the moment, > the Gators appears to get stronger each week. That said, expect Florida to > punch its ticket to the SEC title tilt with a solid win. > > > > Sports Network Predicted Outcome: Florida 31, Georgia 21 > > > > -- > 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 > -- 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
