The bodiless voices on TV claimed that Dante Fowler was MVP. Fowler sure looked impressive; plus he didn't poop in his pants.
-Zeb On Jan 3, 2015, at 11:12 PM, Shane Ford wrote: > UF notebook: Lane MVP outing > > > > PepRally from the Bowl Game > Florida Gators running back Adam Lane (22) high-fives fans after the > Birmingham Bowl against the East Carolina Pirates at Legion Field on > Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015 in Birmingham, Alabama. Florida defeated East Carolina > Pirates 28-20. (Matt Stamey/Staff photographer) > > The Gainesville Sun > By Robbie Andreu > GAINESVILLE SUN Staff writer > Published: Saturday, January 3, 2015 at 6:09 p.m. > Last Modified: Saturday, January 3, 2015 at 6:09 p.m. > BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — With starting tailback Matt Jones sitting out the > Birmingham Bowl with a sore shoulder, little-used redshirt freshman Adam Lane > turned his first significant playing opportunity into an MVP performance for > the Gators on Saturday. > > Lane rushed for 109 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries. Coming into the > game, he’d carried the ball only eight times this season for 72 yards. > > “It was great just to be able to help get a ‘W’ for our team and these > seniors and this coaching staff,” Lane said. “It was a great feeling to help > those guys.” > > Kelvin Taylor, the backup to Jones, had only four carries for six yards. > > “We knew we were going to play all those guys going into the game,” interim > head coach D.J. Durkin said. “Adam was doing a great job with the carries he > was getting. It’s how we’ve been doing it all year long, really. Whoever is > doing well, they’re getting more snaps. Credit to Adam.” > > Durkin said Jones, a junior who has already declared for the NFL draft, was > not ready to play. > > “Matt wasn’t 100 percent,” Durkin said. “He was dinged up a little bit with > his shoulder. We made a decision it wasn’t best for our team or for him to > play in the football game.” > > Morrison injures knee > > Another top UF junior, linebacker Antonio Morrison, was carted off the field > with a possible serious knee injury early in the second quarter and did not > return. He was on crutches after the game. > > “He hurt his knee, I don’t know how serious it is,” Durkin said. “They’re > still evaluating it. I can’t say enough about that kid. We’ve been here > together the whole time. > > “Whatever it is, however serious it is, I know one thing, there isn’t a > tougher guy in this country than Antonio. He’ll be back playing 100 percent > somewhere, sometime, soon.” > > Morrison may consider an early exit to the NFL along with some other juniors, > including defensive tackle Jonathan Bullard and offensive tackle D.J. > Humphries. > > Bullard said after the game that he is undecided. > > “I’m going to talk to ’Champ (former coach Will Muschamp) about it some > more,” Bullard said. “I’m not going to rush it.” > > Humphries is expected to declare for the draft soon. > > Driskel gets release > > New Florida coach Jim McElwain confirmed Saturday that former starting > quarterback Jeff Driskel has asked for and received his scholarship release > and is transferring to another school. > > “I don’t know (where he’ll go). I know he’s asked for his release, and that’s > up to him,” McElwain said before the Birmingham Bowl. “We all have choices > and I’m not going to hold him hostage, certainly.” > > Driskel lost his starting job after UF’s homecoming loss to Missouri, but > returned to the lineup Saturday when Treon Harris left the game in the third > quarter with an injured elbow. > > Driskel converted the game-clinching first down with his 9-yard run on a > bootleg for a first down with 58 seconds to play. > > “I think he was outstanding,” Durkin said. “I think it says a lot about him > as a person. The amount of adversity he’s had to go through in his career, to > be honest, I don’t know if I could last through that. > > “That says a lot about him and a lot about our team. Our guys believe in him; > he believes in his teammates.” > > Duke, Louisiana Tech and Maryland are among Driskel’s transfer options. > > “I’m going to celebrate this win now and make a decision later,” Driskel said > after the game. > > No tailgating > > McElwain joked during his introductory news conference last month that he > might tailgate before the bowl game with UF president Bernie Machen. McElwain > spent some time in the parking lot, but did not tailgate. > > “It was interesting,” he said. “I always wondered what people did out there. > Man, they have fun. There’s no doubt about it.” > > He said he did not sample any food. > > “No, just a lot of pictures, but there was some really good-smelling stuff,” > he said. “I should have stopped and had a couple barbecues that looked good > but didn’t get anything done.” > > McElwain said he had a chance to talk to former Alabama quarterback Greg > McElroy, whom he coached when he was with the Tide. > > “It was great, just seeing Greg was great,” he said. “There were some Alabama > fans out there tailgating that I think just love football that came up and > said hello. That was a special experience for all of us.” > > McElwain looking for linemen > > McElwain said one of his recruiting priorities is signing offensive linemen. > UF could have as few as eight scholarship linemen on the roster in the spring. > > “We obviously need to create some depth at the offensive line,” he said. > “That’s pretty obvious, you guys see the roster. Try to have practice next > year, so, that’s probably one that we’ve got to get taken care of. Really, > it’s trying to get explosive playmakers at all the positions and ones that > want to be Gators and really fit exactly what we want to get accomplished.” > > CSU coaches joining staff > > There are reports that two of Jim McElwain’s assistants at Colorado State > will be joining his UF staff — strength and conditioning coordinator Mike > Kent and Tim Skipper, who will coach the Gator running backs. > > The Sun confirmed the hirings will happen, although there has been no > official word from UF yet. > > Earlier this week, The Sun confirmed the hiring of former Miami head coach > Randy Shannon to coach the UF linebackers. He spent the past two seasons > coaching the linebackers at Arkansas. > > Kent was the first coach McElwain hired when he became the CSU head coach in > 2012. He came to Colorado State from Appalachian State. He’s also worked at > Kansas State, Louisville, East Carolina, North Carolina State and Pittsburgh. > > Skipper, 36, coached the Rams’ linebackers under McElwain for three seasons > and was McElwain’s assistant head coach. > > Meanwhile, Auburn announced the hiring of former UF defensive backs coach > Travaris Robinson. > > This, that and the other > > The Gators wore orange jerseys for the first time since their last-second > victory over Louisiana in 2012. … Starting defensive end Bryan Cox Jr. and > starting linebacker Neiron Ball made the trip to Birmingham even though > recent surgery sidelined them for the game. Cox had hip surgery, while Ball > underwent knee surgery. … Redshirt freshman defensive tackle Caleb Brantley > made his first career start Saturday. He replaced senior Darious Cummings, > who was suspended from the game for a violation of team rules. Brantley left > the game with an apparent lower leg injury early in the second half. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from Shane's iPad > Go Gators! & Skål Vikes! > ALPCA #8756 > Europlate #1045 > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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