Dante Fowler was the 'Capital One MVP,' chosen by the talking heads. Adam was the 'real' MVP. I feel bad for Lane with all the grief he's taking over that. We should be focusing on the breakout game he had. He's going to be a great player for us next year.
Rob Sent from my iPad > On Jan 5, 2015, at 10:33 AM, John Vega <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. 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