AVERY ATKINS CODA: GONE

ryan smith. not wright.

Corrected! Thanks.

Does this mean that Florida will not get the Fulmer Cup points? If so, explain to me how a player who has used up his eligibility and no longer on the team earns FC points (aka Lamar Owens), but a player kicked off a team as a result of his actions (aka Avery Atkins) do not warrant FC points?

Come on, we need to be rooting for something during the offseason!

We think the points should stick—he was on the team, he did it.

but isn’t it only if he got charged with something?

Hmm…we award points the instant the potential charges come up. Yet if the charges are dropped, we drop the points. So the points would have to stand until the case is closed or prosecuted, right?

Me thinks the points are mute anyway because of Marshall’s lead for 1-A. however, I also think the points should stay, as UF should have better standards than other schools…

Maybe I’m a little slow, but what was the rational for not releasing him earlier? Was it “You made your bed now lie in it, serve your suspension and stay in school; we aren’t going to give in and let you run away from your problems.” Or was it “Please don’t go, we need you, this will all blow over and we can maybe have him back in the lineup to start conference play.”

Was it in some way a noble effort to instill accountability or was it, in the true spirit of the Fulmer Cup, an attempt to keep a criminal on the team?

We think it was the confusion surrounding the case. No one including the two principals in the case seemed to know what was happening.

Yea we have to wait until charges are pressed or something surfaces on the nature of the crime. Two drastically different accounts of the story were told, leaving a huge disparity in fulmer cup points to be awarded.

i think mike is right on this one, but i still think this was a good move on UF’s part. unless his girlfriend was kicking his ass or something, i find it very hard to excuse hitting her. he’s a super-toned athlete, and i’m sure is much stronger than her.

i’m not a big fan of the saying “it’s never right to hit a lady,” since that seems patronizing to me, but i would agree that it’s never right to hit someone who doesn’t really have a chance to defend him/herself.

This is definitely a tough loss but it seems like everyone is bemoaning UF’s lack of depth at corner. Didn’t UF just recruit some primo CBs/safeties? I know they’re freshman, blah blah blah, but I seem to remember another freshman who played well last year and caught some attention. Oh yeah, it was Avery Atkins. I wish the best for AA (man that would have made for a great Anti-Air nickname a la Ciatrick ‘C4’ Fason) but the Maury Povich-style bickering is BS. Kid will kick himself in the ass for this someday.

“Maury Povich-style bickering "

Well-put.

Get ready for 7-4 boys!

It’s not right to hit women because they aren’t physically as strong as most men, but I think it’s just as wrong for a woman to hit a man if she knows he’s not gonna hit her back.

I kind of wish this stuff would stay out of the media just because the judgments are so harsh and absolute. They gotta come up with different degrees of these crimes so we can tell the difference between an actual form of abuse or false imprisonment and just some couple’s argument that went too far.

It’ll be in the papers, though, because it’s news. He is, or was, a starter on a major CFB team.

in the immortal words of Chris Rock

“i’d never hit a woman…but i’d sure shake the shite outta her”

So has there been a final decision on FC points?

Urban Meyer was and remains over rated. This alone does NOT confirm that fact, this is just something Gator fans will look back on and say “remember his goofball recruits?” It happened to Bob Huggins with Cincinnati’s basketball program.

Of course, as of this writing, you still own Georgia in fee simple absolute, so I’ll shut up now.

Well lets see he is a good friend of mine and it was a twisted story and also he was a ron zook recruit so urban meyer is not over rated!!

As a personal friend of Avery’s and someone who has a knowlege ot the situation everyone who doesn’t know what the HELL they’re talking about should SHUT UP!!! None of you people care about Avery or the real situation all you care about is FC points and to get on the internet and give your 2 cents.

As a Gator fan, I’m sorry to see this happen.

More importantly, I hope Avery is able to resolve his problems and be successful in life.

Best wishes for the future Avery.

I guess that Ryan Smith thing worked out huh.