SPEED KILLS.
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Damn, I was hoping for a SEC SPEED in orange and blue so I could get one as well.
Congrats Gators and long live Chris Leak.
by AUAlum on Jan 9, 2007 8:14 AM EST reply actions
I’m just curious if Orson’s new blogpoll will have UF in the #1 slot or if he’ll have them floating around in the mid-upper teens in order to avoid any type of inflation. Inquiring minds want to know!
by Aerobab on Jan 9, 2007 8:20 AM EST reply actions
Also, it looks like CJ Spiller is transferring to UF from Clemson. I haven’read read the whole site, sorry if this was already posted.
by AUAlum on Jan 9, 2007 8:27 AM EST reply actions
Congratulations. Don’t let any other Buckeyes fans claim that the Gators only won because of Ginn getting hurt. We got outplayed and outcoached. Good job.
by RedDevilEA on Jan 9, 2007 8:39 AM EST reply actions
Re #4: I haven’t heard any of that yet. I think even Subcommandante Wayne can figure out that Ginn didn’t have any blocking responsibilities on Florida’s front four last night.
by DevilGrad on Jan 9, 2007 8:44 AM EST reply actions
BTW, it appears that Ginn’s injury occurred during the TD celebration. That’s a lousy way to go down for the night.
http://www.the-ozone.net/football/2006/Florida/noteandquotebook010907.htm
by DevilGrad on Jan 9, 2007 8:47 AM EST reply actions
Congrats!! That team in blue last night was not to be denied. Giving up a TD on opening kickoff return and then total domination.
by Mike on Jan 9, 2007 8:50 AM EST reply actions
So, what time does the game start?
You mean that 41-14 drubbing wasn’t a dream?
Kickass!
Who’s going to be in G-Ville on Saturday?
http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=11412&html=football/news/20070109122300.html&sport=footb
by BDoc on Jan 9, 2007 8:57 AM EST reply actions
Can you ask Ted Ginn where I can get one of those giant condoms he wore on his head last night?
by Earl Schlobodowicz on Jan 9, 2007 8:58 AM EST reply actions
Congrats Gators. That’s hard to say coming from a Tennessee fan. But, well done in showing that the SEC brings it all to the table. Enjoy this one as it is well deserved.
by Mike on Jan 9, 2007 9:00 AM EST reply actions
Go to your local elementary school and ask the cafeteria lady if she has a spare.
by Mosby on Jan 9, 2007 9:00 AM EST reply actions
Well done.
I never bought into the whole “root for your conference” thing. I am overjoyed that we won a tough game, and Michigan and Ohio State got blown the hell out.
And I looked at the local news this morning to see if Orson set anything on fire here in Atlanta, but it seems he may have passed out in a drunken stupor beforehand.
by Rabid Badger on Jan 9, 2007 9:06 AM EST reply actions
Can we get a shirt about OSU and their Cheese? The best quote of the year from the Gators needs to be brought back.
Just Sayin’.
by That 5.0 Guy on Jan 9, 2007 9:15 AM EST reply actions
Congrats Gators from Razorback Nation.
SEC! SEC! SEC!
by Gary Busey on Jan 9, 2007 9:15 AM EST reply actions
This just in from Atlanta! Subcommandante Wayne was arrested by Atlanta police driving erratically near Orson’s house. When they finally pulled him out of his SUV, he was wearing a bulletproof vest and he had four loaded guns in the car!
by Doug on Jan 9, 2007 9:30 AM EST reply actions
41-14 is now the official score of Big-Televen Teams getting whipped by the SEC. Brought to you by the new Toyota Tundra.
by Hokie Andrew on Jan 9, 2007 9:38 AM EST reply actions
I, (name here) vow to never, ever, EVER, again believe the myth that Big 10 football can compete beyond November on a national scale.
Signed
by Drogue on Jan 9, 2007 9:43 AM EST reply actions
Congrats to Florida from RollBamaRoll.com
It’s just that much sweeter to win it all on the 100th anniversary of your program. Bama did the same thing in ’92 and it just added to the greatness.
by Nico on Jan 9, 2007 9:46 AM EST reply actions
confirmed by conversation with CJ in Lake Butler, FL yesterday at a gas station. He is transferring to UF…I don’t even think he is currently enrolled at Clemson
by Judge on Jan 9, 2007 9:50 AM EST reply actions
If Wayne’s a true Buckeye, he’ll have a bottle of Goose and a lint roller in his ride.
by AUAlum on Jan 9, 2007 9:51 AM EST reply actions
Speaking of Crank…………
Here’s a little tidbit on Salisbury.
by Drogue on Jan 9, 2007 10:02 AM EST reply actions
How in the hell can anyone vote tOSU as the #2 team in the country? I’m not sure if they were even the #2 team on the field last night. (Toss-up between Gators defense and UF offense.)
Couldn’t help but love Jarvis Moss’ post-game quote about how 4 or 5 SEC teams could have beaten the Buckeyes.
My top 5:
1. Florida
2. Boise St.
3. LSU
4. USC
5. Louisville
by Never Saw Molly Hatchet on Jan 9, 2007 10:03 AM EST reply actions
Finally, the REAL season begins. Fulmer Cup 2007. Who is in the Top 10 to start the season?
by IndyIrish on Jan 9, 2007 10:09 AM EST reply actions
Congratulations!
As painful as it is to mention Nebraska 97 to a Florida fan, THE OSU will always remember Florida 07.
by Cool Hand Mike on Jan 9, 2007 10:16 AM EST reply actions
FYI…SEC is 3-0 in BCS CGs. Jus’sayin’.
ACC: 2-4 (Includes former Big East Miami and VT)
Big 12: 2-3
Pac 10: 1-1
Big 10/11: 1-1
by Aerobab on Jan 9, 2007 10:21 AM EST reply actions
Never before (Since the battle of England, ’42) have so few done so much against such great odds. There should have been a resounding chorus after the game…. " the ass you are handed is your own "
this is my contribution to the potential t-shirt quote
Florida has given resounding evidence that any team making it through the SEC with EVEN ONE LOSS should be seriously considered for a Natl Champ BCS spot. The BCS makes a joke of the dreams that the media and/or the coaches can effectively evaluate who is the best team in the nation. Bring on a semi-playoff or quit telling me who is the best. nuff said
by Futbawl Fan on Jan 9, 2007 10:26 AM EST reply actions
Sad day to be a Buckeye.
No excuses, we didn’t show up and got blown out.
But let’s stop with the ‘speed kills’ can we.? Florida won due to more aggressive play. Not speed. They were picking apart holes in a stupid non-aggressive defensive zone for short yards. Picked OSU apart.
The two speediest plays of the game were the opening kickoff and Antonio Pittman’s touchdown run from scrimmage.
by Buckeye on Jan 9, 2007 10:34 AM EST reply actions
congrats to the florida gators.
hopefully ginn and goose doesn’t fall off the bandwagon and take advice from the israeli mafia.
by bellefay on Jan 9, 2007 10:38 AM EST reply actions
As bad as Troy Smith was last night, his QB rating (28.6) was still higher than Reggie Ball’s after the UGA game this year (25.13) with two fewer completions and 7 fewer yards (35 vs. 42 for Ball). Take heart, tOSU fans: Troy Smith at his absolute worst is still better than Reggie Ball.
by Chris on Jan 9, 2007 10:49 AM EST reply actions
Buckeye has guts to give his commentary the day after.
by Harvey Wireman on Jan 9, 2007 10:53 AM EST reply actions
Buckeye, try telling your boy Smith that speed doesn’t kill. Harvey and Moss looked like they were having a contest to see who could get into the backfield first. The speed off the edges(and up the middle on more than one occasion) totally confused that OSU O-line, and directly led to 5 sacks and a forced fumble.
by BDoc on Jan 9, 2007 10:54 AM EST reply actions
Smith will now go into therapy to get rid of that nervous twitch he gets everytime he sees a big black guy near him
by Harvey Wireman on Jan 9, 2007 10:57 AM EST reply actions
More on the Spiller story:
http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/010907/col_notebook.shtml
by BDoc on Jan 9, 2007 10:59 AM EST reply actions
Thanks for the nice comments Chris! Luckily neither school will have to put up with those players ever again. Taylor Bennett Roolz!
by Brian on Jan 9, 2007 10:59 AM EST reply actions
Good work Gators. Dominating the lines and smart play everywhere win games. tOSU’s speed was wasted. Hope Troy Smith enjoyed his turn behind the ND O-line last line. Quinn probably had nightmares all night about the Lions and Raiders O-lines. We won’t forget that familiar palindrome on the scoreboard when prior seasons are used to declare teams BCS worthy or unworthy.
Here’s to a better 2007 for everyone except the Gators. You guys left no room to go up in two sports which is a great accomplishment.
by canuck on Jan 9, 2007 11:06 AM EST reply actions
Was that Notre Dame in tOSU uniforms yesterday?
For a sec it looked like ND was playing a non Academy team.
by Harvey Wireman on Jan 9, 2007 11:08 AM EST reply actions
Was that Weis going for it on Fourth and Dumb? (The Buckeyes, trailing 24-14 late in the first half, were facing fourth-and-1 from their own 29-yard line, and THE Ohio State coach Jim Tressel (or Weis in disguise) elected to go for the first down instead of punting.)
by Harvey Wireman on Jan 9, 2007 11:12 AM EST reply actions
I don’t know what I loved more…the Gators beating OSU or the Gators talking up the SEC’s speed AFTER beating OSU.
No need for a Big Ten Championship game…no sir-ee…we’d rather sit on the couch for a couple of months…
by PreProSports.com on Jan 9, 2007 11:13 AM EST reply actions
Congrats Gators – way to represent the SEC.
And to think it could have been much worse, there was a hold on the opening kickoff return for a touchdown.
by Cock Moore on Jan 9, 2007 11:13 AM EST reply actions
How long until Urban Meyer bolts for the NFL for Seven Million a year?
by Harvey Wireman on Jan 9, 2007 11:16 AM EST reply actions
Fan-freakin’-tastic. What a whoopin’. You’d think that during the 51 day layoff Coach McSweatervest and associates would take a look at some tape, maybe look at the defensive line, figure out how to exist in more than… can you exist in less than one dimension?
Rewatching the game now, and feels even better. tOSU looks more hopless than I recalled through my haze. Wow.
Choice quotes over on CSTV:
“Another first down reception from the Gators right across the middle. Can Ohio State cover any [Gator]?
“Who are they covering, the f***ing logo?”
and in a similar vein,
“[tOSU] had guys just covering grass.”
G8R B8.
by BillC on Jan 9, 2007 11:18 AM EST reply actions
You have to love the fact that BOTH SEC BCS teams beat their opponents by the same score of 41-14.
Geaux Gators & Geaux Tigers!
by LSU Meathead on Jan 9, 2007 11:26 AM EST reply actions
Can we not mention the name Reggie Ball ever again?
by Mosby on Jan 9, 2007 11:37 AM EST reply actions
The speed difference was Florida’s DE’s against Ohio State’s OT’s. Also, crossing routes against OSU’s young linebackers. Otherwise, Florida was just more intense, organized, disciplined, and better. OSU’s defense was confused, not slow. Meyer severely outcoached Tressel, who made Rich Kotite look like Vince Lomardi last night.
I still look forward to Ted Ginn doling out ice cream from the Mister Softee truck in Columbus. Hopefully he’ll wear a James Jett jersey.
by Run Up The Score on Jan 9, 2007 11:38 AM EST reply actions
USA Today gives props to Gator defense.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2007-01-09-bcs-florida-defense_x.htm
by Never Saw Molly Hatchet on Jan 9, 2007 12:21 PM EST reply actions
Just curious, what was the SEC’s record against the Big Ten in bowl games this year?
by Tom on Jan 9, 2007 12:25 PM EST reply actions
And the hits just keep on coming.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/saraceno/2007-01-09-saraceno-meyer_x.htm
“The funny part is, the game turned out to be one of Florida’s easiest this season. After watching what the Gators did to the Buckeyes, I’m not sure if Ohio State belongs on the same field with LSU or Auburn, either. Vanderbilt gave the Gators a bigger tussle than Ohio State.”
(In best Jim Mora Sr. voice) Vanderbilt? VANDERBILT?
by Never Saw Molly Hatchet on Jan 9, 2007 12:29 PM EST reply actions
Number 50, the SEC was 1-2 against the Big Eleven this bowl season: PSU over Tennessee and Wisconsin over SEC West Champion Arkansas. Great win for the Gators, but let’s not go crazy with this Big Eleven fraud talk.
by JD on Jan 9, 2007 12:34 PM EST reply actions
No, seriously, you guys have yourself a very solid, above average football conference there in the Big 10. Really.
by Ltrain on Jan 9, 2007 12:49 PM EST reply actions
All right, fellas. Enough of this ‘speed’ talk. The Gators have an extremely fast football team. This equates to the rest of the SEC being fast how? The ‘slow’ Nittany Lions spanked the Vols, and the ‘slow’ Badgers ran down McFadden from behind.
Florida proved they’re a great team, but the rest of the SEC jumping on the bandwagon to make themselves feel better is pathetic.
by Gregg on Jan 9, 2007 1:25 PM EST reply actions
Wait!!! we need to play that game again!!!!! I just discovered the VCR I was watching the Florida games on was set to permanent “Slo-Mo”…no wonder I didn’t tell my guys to do things like “rush hard” or “watch out for those def ends”… sheesh
seriously, guys… we gotta play this game over
by Coach SweaterTressel on Jan 9, 2007 1:27 PM EST reply actions
Hey, don’t discriminate.
Meth = 41-14, PCP = 41-14, Heroin…
Oh. Huh. Speed.
by jonathantu on Jan 9, 2007 1:38 PM EST reply actions
BCS Championship = science project?
http://loserwithsocks.wordpress.com/2007/01/09/bcs-championship-science-project/
by bubba on Jan 9, 2007 1:41 PM EST reply actions
To all Lil 11 apologists, did you watch the Wisc/Ark game? Hogs beat them every where but the score board. PSU is overjoyed to get out of Crappy valley and play a second tier SEC school. By saying all year you are good does not make you good. Why do I bother xeno phobe big ten fan does not get it anyway.
by Willet on Jan 9, 2007 2:09 PM EST reply actions
#55.
They ran down a Humanity Advanced playing on one wheel, and with a great angle, after about 45 yards. How’d they do catching that Felix Jones cat?
The only reason that game wasn’t a Title Game class blowout was that McFadden on one leg was the best Ark. QB in the game.
by Will on Jan 9, 2007 2:26 PM EST reply actions
Harvey, I can give my comments day after. I am gracious in loss and victory. Congratulations to the Gators. They manhandled the Buckeyes and deserve the victory.
I just don’t buy the SEC speed or dominance myth. OSU has speed. They showed it. Even Reggie Nelson said so after the game. Our pourous O Line couldn’t stop the FL D (which was very fast) and that was the breakdown. Texas and Michigan both have fast D speed and OSU handled them.
Last night was Florida at the best of their season, and OSU at the worst of their season.
OSU didn’t show up and Florida did. Congratulations to the Gators for capitalizing. They were the better team last night.
Molly Hatchet- Saraceno at USA Today is an idiot. One of the idiot sportswriters who has to take last night’s game and use it to extrapolate and re-write the entire season.
Like I said, last night was Florida at the best of their season, and OSU at the worst of their season.
Neither team looked like they had all season. OSU had big games (TX, Mich) and stumbles (IL) and Florida had big games (Ark, LSU, FSU) and stumbles (SC, Auburn)
There was nothing that made anyone think it would be a blowout either way. Teams were evenly matched. OSU didn’t play up to their potential which makes the loss sting for Buckeye fans like me.
So for Saraceno to come out and say OSU couldn’t play with LSU or Auburn or Vanderbilt is ridiculous. FL had troubles with Vanderbilt because they played bad that week. They didn’t play bad yesterday, that is the difference.
by Buckeye on Jan 9, 2007 2:58 PM EST reply actions
Willet, do us all a favor and go take a class in LOGIC.
Was Tennessee a 2nd tier SEC team when they almost beat Florida? Does Florida barely beating SC and TN make them bad? Just because you don’t play good all season does that make you bad?
Georgia barely beat Colorado who had 2 wins all season, then blew out Auburn.
Each conference and each team has good and bad games. Doesn’t make 1 better or worse than the other.
Until all Big 10 teams and all SEC teams play each other, the debate will continue. Anyone can find proof to make their point while ignoring the proof that disproves their point, like you do.
by Buckeye on Jan 9, 2007 3:04 PM EST reply actions
Buckeye, we live in a world that has football, and that football has to be played by teams with speed and strength. Whose gonna do it? You? You, Michigan? The SEC has greater teams than you could possibly fathom. You weep for the Buckeyes, and you curse the Gators. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what we know. That Ohio State’s defeat, while tragic, probably saved lives. And our existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don’t want the truth because deep down in places you don’t talk about at parties, you want us playing football, you need us playing football. We use words like speed, sandwiches, cheese. We use these words as the backbone of a conference spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. We have neither the time nor the inclination to explain ourselves to a man who pisses and moans about the ass-kicking we provide, and then questions the manner in which we provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, we suggest you pick a better conference, and cheer for them. Either way, we don’t give a damn what you think you are entitled to.
by Never Saw Molly Hatchet on Jan 9, 2007 3:38 PM EST reply actions
tOSU hadn’t been tested since Texas 05 (they lost), they played nobody all season (Big 2 Little 9) except Michigan who was fraudtacularly overrated.
“oh, but Texas 06?!” The same Texas that struggled with Iowa??? Iowa needed a Pontiac-worthy goal line stand to hold off Syracuse, yes Syracuse.
No debate tOSU got tested last night. If they’d played their best game of the season, they still would’ve lost.
by Old Sweaty Wrists on Jan 9, 2007 3:56 PM EST reply actions
They got tested by whom? The Florida who barely beat South Carolina? Who barely beat Tennessee? Who LOST to Auburn who was blown out by Georgia who barely beat a pathetic Colorado team?
If they would have played their best game who knows who would have won. If Ohio State played like they can play and Florida played like the team that played Auburn, who knows who would have won. If you lost, you all would have thrown Chris Leak under the bus (again).
Nice work on being gracious winners. Now I see where Jarvis Moss gets it from.
by Buckeye on Jan 9, 2007 4:53 PM EST reply actions
“tOSU hadn’t been tested since Texas 05 (they lost), they played nobody all season (Big 2 Little 9) except Michigan who was fraudtacularly overrated.”
Michigan was overrated?
That’s weird, I thought Michigan was a little underrated this year to begin with, and is appropriately rated currently. But overrated? That’s a first for the season.
by the walrus on Jan 9, 2007 5:05 PM EST reply actions
Sounds like Buckeye gots himself a soreass too.
Can I get that shirt in purple and gold?
by Greg in Mobile on Jan 9, 2007 6:13 PM EST reply actions
Buckeye,
The Patriots couldn’t have beaten Auburn that night. We paid off the referees…
by AUAlum on Jan 9, 2007 9:40 PM EST reply actions
Never Saw Molly Hatchet, you owe me a new pair of pants.
by jonathantu on Jan 10, 2007 1:13 AM EST reply actions
I realize no one will read a post going up this late… but…
1.) NSMH… OMG that was funny… you should have your own blog…
2.) walrus… didn’t think Michigan was overrated? Did you see the Rose Bowl??? Did you see the TNCG? Did you see the Sugar Bowl?
UM came in ranked pretty high, then trashed what turned out to be a terribly overrated ND team, which then made UM terribly overrated (nobody else in the top 10 almost lost to BALL STATE), which made the whole UM-tOSU thing sickeningly overrated, and it all played out in the bowls. If Michigan had beaten USC and ND beaten LSU, then we could call the tOSU collapse a fluke. But they didn’t… and we won’t.
by RedTide on Jan 15, 2007 5:03 PM EST reply actions

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