AT LEAST HE WAS THE SHOOTED, NOT THE SHOOTER
As noted in the headline: we're both glad he's okay and not the guy pulling the trigger given the recent trajectory of Florida offseasons.
Former Armwood All-American lineman Matt Patchan, who now plays for the Florida Gators, was shot in the back Friday night at Sadie Park in Brandon, Armwood coach Sean Callahan confirmed Monday morning.
Callahan said he has since talked to Patchan and added that "he's fine." Florida coach Urban Meyer just confirmed in a statement that Patchan was shot and is doing okay.
If he has a massive season on the line, chalk it up to involuntary iron fortification. Mike Barwis does NOT endorse this method of vitamin delivery, btw.

Not trainer-approved method of working in vitamins.
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Thought I was going to get a tank of midgrade out of that one.
by Allahver Fist on May 12, 2008 1:47 PM EDT reply actions
Shot in the back and doing “fine”? Shot with what…
It all makes sense now, my son is missing one of his Batman action figures and the accompanying “cannon.” We should probably report it, as it appears it was used in the altercation in Sadie Park.
by skinnyphatman on May 12, 2008 1:50 PM EDT reply actions
That method of delivery wouldn’t supply iron. It would supply copper and lead; neither mineral is high on the list of necessary food suplements.
by mrz80 on May 12, 2008 1:52 PM EDT reply actions
Ok…that’s three, together with the Finch transfer and the creative financier of posthumous indebtedness…now we’re done, right?
by sb on May 12, 2008 2:03 PM EDT reply actions
Name of the town subsequently changed to “Shady” park.
by PSUrob on May 12, 2008 2:06 PM EDT reply actions
I’m guessing the shooter is a die-hard Hofstra fan.
Take that, Stony Brook.
by Texas_Dawg on May 12, 2008 2:11 PM EDT reply actions
Growing up in a small town middle America, more than on classmate had shotgun buck shot somewhere in their body.
by bk on May 12, 2008 2:17 PM EDT reply actions
I live near Brandon. This doesn’t seem like a really rough area. Very strange.
by Seven Years in Gainesville on May 12, 2008 2:24 PM EDT reply actions
That’s one shit-talking kid. No surprise here, except that it hadn’t happened sooner.
by Bobby Decatur on May 12, 2008 2:56 PM EDT reply actions
Any chance we can give him a fulmer point on the bases of pure bad-assness! The bullet is still in his shoulder and he could play the season with it in there. That should be worthy of the Rambo trophy….damn it, he needs an award!!!!!
by Pat on May 12, 2008 3:00 PM EDT reply actions
Anyone who followed this kids recruitment would be not surprised!
He and his arrogant dad suck
by AULIVESNFTWORTH on May 12, 2008 3:01 PM EDT reply actions
Threadjack:
Really – is this the best we can do?!? With regards to the Red Cross – you can choose to allocate your money to international or domestic uses, and even to a specific disaster effort.
CONTEST UPDATE:
1) Florida – $250
2t) South Carolina – $100
2t) Oklahoma – $100
2t) Mississippi State – $100
3) LSU – $75
As a poster on the Fansblogs site said, more up-to-date results may get more donations… his moneky- pull lever-get food analogy was spot on.
by Out of Conference on May 12, 2008 3:09 PM EDT reply actions
Do you know what a pistol is, Patch? I got one in the car if you’d like to see it. I like to carry it. You never know when you’re going to need it. A situation may come up. For example, someone’s been drinking…and about to drive a loved one home. Then I like to know I have it. Not to kill, no. Just to maim. Take a little off the shoulder. The elbow. Shave a little meat…off the old kneecap. You got both kneecaps?
by Buck Melanoma on May 12, 2008 3:12 PM EDT reply actions
AULIVES @ #12…I thought his recruitment was a well thought-out, reasonable, somewhat public process…kid and whole family were canes and the family supported the kid who chose a program that fit him despite the family ties…nothing there that would make me think he was arrogant, much less worthy of high velocity lead poisoning. What have I missed?
by sb on May 12, 2008 3:26 PM EDT reply actions
- Pat – Orlando Antigua had a bullet in his head when he played basketball at Pitt. It was behind his ear. That should get some points for something there.
Or just a warning to stay out of the Bronx.
by Z on May 12, 2008 3:32 PM EDT reply actions
- SB
At the end he did sound more level headed, however read these quotes below from Rivals…..“mentally weak” LOL
Even when he was just a Rivals100 member, Seffner (Fla.) Armwood lineman Matt Patchan didn’t believe he was getting the credit he deserved and now that he has been elevated to five-star status, guess what, he still believes he is underrated. On the surface that may come across as a bit conceited, but listening to his reasoning behind his statements and he comes across more driven than cocky.
Matt Patchan
“You know what Sir, where do they have me rated now?” asked Patchan. "They have me at a five-star now, but the way I look at it you can rate me a one-star if they want to I think they would be wrong but I think they’re wrong not to have me at the very, very top of the list, period.
“Take the film from the last camp I did, which was the UCF camp, and put it up against anybody and I guarantee you I am the best player in the country, period, at any position.
“That’s just my confidence level I’m not trying to sound cocky. If I’m not considered the best, I look at it like maybe I’m not working hard enough since it’s not getting through.”
His self assurance isn’t limited to his own ability it carries over to what he thinks of his team as well.
“My expectations are the same as they have been every year that I’ve played football. I expect to go undefeated and win state. Anything less than that is considered a failure. Even if you’re at the lowest of the lowest schools, your expectations should be the same. You should come to work every day with the attitude that nobody can beat you and you are the best team and you are the best player in the country.
“That’s how you have to approach this. If you don’t approach it that way, you’re mentally weak and you shouldn’t be playing football.”
by AULIVESNFTWORTH on May 12, 2008 3:41 PM EDT reply actions
I love these discussions:
Your [insert rival school]’s recruits are mean arrogant sucky people, who are attention whores and dishonest.
My [insert your school] recruits are honest hard working, and would never lie and cheat the way your recruits do. They are merely misunderstood.
Just saying
by Jonathan on May 12, 2008 3:45 PM EDT reply actions
Check these quotes,
I want to play both ways in college, Patchan said. I know there arent many people doing that but I talk to the coaches and thats the first thing I tell them. Most coaches say theyll give me a shot.
Im relentless and fast off the ball, he said. Most linemen are fat and slow but Im quick. Linemen dont have to be big and fat."
Rivals march 12 2007
by AULIVESNFTWORTH on May 12, 2008 3:50 PM EDT reply actions
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The SEC is only 6 points away from tying for the all-time lead in Fulmer Cup Points.
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by TAFKastOSUB on May 12, 2008 3:50 PM EDT reply actions
My recruits will shoot your recruits….after we take your recruits guns away from them, then, in turn, the Tuscaloosa PD will then shoot our recruits, the
Circle of Life in T-town…..or Miami, so dont be talkin that noise in tha’ OB baby…..
by Mr. Pelican Pants on May 12, 2008 3:51 PM EDT reply actions
We gators are unused to being victims (aside from our secondary in 2007 – zing!), so we may need some clarification…if you are shot, do you lose fulmer cup points? After all fulmer cup points=street cred, so is the contrapositive true?
by LHGator on May 12, 2008 3:52 PM EDT reply actions
- 17 Johnny boy
What does the school have to do with the discussion, I don’t give a shit what school he is headed to. He is a sucky punk! JK, but really kid is a high fan of himself and I maybe his mouth had something to do with the bullet in the back???
by AULIVESNFTWORTH on May 12, 2008 3:55 PM EDT reply actions
You’re right, AU. If they bring up those recruiting quotes in court, the shooter will surely go free. Thanks, lawya.
by Allahver Fist on May 12, 2008 3:55 PM EDT reply actions
AULIVES @ #16…got it…sounds a little odd from an 18 year old…then again I was never a highly motivated five-star recruit whose stock in trade was successfully leveraging my 6’7" frame against extremely large people with bad attitudes. My milieu was more surfing, women and beer…bad attitudes and motivation was for those not getting laid.
by sb on May 12, 2008 4:03 PM EDT reply actions
- I was just saying, that had he gone to UGA I would say his attitude was ambitious, competative, and showed his drive to win. All admirable qualities for the most part.
Unless he pulls a Hornsby, I’m thinking a lot of teams would take the kid.
(you see what I did there with the coining of a term for dispicable socail behaviour, yeah, you know you’re going to use it)
by Jonathan on May 12, 2008 4:28 PM EDT reply actions
Damn, socail = social
stuped engrish y doo yu hav to be so difffficuuuult hard
by Jonathan on May 12, 2008 4:30 PM EDT reply actions
Are Fulmer Cup points applied for being shot if it is later determined that he had it coming, or simply “needed shootin’”?
by JTG on May 12, 2008 4:32 PM EDT reply actions
Maybe he was trying to chop block the shooter. Oh, I forgot – he doesn’t play for Auburn.
by hobeg8r on May 12, 2008 4:43 PM EDT reply actions
Did his roomies hear that he pulled through quickly enough, or had the fillups on his plastic already commenced?
by Because They Can on May 12, 2008 5:17 PM EDT reply actions
Mr. Patchan, I knew Boris “The Bullet Dodger” and you sir are no Boris “The Bullet Dodger”!
by Mike Pigott on May 12, 2008 5:58 PM EDT reply actions
Who gets shot in parks late at night and they aren’t buying drugs?
by steven on May 12, 2008 6:11 PM EDT reply actions
- Maybe instead of Bullet-tooth he should be called “Bullet shoulder”
by oc phil on May 12, 2008 7:25 PM EDT reply actions
@ #28
He backed off of UGA when Richt took him to Mat Drills on his official…
Said (paraphrased) he “didn’t like to work out in the morning”…
by ah on May 13, 2008 7:57 AM EDT reply actions
And just for the record, Patchan has already played on both sides of the ball. The coaches moved him over to the defensive line where he had an impact because of his work rate and he might have a chance to start in the fall. So while maybe he sounded arrogant, it turns out he was prescient/
by baconboy on May 13, 2008 9:29 AM EDT reply actions
baconboy @ #39…“…sounded arrogant, turns out he was prescient.” Wish I had said that.
by sb on May 13, 2008 9:56 AM EDT reply actions
“Minding my own business” is by far the #1 activity of gunshot victims who present themselves in emergency rooms across the nation. According to the questionaire. That is statistical fact. I’m just sayin.
by Not the Mama on May 13, 2008 9:18 PM EDT reply actions

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