Comments on: PUTTING THE U IN WINNING UGLY

By: Al-d

Al-d — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:44:56 +0000

@51

Doesn’t the road team bring their conference ref’s with them? or did the esssss eeeee ceeee deny the almost competitive conference the right after repeated FSU/UF hose jobs in the swamp

By: RICK

RICK — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:18:05 +0000

need home and away games every yr…2013 is too far away but it looks like florida dont want that..too bad, they finaly won 1..i think florida and miami should go independents, then they can play eatch other every yr..its only game that i can stay awake for..

By: sb

sb — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:39:49 +0000

Sonny @ #55…hope springs eternal…

By: Sonny

Sonny — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:35:06 +0000

Hey don’t worry Miami fans….UGA rush the field again and kick the crap out of FL for a second straight year.

By: not Baghead

not Baghead — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:03:58 +0000

51, when your elbow touches the ground you are down. Moore was carrying the ball in the OTHER arm. Once you are down, with possession as Moore was, the ball can come out (as it did when the rest of his body hit the ground).

Down while possessing the ball = first down for the Gators

By: Saurian-Henry

Saurian-Henry — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:59:22 +0000

Number 49, I don’t know how any honest reading of my post could come away with the conclusion that you drew. I said it was a matter of money, plain and simple. The idea that UF was ducking Miami out of fear is ridiculous because it would assume that UF had an idea that Miami was forever going to be dominant, an assumption that no team can make about itself or a competitor. I mention Miami’s probation only as an example of how top programs can come back to the pack. You don’t drop an opponent because they are having a good run. You do drop an opponent when you fill their stands with your fans and don’t get any reward for it when you can schedule a lesser school that doesn’t require a return game and keep the gate for yourself.

But nice try, jackass.

By: willet

willet — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:58:37 +0000

The directionals do not bitch because they know they are a warmup game. UM you are just a warmup game now. Take your payday and stop bitching.

By: horn

horn — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:56:28 +0000

That hilariously overturned incomplete pass is just one of a litany of SEC Ref Fixin’s….uh, game errors from Saturday’s slate.

“Ground can’t cause a fumble” – you’re a tard. The ground often does cause incompletions when the WR cannot cleanly hold onto the ball and retain possession, and drops it upon impact.

Only happens multiple times a game, hundreds of times a Saturday, you should be familiar with that little rule of CFB by now

By: sb

sb — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:59:23 +0000

It tickles me pink to hear all the name calling and talk of “classlessness” coming from the scUM and anti-Gator crowd. First, and I’ve said it before, if one speaks of “class” one has none. Second, Coach Shannon is a wonderful example of why a university usually hires an adult to coach its teams…high school whining bullshit isn’t attractive at a college level, and an abbreviated run-by handshake speaks more to lack of character than no handshake.

26-3 Florida…has a nice ring to it.

By: Trick Daddy Doubloons

Trick Daddy Doubloons — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:14:36 +0000

Re: 29. Henry’s post seems to ignore most of the available info in order to posit that the Gators stopped playing the Hurricanes after 1987 because the Canes were going on probation in 1995.

34. Unfortunately, you have to retain possession on first contact with the ground. The ground can’t cause a fumble, but it can, and frequently does cause an incompletion.

42. Bosher may be larger, but he is also a placekicker. James may be a smaller player, but he also is, theoretically, a running back.

44. Was there any parallel in this game to a cheerleader, an assistant coach, and Schnellenberger’s son being pelted with frozen fruit? Keep on ignoring the clear reason Howard took the TO and kicked the FG.

By: V

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:47:45 +0000

It was 26-3.

By: gone gator

gone gator — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:17:00 +0000

The game in Tampa was a “home” game for Miami. It was a messy time in the series (defending national champions forced to play archrival away from home), aggravated by Miami’s crummy home attendance.

Forgotten is that Spurrier put them back on the schedule (along with putting grass back in the stadium and switching back to blue jersesys, those were SOS’s non $ contract demands when leaving Duke), but the 8th SEC game (added with USC and Arkansas) got them knocked back off except in years when Haley’s Comet appears.

It is a joke UF doesn’t play them more though; the football is excellent, and a welcome respite from the directional schools.

By: Chas

Chas — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:54:02 +0000

44,

Do you really expect the canes fan to remember anything that happened before Jan 1, 1984?

And my memory is a little foggy, but wasn’t it tha U who vetoed the idea of an annual tilt at the Big Sombrero (at the time) and/or the Citrus Bowl?

By: Not Baghead

Not Baghead — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:45:29 +0000

Having Miami bitch about a late FG is comical.

32, I don’t know why you need that call explained to you. Carl Moore went up for the ball, bobbled it in the air, then tucked it away with his right hand as he went down. He landed on his left elbow, in bounds. In college once you are down, you are down. The ball came out after the rest of his body hit the ground. First down.

By: Gone Gator

Gone Gator — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:44:59 +0000

Kicking the FG is a sweet payback for Howard Schnellenberger’s 1979 time out to kick a FG. The 67 fans of the “U” will remember.

A shame this series can’t be played more often. The udnerdogs in this series play well above their heads (like the fighting Zooks in the Orange Bowl last time) and the hard hitting is just the kind of violence you don’t see much anymore.

But when half the fans at the Miami game are UF fans and the Canes won’t give up the cut (as was the case in the 1980’s when the regular series was scrapped), it is hard to blame the Gators. And who wants to play on the infield skin of Dolphin stadium. The U has players, and not much else of a program these days.