CURIOUS INDEX, 10/9/09

A better summation of the night would be Mr. Suh chasing Gabbert…jesus the special teams were terrible. Oh well. The Blackshirts are comin back and the Callahan/Cosgrove era will become for the Big Red what the [REDACTED] era has become for Florida.

I’ve heard the Flop discussed ad nauseum in Gator lore, never saw video of it prior to this… and it’s far, far worse than I had ever imagined.

Agreed #2, first time I have seen it….heard about it for years. Yes, it was bush league. But, it was Doug Dickey….who must be some sort of cosmic mentor to Lane Kiffin…..

I have an older Gator fan colleague who was at the game and is adamant that Miami were cowards for taking possession of the ball and trying to run the clock out down by over 30 points in an attempt to prevent Reaves from attaining the record. Does it really matter either way. Not really.

Man that flop was awesome. Didn’t the Packers sort of do it when they played the Broncos in the Super Bowl?

Of course not to THAT degree.

It is so strange watching a Nebraska team that can’t really run the ball. I understood when they were trying to throw the ball 80 times a game. But what is the excuse now?

Yyyyep… Florida is gonna win.

I’ve seen that too, but on the other side of the ball.

Like the “Gator Flop”, it also has a catchy name – “The Tony Franklin System”.

It was also very good at giving the ball back to the other team.

As far as Nebraska not being able to run the ball, I don’t have a fuckin clue and I don’t think Watson had a clue what he was doing for 45+ minutes last night. Hornybrook was unmolested on that run…sorry I had to snicker.

Swindle, George Mills considers you tarnished, so there. I will now use the term “bush league” with impunity over the next seven to ten days.

Blaine Gabbert called. He wants to let you know when and to which receivers he is going to throw next game.

The telegraph was down.

…there was 7:44 left in the 4th QTR after the punt return for a TD. I wonder how much time was left when the Gators’ “Flopped” (after Reeves’ INT)?

Oh well, Reeves fathered Ms. Lame Queffin’ and became the poster boy for the Betty Ford clinic. Funny how life works out.

the part I like better than the flop was jumping into the Pool/Pond.

Spectacular.

Is it me or does the announcer sound a bit like “Cowboy in Tennessee”? I am just waiting for him to drink some beer and say “A-LA-BAMA”….

I think that Missou was biting on the run pretty hard. Their LBs were flying to the ball right at the snap, playing the “to hell with read and react” defense. Which was smart by Missou. Even with the 4th quarter, Zac Lee didn’t exactly install terror in the hearts of D coordinators.

Now why the punter decided to run the triple option and pitch to the Johnny Out-of-bounds? No idea. Actually, I think that is a penalty now in addition to a safety that Nebraska got away with. You have to make an attempt to cover the ball, you cant just kick or throw it away anymore.

Anyone else drop money on Nebraska and soil themselves for 3.5 quarters like I did?

Betting on the big 12 might look like easy money, but it’s not good for the heart.

Thanks for the HT Orson…best part of the flop is the DB on the top right of the screen who exhibited some flair in his flop by eschewing the stomach-down pose preferred by the linemen and instead performed the Nestea plunge onto the turf.

i was talking about the gator flop the other day with a friend – we were trying to determine where golden tate’s jump into the michigan state band this year stood in the history of “great moments in completely awesome unsportsmenlike conduct,” those beautiful moments that embody one team giving the other the symbolic middle finger in a very hilarious way

we decided gator flop was #1, followed by sebastian the ibis lighting the sooner schooner on fire – after that, it gets debatable, but golden tate’s jump is definitely in there

The jump with Tebow and his magic bubble. Pure Freek genius. He should be awarded the Nobel just for being the Freek.

Having woken up this morning at 5 with probably the worst hangover I’ve had in a while (you try doing something other than drinking to make you feel like you aren’t soaked to the bone), I can honestly say that Missouri-Nebraska was probably the most interesting football game I’ve been to in a while, because of a combination of factors: standing water on the turf, a power outage that knocked out the lights and main scoreboard an hour before the game started, no PA system for the entire night, and Mizzou’s innovative “telegraph three throws, then rugby-punt it and hope that the returner muffs it” offensive scheme. Plus the fourth quarter, when Suh decided to take the game on his shoulders.

All in all, an appropriate ending to a crappy day for my state’s three decent sporting teams (Cards lose on a dropped catch in the bottom of the ninth, the Blues lose their home opener and 15 people get hurt when an escalator broke at the arena, and this.)

Missouri: Come for the meth, stay for the fun.

I’m sure somewhere a young Mitch Albom watched George Mills get on his high horse at the end of this report and thought to himself, “I want to do that someday.”

Are all Big XII refs as good as those? As an ACC fan, I was a-freakin-gog at how quickly they announced penalties and marched them off. No 5-minute huddles to determine what jersey number to call on a false start? What kind of crap is that?

I assume that was Carlos Huerta failing to chase down the kick returner.

“Anyone else drop money on Nebraska and soil themselves for 3.5 quarters like I did?”

I didn’t – but I know of somebody who put $1500 on Mizzou.

Ouch.

I don’t have a problem with the flop. Seems to me Miami should be grateful for the points. They sure weren’t going to earn them on their own.

Why would anyone bet either side in a game with that kind of extreme weather report? Oh, right… the need for a fix. Carry on.

is it really so wrong to pleasure oneself to young men frolicking in the water? this beats any internet porn i’ve ever seen

@GoldenHand
Those refs were piss poor to average at best. Two calls against Suh in the 4th quarter were complete BULLSHIT. The Gabbert touchdown that wasn’t, etc.