Ole Miss is playing about as well as they can in a 14-6 game and Florida's every mistake has not gone unnoticed by the refs as the Gators have been called for about 10 penalties for 120 yards in the first half alone. The time clock operator also aided the Rebs at the end of the 1st half with a lightning fast run off of the 2 seconds that remained when Tebow was looking at the chain gang waiting for them to get set so he could spike the ball and have a short FG try. Man...that was a quick two seconds... :shock: :wink: Give Orgeron credit for a good defensive gameplan and perhaps this is a blueprint for SEC teams down the road when UF goes on the road. Make Florida earn it by lengthening the field and depend on the refs to tag Florida with every penalty they possibly can....several that UF deserves I might add.
I saw this topic Dave and was hoping to add a comment about how frustrating it is that we can't put this game away. But you have to go and mess up what could be a reasonable topic with your referee garbage. Not only did the Gators deserve several of the penalties, they deserved all of them as much as Ole Miss deserved theirs. The reality of SEC refs in my opinion is they love to throw flags. But they aren't out to get the Gators in this game, that makes no sense. Having said all that I am hoping the Gator D can make some stops on their side of the field and we keep moving the ball and put this game away. Ole Miss has a good game plan but if we limit the mistakes we can still win this game handily. What worries me is that this game is much like the last two times we played Ole Miss where we lead at the half and they beat us in the 2nd half. Go Gators
So now Bill it is a 15 yard unsportsmanlike penalty to do the Gator chomp to the Gator fans in the endzone after scoring a touchdown. Does that make sense to you?
MCG, Did you mean to say that every single mistake was noticed by the refs? I guess I will have to go back and read your post, because it sounded like UF didn't make any mistakes that were not called. I just wanted to ask, you know for accuracy sake.
Asides from Tebow being Superman....the Gators looked quite mediocre and vulnerable Ole Miss at 1-2 almost took the W in spite of Tebow's 400 yds of offense. Things may change for Urban and the gang unless they focus
I have seen Florida players do the Gator chomp to the UF visiting section when Florida has been on the road for the last 17 years and I have never seen an unsportsmanlike penalty called on that until today in Oxford.
Gonzo, after an emotional win the prior week and going on the road in the SEC this is not a surprising result. Much like Vandy last year where we won by under a td late in the year. But you are right that if we play to this level and the other team plays with the emotion that Ole Miss played with today we could lose some games. The good news for the Gators is the youth of this team. By the way, a nice win for Miami Thursday night.
Bill.....I agree....focus was a problem today for the Gators.....on Miami I appreciate the good comments too. I am in total awe of Oklahoma.....nobody in eons has beaten us so bad....and so convincingly.....to me they are the best of the best. How Shannon has turned these kids around so fast into a team that can contend for the ACC is nothing short of a miracle behind that of Michigan beating PSU today after losing 2 straight. Its beserk time out there.....look at Louisville getting blown away by an 0-3 Syracuse....with Brohm getting 550 yds of offense !!!!
Gonzo, it's called college football. Louisville just doesn't have a defense though. I've been impressed by Randy Shannon and expect he will be successful. He's putting together a very good recruiting class. As is Notre Dame.
Thanks, Bill. At this point we appreciate any nice comment that anyone is willing to make. and unlike a few people on this board (a very small minority, thankfully), you are a class guy who appreciates the the nice feeling you get from practicing good sportsmanship.
Thanks Sid, but I am just stating the truth. At this point Notre Dame is ranked number one in the recruiting rankings on both Rivals and Scout. And you have enough commitments to almost guarantee at least a top 5. But thanks and just so you know I feel the same about you and all the Notre Dame guys.
Bill....this paste is for you specifically. Please read the comments in full before you respond as I agree with every point made and had already reached the same conclusions. http://www.gatorsportsforum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=194557 A little objectivity would nice....
Well, MHO on yesterday's officiating is that it was not consistent. The flag on Louis Murphy was just total bulls$%#. As I posted elsewhere, I see that quite often from opposing players in The Swamp - when they score a TD, get a pick, sack the QB, etc - and it has never once been called a penalty by an SEC official. So why was UF flagged yesterday in oxford? I know Meyer is going to the SEC office with that penalty. On the "helmet to QB call on UF" ... I wouldn't have a problem with that flag if the same FOS official had called some of the same hits by omiss on TT. There was one helmet-to-helmet to Tebow not called and at least three elbow or forearm shivers to the head. Same with the consistent late hits by the omiss defense on Percy Harvin. When Harvin's already been pulled to the ground by one omiss defender .... there's no need for and "no call" when some 300# omiss mope jumps on him. A penalty's a penalty ... if the officials are going to call them, then call all of them, equitably. One thing we know ..... almost without exception, UF has been the - or one of the - most penalized team in the SEC, regardless of who's playing and who's coaching - Spurrier, Zook, and Meyer.
UF being the most penalized team no matter the coach is the most damning evidence of all Gaterz. It's the uniform...not the player....not the coach. Funny how these kinds of B/S called games always...always happen on the road in the SEC. Almost never do we have complaints about an inconsistently called game in Gainesville. Kp not many sites out there that would have comments from several observers of yesterday's game on the way it was called. Gaterz points out several specifics that reeked of inconsistency. Early in the game an Ole Miss player helmet speared Tebow in the lower back after he had already thrown the ball and it was not called and yet late in the game when the Ole Miss Qb was hit in the upper shoulder pad we get hit with a "helmet-to-helmet" hit that wasn't. Aided by that Ole Miss scored a late crucial TD.
umm <t>last night in the UCLA game.<br/> <br/> In one series, the UCLA tailback was run out of bounds....a yard deep out of bounds, the UW LB picked up and body slammed the RB to the ground. It was a physical game, sh*t happens.<br/> <br/> The next possession for UW, a UCLA LB returns the favor to the UW RB... Same spot on the field..same tempo to the play... really, nothing different between the two plays... except that this one was flagged 15 yards for a late hit.<br/> <br/> Maybe all refs hate Blue? I find it plausible and I believe we could even knock Bobda off his perch of rationality to join us is this crusade..</t>
It's two-fold I think Terry but I have said before....much to Tom's dismay that the state of Florida has never been looked upon by the rest of the Deep South as traditional south...and with good reason. The tourism in the south was pretty much non-existent up until about thirty years ago except...and a huge exception it is...for the glitzy state of Florida. Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Disney, beaches, etc. etc... the list goes on. The glamor vs. grit(s) if you will. Granted the rest of the south has been growing and advancing by leaps and bounds but whether Tom likes it or not the way I describe it is the way it was for decades. ( all except Kp of course who feels Florida is just plain beneath Alabama ) The old blood and ways of thinking gets handed down generation to generation and these SEC refs are for the most part from the Deep South...especially the ones that work some of the SEC road games for Florida. That's my theory on why it began anyway and Steve Spurrier came along and with UF's subsequent dominance and RUTS and the OBC's arrogance and now with Urban's success even the new blood in the SEC has reason to dislike Florida. I'll absolutely guarantee you that if a scientific poll were created around the SEC that THE school fans would say they dislike the most would be Florida....other than their own special rival like Tenn and Aub for Bama and Ole Miss for MSU...
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <t>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH<br/> <br/> <br/> whew<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH<br/> <br/> When I lived in California, I just might have bought that line of 'glamour vs grit(s)' line of bullsh*t you were selling MCG, but after living here the past 6/7 years...I now know better.<br/> <br/> Florida is EVERY BIT as country/cracker as the rest of the South. The biggest difference is that your 'big cities' also carry some big city crime and drug problems.<br/> <br/> You seriously think the world is out to get you, and you're wrong. I think most all of the 'anti-Florida' thing has to do with SOS... In an area/region that is built on hypocritical 'old ways' Spurrier not only didn't pay homage and kiss the ring...he p*ssed on it. (another reason I like the guy).<br/> <br/> Its a traditional area and SOS did things his own way and never apologized to anyone for it..... That rankles feathers..The 'big city glamour' of Florida sure as f*** isn't it... Keyrist, I can't even type that with a straight face. I gotta log off on that one..</t>