Gator cheerleaders...

I have no idea how old this photo is, but I love it. :)

"Technique, technique, technique,"

An almost agonizingly long article by one of my favorite college football writers, Pat Forde, of ESPN on the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers experience at Florida Field last weekend.

Make sure you watch the video of WKU head coach David Elson as he smashes a Gators helmet in the locker room before the game. It's funny, and goes to show theatrics have little to do with winning football games (ask Chief Osceola about that).

Trojans of Troy ready for the Gators

The Troy Trojans like their chances heading into the Swamp tomorrow night. Florida hasn't lost at home to an unranked team for what seems like ages. I literally cannot think of the last time it's happened. Bu the scary thing is, it has to happen sometime. Given a long enough time span everything becomes possible.

Troy is to run their nickel package, which they couldn't run against Arkansas since it is geared for a spread offense. Supposedly they will be more prepared and don't plan to give up 500 yards of total offense this weekend.

I expect the Gators to do well against Troy. Our defense should shut them down and the offense will wear them out.

V's SEC Power Poll

I am not a homer. Usually. I ranked Florida first in the power poll because they are the defending champions of the SEC.


1. Florida (Stays here till defeated on the field. Very convenient for me.)
2. LSU (Hype gets them here, I'm not convinced they are as good as advertised.)
3. Georgia (Could be anywhere from 1st to 7th, I just don't know.)
4. Auburn (Will prove to be better than they showed most of the game against KSU.)
5. Arkansas (With the best player in the nation, Arkansas will be tough to beat most weeks.)
6. Alabama (Fuck Saban!)
7. Tennessee (Defense was exposed against Cal.)
8. Kentucky (Just don't have the defense to compete with the SEC Elite on a weekly basis.)
9. South Carolina (The Ole Ball Sack is going to continue to settle for mediocrity. He won't like it, but he better learn to accept it. Still dangerous to pull the occasional upset, though.)
10. Vanderbilt (Could end the season as high as 7th, which would lock them into a bowl for the first time in a long time.)
11. Ole Miss (Nice near choke at Memphis.)
12. Miss. State (When you consistently lag behind Vanderbilt for the basement position, something has gone terribly wrong. Croom needs to go. In fact, MSU needs to go. I propose we lead a campaign to oust MSU from the SEC and add Appalachian State as soon as possible.)

Booties-4-Booty

Thanks to EDSBS for tipping me off to this, Booties-4-Booty. The best Heisman campaign idea ever. I like the idea. Lets keep Titties-4-Tebow in mind for 08. Maybe someone can come up with something that rhymes with Percy?

Derrick Harvey: Quiet Giant

Good article from the Florida Times-Union on eventual first round pick Derrick Harvey.

Oooops! Georgia disgraces itself and the SEC.

Our moronic neighbors to the North dropped the ball while receiving the family of recruit Michael Bowman. You see, Michael's older brother Adarius plays for Oklahoma State. So when the family made the visit to Athens to attend the game, they wore their orange Oklahoma State colors.

"We were getting all kind of looks up and down when we first walked into the recruiting room," Tara Bowman said Tuesday. "One (staff member), she was really, really mean."

Sadly, just getting some mean Georgia Bitchdog wasn't all the Bowman's had to endure.

"Another lady came up to our table and said, 'Y'all can't come in here with the opponents' attire on,' " Bowman said. "I said, 'Well, you need to talk to your coaches about that because they were the ones who invited my son for a visit and they knew my other son played for the other team. Why would I come to support Georgia when you're just recruiting?'

"It was really frustrating, and it made me real mad. I just wanted to come down and support both of my sons."

But that's not all, they decided to give the Bowmans new tickets to sit in a different part of the shithole, I mean stadium:

"After she gave us the tickets, she tore off the top of the tickets and sent us around to Gate 7 (from Gate 1)," Tara Bowman said. "By the time we got around to Gate 7, they wouldn't let us in because the top of the tickets were gone."

Typical. The Bowmans were finally able to get into the sesspool, I mean stadium, just before kickoff. But they had to sit in a section of all Georgia fans and were the victims of some verbal attacks.

"It's Michael's choice whether he wants to go to Georgia or not, but he won't get any encouragement from me at all,"

Let the truth be known that Georgia sucks.

The State writer Joe Person predicts Cocks screw Dawgs

In his blog on The State predicted a victory over the rival Georgia Bulldogs this coming Saturday. Granted, Joe made this prediction before Carolina's somewhat rough 28-14 win in the home opener against perennial underachiever Louisiana-Lafayette.

Mark my words. South Carolina will be destroyed this weekend in Athens. It will not be pretty.

Tebow makes a Heisman list...

According to Gene Menez of Sports Illustrated, Tim Tebow is #10 in the Heisman race. I consider the list dubious due to the low ranking of Darren McFadden, who is the best player in the nation.

Florida 49, Western Kentucky 3

Despite all the cheap shots, Tim Tebow was able to completely dominate the Hilltoppers, throwing for three touchdowns and running for another. He now has 17 total TD's in his young career.

Percy Harvin only touched the ball six times, but was as electric as ever, scoring once. Bubba Caldwell looked good and sophomore Riley Cooper topped 100 yards and scored on two TD passes from Tebow.

The defense looked good, I don't think their inexperience will be as much a problem as I initially thought it would. But we will find that out for sure when Tennessee comes to the Swamp in a couple weeks.

True freshman backup QB Cam Newton saw some action in mop up duties late in the game and threw and nice pass then ran for a Tebowesque touchdown, capping the scoring. The game was ended early due to lightening.

Chris Rainey, another freshman looked explosive returning punts, even running out of his shoes in the process.