Didn't want to win it this way....

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lawgator1

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Vols, I tried to post here last nighbt. Managed to get one in on some thread about Marcus Thomas, the Florida lineman with the marijuana troubles. But, my internet went down for the night so I wasn't able to post in the second half of your game.

A couple of thoughts.

First, I did not want to have Florida win the SECE on the back of a UT loss. Hopefully, the Gators want to win this coming Saturday as much as they did before, notwithstanding the fact that they've already won the SECE. I'd have preferred it come down to Florida getting it done -- just feels better that way.

Second, Crompton is a gamer. Sure, he made some mistakes, but he's inexperienced and so of course he did. He is a competitor. Reminds me a lot of Tebow, and you know how much I think of him.

Third, LSU and Arkansas may be the two best teams in the SEC. With the regular conference season winding down to a close, the one thing I can comfortably say about the entire conference is that there is no consistency at all.

And I don't mean that between weekends -- I mean that within games. I have yet to see one of the top SEC teams really dominate a game against another one from start to finish. These games all seem to go back and forth in momentum based on turnovers, penalties, and lengthy periods of complete ineptitude, followed by 90 yard drives that look very crisp.

I think right now that the SEC has the most raw talent in the country of any conference. But I also think that the SEC has the most volatile and unpredictable teams out there.
 
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Thanks, tclowers.

I hope these teams gel by bowl time. Its not a huger factor, but I think it is important to the perception of the league that the SEC do well in the bowl games as to starting position next year. Lots of folks still point to W.Va. pasting UGA last year as justification for thinking the Big East is decent this year.
 
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Yep, I'll definitely be rooting for every SEC team come bowl games. A good SEC showing is vital this year. I hope another SEC team gets a shot at West Virginia.
 
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Florida is sitting nicely in the BCS at No. 4. If they win out, I think they will jump up to No. 2 and play for the title.

What do you think?
 
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Think about this... if Vandy had won yesterday, the East could have had all 6 teams bowl eligible.

You're right, there aren't any really dominant teams this year, but I think the league is more competitive than it has been in a while.
 
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tclowers23 said:
Florida is sitting nicely in the BCS at No. 4. If they win out, I think they will jump up to No. 2 and play for the title.

What do you think?
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I don't think so. First, the SOS from here is going to go down in the computers. Florida plays South Carolina, which is a fair team, but they have some losses. Then West Carolina -- who? Then end with FSU. Now, FSU probably still has a little horsepower in the computers, but not that much.

The loser of the Michigan-OSU game, if its reasonably close, will still be pretty high up in human and computer polls.

My suspicion is that the winner of that game finishes #1 across the board. The loser, at 11-1, will have only one loss and that will be to the #1 team in the country. Only hope for Florida is that the SECW representative has only one loss. Then, and only if its a real strong showing, is there a chance to overtake the loser of Mich-OSU.

And of course need Louisville to lose.

Right now, I'd give the Gators about a 10-15 percent chance to make it into the NC game.
 
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Who would you rather play in the SEC champ. game?
 
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JAllen18MVP said:
Think about this... if Vandy had won yesterday, the East could have had all 6 teams bowl eligible.

You're right, there aren't any really dominant teams this year, but I think the league is more competitive than it has been in a while.
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Vanderbilt is not bad. They always play us tough and I remember telling the guy that asked -- definitely take Vandy and the points.
 
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I just don't think they will give the loser of the Ohio State- Michigan another chance. At least I hope not. Yes, you do need Louisville to lose.
 
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vader said:
Who would you rather play in the SEC champ. game?
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I think right now...Auburn. Arkansas' running game is outstanding and yesterday they were passing pretty well, too. I think that, had we not been taken off our game at Auburn like we were, we could handle them at a neutral site. But I think Arkansas is just really good right now. Kind of coming together at the right time like Florida Bball did this year.

As a buddy of mine said yesterday, seems like several SEC teams are getting better as the season wears on: Arkansas, SC, UT, and LSU. Florida is going backwards.
 
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tclowers23 said:
I just don't think they will give the loser of the Ohio State- Michigan another chance. At least I hope not. Yes, you do need Louisville to lose.
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When we won it in '96 we were #1 and lost at end of season to #2 FSU. They finished #1 and we finished #2 and got another shot.

Tell you what, if that game comes down to a last second field goal or tremendous finish with the game in doubt until the last minute, you will see a lot of media people rotting for a rematch.

Got to hope its a blowout.
 
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LG, I don't know if you went back and checked that Marcus Thomas thread, but I pointed out to you that I was just kidding around about the whole situation.

Also, congrats on your Gators winning the East.
 
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lawgator1 said:
When we won it in '96 we were #1 and lost at end of season to #2 FSU. They finished #1 and we finished #2 and got another shot.

Got to hope its a blowout.
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I think it will also help if Ohio St. wins that game and not Michigan. It is much easier to flip-flop #1 and #2 than it is to leave #2 in their spot after losing to #1.

All that said, and keeping in mind that I am no Gator fan, I can think of no worse scenario than to have a rematch of Michigan and Ohio St. in the NCG, unless maybe it is to have a rematch of Ohio St. and Texas in the NCG. I would rather watch Louisville or one of our SEC rivals get in there than to see either of those rematches.
 
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tidwell said:
LG, I don't know if you went back and checked that Marcus Thomas thread, but I pointed out to you that I was just kidding around about the whole situation.

Also, congrats on your Gators winning the East.
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Okey doke. That's right when stupid Brighthouse Networks lost their stupid internet service. It did not seem like you to take such a cavalier shot at Meyer like that. By the way, when the press asked him about it he seemed genuinely disappointed that he had to do it. I don't know the details, but someone told me that what happened is that as part of his reinstatement he had to go to counseling and he skipped a meeting for no good reason.

And tx on the congrats. It feels good to be back in the SEC hunt again.

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I think it will also help if Ohio St. wins that game and not Michigan. It is much easier to flip-flop #1 and #2 than it is to leave #2 in their spot after losing to #1.

All that said, and keeping in mind that I am no Gator fan, I can think of no worse scenario than to have a rematch of Michigan and Ohio St. in the NCG, unless maybe it is to have a rematch of Ohio St. and Texas in the NCG. I would rather watch Louisville or one of our SEC rivals get in there than to see either of those rematches.
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I agree with you. Would be much better to have tOSU confirm the pollsters. Particularly if they beat Michigan by 10 or more and its lopsided. One of the reasons that Florida snuck back in during the '96 season was that their loss to FSU was very close (can't remember exact total, but I think it was less than a score).
 
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lawgator1 said:
Okey doke. That's right when stupid Brighthouse Networks lost their stupid internet service. It did not seem like you to take such a cavalier shot at Meyer like that. By the way, when the press asked him about it he seemed genuinely disappointed that he had to do it. I don't know the details, but someone told me that what happened is that as part of his reinstatement he had to go to counseling and he skipped a meeting for no good reason.

And tx on the congrats. It feels good to be back in the SEC hunt again.
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:peace2:

It's all good. It is guys like you that make me feel just a little bad about despising the Gators as much as I do. :)

I imagine that's always a tough decision to have to make, dismissing someone from your team.
 
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tidwell said:
:peace2:

It's all good. It is guys like you that make me feel just a little bad about despising the Gators as much as I do. :)

I imagine that's always a tough decision to have to make, dismissing someone from your team.
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I think its because Meyer realizes that the guy has tremendous NFL potential and he hates to be responsible for labeling him a problem.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Vols, I tried to post here last nighbt. Managed to get one in on some thread about Marcus Thomas, the Florida lineman with the marijuana troubles. But, my internet went down for the night so I wasn't able to post in the second half of your game.

A couple of thoughts.

First, I did not want to have Florida win the SECE on the back of a UT loss. Hopefully, the Gators want to win this coming Saturday as much as they did before, notwithstanding the fact that they've already won the SECE. I'd have preferred it come down to Florida getting it done -- just feels better that way.

Second, Crompton is a gamer. Sure, he made some mistakes, but he's inexperienced and so of course he did. He is a competitor. Reminds me a lot of Tebow, and you know how much I think of him.

Third, LSU and Arkansas may be the two best teams in the SEC. With the regular conference season winding down to a close, the one thing I can comfortably say about the entire conference is that there is no consistency at all.

And I don't mean that between weekends -- I mean that within games. I have yet to see one of the top SEC teams really dominate a game against another one from start to finish. These games all seem to go back and forth in momentum based on turnovers, penalties, and lengthy periods of complete ineptitude, followed by 90 yard drives that look very crisp.

I think right now that the SEC has the most raw talent in the country of any conference. But I also think that the SEC has the most volatile and unpredictable teams out there.
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Being young and raw is the cause of the back and fourth of games, the cure, playing time. The NCAA has brought down the # of scholarships, no more stocking players the talent is being evenly spread as you found out Saturday Vandy in no longer a DOOR mat. The SEC has the talent but will kill each others chances oF NC'S while teams outside will zoom to the top with cupcake schedules.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Vols, I tried to post here last nighbt. Managed to get one in on some thread about Marcus Thomas, the Florida lineman with the marijuana troubles. But, my internet went down for the night so I wasn't able to post in the second half of your game.

A couple of thoughts.

First, I did not want to have Florida win the SECE on the back of a UT loss. Hopefully, the Gators want to win this coming Saturday as much as they did before, notwithstanding the fact that they've already won the SECE. I'd have preferred it come down to Florida getting it done -- just feels better that way.

Second, Crompton is a gamer. Sure, he made some mistakes, but he's inexperienced and so of course he did. He is a competitor. Reminds me a lot of Tebow, and you know how much I think of him.

Third, LSU and Arkansas may be the two best teams in the SEC. With the regular conference season winding down to a close, the one thing I can comfortably say about the entire conference is that there is no consistency at all.

And I don't mean that between weekends -- I mean that within games. I have yet to see one of the top SEC teams really dominate a game against another one from start to finish. These games all seem to go back and forth in momentum based on turnovers, penalties, and lengthy periods of complete ineptitude, followed by 90 yard drives that look very crisp.

I think right now that the SEC has the most raw talent in the country of any conference. But I also think that the SEC has the most volatile and unpredictable teams out there.
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You did win the SECE that is a fact.You have yet to finish ranked ahead of us at the end of the year,second fact.:whistling:
 
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