Tony Barnhart, writing in the AJC: “Rarely has an open date been so productive as last Saturday was for the Florida Gators.” His preliminary analysis of the BCS numbers suggests that UF would have enough points to push past Texas even if the Longhorns beat Colorado. BTW, that Colorado-Nebraska game was unreal to watch.
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Nebraska Stunner
Nebraska’s defeat … means that Florida’s remaining schedule of Tennessee and a potential SEC Championship Game (against either Auburn or LSU) will be stronger than Oklahoma’s closing pair of games versus Oklahoma State and Colorado. The result is this: the Gators will close ground on the Sooners in the computers and will blow past them… Read more »
Graham Drama Continues
Gators Tailback Considers Suit – In a statement Wednesday, Graham said, ‘I got tackled on the play. That was perfectly OK. There were two guys on top of me and I felt them against my body. And then I felt someone tugging on my leg. He kept twisting harder, harder and harder until I felt… Read more »
Vote!
Florida / FSU is currently losing to Texas / Texas A & M in the Tostitos? Great Rivalry Challenge Sweepstakes! Go now and root for ours as the better rivalry!
An Opposing View
Had to chuckle at this new blog, created apparently because the Earnest Graham injury accusation was the straw that broke the camel’s back for the author. Heh.
More on Graham Injury
“I think that’s less than a man. That’s not football,” Gillespie said, referring to FSU nose tackle Darnell Dockett’s boasting of what he’d done to Graham.
Surprise?
ESPN’s Bowl Projections page still is predicting a Miami / Florida Rose Bowl. Florida State defensive tackle Darnell Dockett was heard bragging in the Seminoles’ locker room after the game about hurting Gators tailback Earnest Graham on his tackle, which came on Florida’s first offensive play in the second half. [link via Eric]
Earnestly Injured?
UF tailback Earnest Graham says his sprained right knee, which will keep him out of action for 3-5 weeks, was the result of a deliberate act by FSU’s Darnell Dockett. Spurrier says he’ll look into it, but Bobby Bowden wonders “how do you twist a knee?” Either way, this hurts UF’s bowl prospects, since they’ll… Read more »
Rose Bowl
Florida is simply looking like the best team in the country … and ESPN.com’s Bowl Projections page is predicting a Miami / Florida match-up at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena!
South Carolina
A master of mind games, Holtz gushes over Gators ‘If we listen … we’re nothing but fools’ USC must slow Gators Gators can’t overlook Gamecocks No.3 Florida (7-1) at No.15 South Carolina (7-2) Spurrier calling all the shots