Random Musings During Florida Week
by Poseur on Oct 7, 2009 12:58 PM CDT
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PrintI'm having one of those weeks at work again so my activity on the blog has been severely limited. By the time I get home, I just curl up with a good book (What Hath God Wrought) and go to bed. But I figured I need to give you guys something or else I'm going to have a cellphone full of angry text messages. So, quick hits...
ONE. I did a BlogPoll. I did an SEC Power Poll. I posted neither. I suck. We'll get back on you guys having impact on my votes next week. You can go to the site and find my ballot (not to mention the whole poll and Brian Cook's breakdown).
TWO. If you have a Florida player or coach's cellphone number and you call them this week, you are a jackass. Stop it. It was funny the first time, but it's now just creepy and stalkerish. And it has really, really backfired. Stop it.
THREE. Speaking of jackasses, I'm not going to get on my high horse about Tebow playing or not playing. By all accounts, Florida takes concussions seriously and if he's cleared to play, he's cleared to play. Unless you are Tim Tebow or one of his doctors, you know nothing. So there really shouldn't be a discussion about this.
FOUR. Upon saying that, I'd rest Tebow because one more week to heal any injury is always good, and this game is, truth be told, not that important. Both teams will still control their SEC destinies, and probably their national title destinies, regardless of the outcome. I'm finding it hard to get really pumped for this game.
FIVE. Tiger Stadium better be jacked up for this game anyway. I want Tebow to go into Post Traumatic Stress. #1 vs. #4 is still #1 vs. #4.
SIX. I promise to have a preview and maybe a Les Miles to English transcript of the most recent Lunch with Les. No promises on that one.
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If you have a Florida player or coach’s cellphone number and you call them this week, you are a jackass. Stop it. It was funny the first time, but it’s now just creepy and stalkerish. And it has really, really backfired. Stop it.
And I would note that LSU fans did this to Knowshon Moreno and Sarah Jessica Parker Wilson last year and how’d that work out? Please. Stop.
Agreed...
Every team in the SEC East already has at least one loss.
Does it make sense from Urban’s standpoint to play Tebow now at whatever % of health he is AND expose himself to unbelievably high amounts of hellfire scrutiny should he aggravate the injury?
It would be an incredible risk without much upside. I would say there’s a 90% chance we see Brantley, I hope our defense prepares accordingly…
Tebow
…should definitely not start. That was a nasty, nasty blow, and Florida knows that it would be terrible if they destroyed one of their best all time players because they got greedy for an undefeated season. I think Meyer and the Florida administration know that, and they will only let him play if they’re confident that he’ll be ok, regardless of Tebow’s wishes (part of me bets that he might hide symptoms so he can play because he is that competitive).
Which means we’ll probably see Brantley….which means that putting all that speed on defense and sacrificing some bulk was an excellent idea. We should hopefully be able to keep up with their passing offense, especially if Peterson has another brillant lock-down game. If we can establish the run (if….), we might be in for a very even and hard-fought game.
by Andrew Tessier on Oct 7, 2009 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions
“FOUR. Upon saying that, I’d rest Tebow because one more week to heal any injury is always good, and this game is, truth be told, not that important. Both teams will still control their SEC destinies, and probably their national title destinies, regardless of the outcome. I’m finding it hard to get really pumped for this game. "
This is EXACTLY the reason why we shouldn’t have a playoff.
In a playoff system, people stop worrying about regular season games
by 4.0 Point Stance on Oct 7, 2009 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions
That's great
but then we actually play intense, meaningful games at the end of the year, and decide a legitimate champion.
I'd rather
play intense, meaningful games in September, October, and November, than at the end of the year when not everybody’s healthy. Just as an example, and I don’t think this will happen, but imagine Alabama and Auburn are undefeated by the time the Iron Bowl rolls around and are looking forward to a 8 or 16-team playoff that they’re both guaranteed to qualify for. Who cares who wins the game? Save your players for the playoffs. You cajuns can imagine it as an undefeated LSU and Ole Miss at the end of the year if that helps, but devaluing the regular season would break my heart.
by rtr on Oct 8, 2009 9:36 AM CDT up reply actions
Auburn and Bama wouldn't care about the Iron Bowl if there were playoffs?
I’m not buying it.
CHAD JONES! WOOOO!!!!
I must have missed the part where the SECCG and bowl games aren't "intense" and "meaningful"
by 4.0 Point Stance on Oct 8, 2009 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Well bowl games
are such an aberration of teams’ actual abilities sometimes. For example, Utah comes into the Sugar Bowl psyched up to play Bama, but Bama is still thinking about how close they were to the NC. A lot of the bowls are still intense, and I like them, but we need to get a legitimate champion. Also, an 8 team playoff would NOT devalue the regular season. If you are taking the 6 conference champions, and 2 at large, you have no margin for error.
Sure there’s a margin for error.
Oregon’s Boise State loss, VT’s Bama loss, tOSU’s SC loss, OU’s BYU and Miami losses, Stanford’s Wake Forest loss, and NU’s VT loss would have been nearly irrelevant if the Big Six champions got automatic bids. By doing a tournament that way, you’re squeezing most non-conference interestingness out of the regular season and into the playoff.
*bump* U!
*set* of!
*SPIKE* OOOOOOOOO!
"[Louisiana] is the greatest football state in America."~Les Miles
Also, the Bayou Classic pwns whatever your I-AA does.
It's just college kids having fun...
lighten up about the texting. I think Brantley and those guys are having fun with it, too. Sending texts to Moreno had nothing to do with us not being able to tackle him, and as I remember, it worked out with Tebow in 2007. It cost JPW a huge penalty last year! As long as they’re not going over the top with it, what’s the big deal?
And how can we not be pumped up about this game? It’s huge in it’s own right! It’s crucial when you consider how good the West is this year. No team in the West can give a game away when you consider that we (ALA, AUB, Ole Miss, ARK) all may beat each other.
I’m finding it hard to get really pumped for this game.
Seriously? If you can’t get pumped about the #1 team in the country coming to town to play against your undefeated #4 ranked team at night in Death Valley, you might need to check the pulse!
Also, Tebow is going to play – let’s not kid ourselves. He’s practiced the past two days and it’s only Wednesday. Meyer is going to keep it secret until kickoff so that LSU has to prepare for 2 different guys and he’s going to pretend like he doesn’t understand why that would make things difficult for LSU. He knows exactly what he’s doing. There’s about 128 doctors following and testing Tebow continuously. He’ll be ready.
I'm pumped for the game
but I’m not pit of the stomach nervous about it the way I was for Georgia. Yes, there are still flaws, but the team showed a lot of improvement from the previous games. The D is coming along and we finally established a running game. Not guaranteeing a victory by any means, but there’s enough there to feel that we won’t get blown out and could potentially pull the upset if things go right.
As Richard pointed out before, if we had lost to Georgia, the Florida game became a must win if we wanted to have a chance at the SEC West, since the winner is likely not going to have more than one loss.
CHAD JONES! WOOOO!!!!
It helps playing at home I guess
I am pit of the stomach nervous for this one – playing you guys at night in BR is always tough!
i personally think urban meyer will have brantley and tebow playing
i would not play tebow at all. it has been proven that the sec can get a 2 loss team to the nc game. why take the chance. i would rest tebow at least another week.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Oct 7, 2009 11:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Anyone else see the Dr. Lou segment?
It gave me a very sudden, very bad feeling when I saw his outfit.
*bump* U!
*set* of!
*SPIKE* OOOOOOOOO!
"I can't wait to read Cal Golden Blogs after this." -my friend, leaving Autzen after the 42-3 beatdown of the Bears.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4544148
*bump* U!
*set* of!
*SPIKE* OOOOOOOOO!
"[Louisiana] is the greatest football state in America."~Les Miles
Also, the Bayou Classic pwns whatever your I-AA does.
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