Well, at least he's honest. Asked for his reaction to suffering the first home loss in his two-plus year tenure, Florida's Urban Meyer put it succinctly: Yeah... I'm sick to my stomach. Not sick to my stomach of the effort, but just sick to my stomach when you lose. It... It sucks.Welcome to Earth, coach. "It sucks" is what most of the rest of us have been saying during your school's two-year, multi-sport reign of terror. Though it's not like this loss signals the end of anything: the Gators of course lost to Auburn last year, and it ended up just fine for them. That's why this headline from the Tampa Tribune's website: "The Secret Is Out: Gators Are Exposed" seems a little over the top to me. That article's explanation of the game:
Nothing worked as planned. The team that was averaging 49 points and 500 yards of offense per game was held to 17 points and defeated by a last-second field goal. Tim Tebow wasn't Superman. The offense wasn't in shape. Running backs couldn't run.So Tebow is human after all... or is he? He still racked up 276 yards of offense Saturday night. But what he couldn't do, and what his defense couldn't do, was get the Tiger offense off the field. Sunday Morning Quarterback points out that Auburn gained 23 first downs and held the ball for 33 minutes, allowing only 55 offensive snaps for the Gators. Florida still averaged 5.7 yards per play, a yard better than their performance in last year's championship game rout of Ohio State... but scored 24 fewer points.
Exposed? Not really, Florida can still move the ball. But one method of beating them has been proven. So I suppose Meyer's still right: if you're a Gator, that must suck.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-01-2007 @ 6:34AM
greg said...
It's scary how good the gators are going to be next year and the year after that.Follow their recruits coming in.
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10-01-2007 @ 10:47AM
rowefork said...
That's it in a nutshell, Greg. Teams need to get to them now because the next couple of years will be scary. Heck, they are going to be in the hunt this year if they can get back LSU but that's a huge IF...
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10-01-2007 @ 12:12PM
beuycek said...
So greg and rowefork, are you saying the Gators were overrated from the jump? "Yeah, wait until next year!" Hilarious. I guarantee you were singing a much different tune last week. My, how things change when yuo get exposed as a fraud.
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10-01-2007 @ 1:16PM
Charlie said...
Greg and rowefork, now it seems like you have written your precious Gators off for the season. I hate the typical "let's look at next year" response. Now everyone knows that Tebow GOD Almighty against a good defense.
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10-01-2007 @ 3:52PM
Gator said...
LMAO they would if Auburn had the players that could get them to thr SEC Championship! That sure sounds like you are looking to future years to come.
Go Gators! SEC Championship bound hope Auburn is there! LMAO.........
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10-01-2007 @ 6:00PM
Charlie said...
Sorry Gators, but a few teams in the SEC East pretty much rule out your SEC CHAMP chances.
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10-01-2007 @ 6:55PM
KGar said...
Urban jumps ship to the NFL and the big$ as soon as Tebow leaves. Hate to tell Gator fans but Pete and Urban will both go to paid football as soon as pricetag hits $10 mil. Carroll to San Diego Chargers as soon as SC picks up NCAA title #12 which should happen this season.
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10-01-2007 @ 7:04PM
Charlie said...
KGar I agree w/ what u said. The next question is when will Saban leave or be booted from Alabama.
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10-02-2007 @ 8:03AM
cody said...
Yeah they will be great - they don't play Auburn next year!
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11-07-2007 @ 4:03PM
extreambuckeyefan said...
hey GAYtor fans can your urban cry his way even to a sec championship spot this year.the thought of the auburn kickere doing your own arm chomp has been added to my memery forever.but on the bright side look who's number 1 for the past 4 weeks and if we win out we'll be back at the big game agin.so see ya around GAYtors ha! ha! ha! ha!
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