Thursday, September 30, 2021

[gatortalk] Let's play Pick 'em

http://pickem.g8r.com

I think I have all the betting lines correct this week, and not reversed! But hey, it boosts everyone's scores when it happens!

BEAT KENTUCKY.

John and Oz
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[gatortalk] Fwd: [gatornews] [SUN]: Gators grab road sweep over Bulldogs in SEC volleyball

As you can see from the scores, the last set was the most competitive. 
The dogs got up on our girls for a large portion of it.
But, in the end our Gators stomped on their little dog hearts for the victory.
A very satisfying moment for me.


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From: Shane Ford <goufgators01@gmail.com>
Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Gators grab road sweep over Bulldogs in SEC volleyball
Date: September 30, 2021 at 9:43:34 AM CDT

Gators grab road sweep over Bulldogs in SEC volleyball

Special to Gatorsports.com


ATHENS, Ga. – The 22nd-ranked Florida volleyball team defeated Georgia in straight sets Wednesday night in Stegeman Coliseum.

"The challenges haven't stopped, but tonight the team showed so much resiliency to play as focused and as well as we did on the road," UF coach Mary Wise said.  

The Gators (8-5, 2-1 SEC) took the first set from the Dawgs ((4-9, 0-2), 25-14, and followed with a 25-17 decision in the second to go up 2-0. UF closed it out with a tight 26-24 battle in the final set.

Florida's offense was led by a 13-kill effort from T'ara Ceasar, while Thayer Hall pitched in 11 kills. Both of the outsides notched a .345 clip in the three-setter.

Merritt Beason and Lauren Forte each recorded eight kills on the night, tallying .400 and .375 clips, respectively.

Marlie Monserez registered 40 assists in the match, leading Florida to a .346 clip in the three-setter. The senior setter became just the seventh Gator to record at least 3,000 assists in a career.

As a team, Florida registered 9.0 blocks at the net, led by five from Lauren Dooley. Beason, Ceasar and Forte each added three blocks apiece in the victory.

The backcourt defense was led by Elli McKissock, who recorded a 10-dig performance. Hall added seven digs of her own on the night, while Beason added six.

Ceasar posted a team-high three service aces in the match, followed by a career-high two from Beason.

The Gators continue their conference slate with a two-match series against Ole Miss, beginning Saturday in Exactech Arena. Saturday's first serve is schedule for 3 p.m., while Sunday's match is scheduled for a 1 p.m. start.

















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Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Re: [gatortalk] SEC Shorts

The not too subtle subtitles are also a riot.

-Zeb

On Sep 27, 2021, at 7:56 PM, 'Oliver Barry' via GatorTalk <gatortalk@googlegroups.com> wrote:

A beautiful ending! Brings a tear to my eye!! 

Oliver Barry CRS, GRI
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On Sep 27, 2021, at 6:32 PM, Helen Huntley <hhsgator@gmail.com> wrote:


So I just discovered SEC Shorts on YouTube and they are pretty funny, Check out this one and be sure to watch until the end:
Helen

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[gatortalk] Pick 'em results

Congrats to Jenny Lamb and Tod Drost, who went 11-1 to take first place last Saturday in Pick 'em.

13 people were 10-2: Bruce Smith, Damian Beiter, Eric Wimer, Jesse Crant, Jim Saurman, Larry Richter, Mary Lynn, Michael Turner, Mike Holland, Rick Miller, Scott Lucas, Susan Salem, and Tim McCausland.

For the year, Mary Lynn is a scorching 28-8, followed by Brian Hicks and Troy Bleeker at 26-10.

We'll play again this week.

Results: http://pickem.g8r.com

Beat the Cats!

John and Oz



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Monday, September 27, 2021

Re: [gatortalk] SEC Shorts

A beautiful ending! Brings a tear to my eye!! 

Oliver Barry CRS, GRI
Real Estate Broker 
Crye-Leike, Realtors 
964 Main St
Nashville, TN 37206
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Mobile: 615-972-4239
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On Sep 27, 2021, at 6:32 PM, Helen Huntley <hhsgator@gmail.com> wrote:


So I just discovered SEC Shorts on YouTube and they are pretty funny, Check out this one and be sure to watch until the end:
Helen

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[gatortalk] SEC Shorts

So I just discovered SEC Shorts on YouTube and they are pretty funny, Check out this one and be sure to watch until the end:
Helen

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021

[gatortalk] Let's play Pick 'em

http://pickem.g8r.com

Best of luck, and Go Gators!

John and Oz
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Tuesday, September 21, 2021

[gatortalk] Pick 'em results

Some high scores last Saturday in Pick 'em. Three folks were 11-1, namely Jim Schenone, John Bowers, and Ken Duffield.

Ten more were 10-2: Brian Hicks, Dean Tilman, Eric Wimer, Frazier Chiles, G Anderson, Mary Lynn, Peter Sones, Steve Crider, Tim Roberts, and Troy Bleeker.

For the early year-to-date, John Bowers and Mary Lynn are at 18-6, followed by Alan Russell, Brian Hicks, Dean Tilman, Jim Mesojedec, Jim Schenone, Peter Sones, and Troy Bleeker at 17-7.

We shall play again this week as Tennessee comes to town.

Results: http://pickem.g8r.com

Go Gators!

John and Oz

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Thursday, September 16, 2021

[gatortalk] Let's play Pick 'em

Head on over and give it a try. And let's Go Gators!

http://pickem.g8r.com

John and Oz


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Tuesday, September 14, 2021

[gatortalk] Pick 'em results

Congrats to Alan Russell, who was 9-3 last Saturday, taking top honors in Pick 'em.

Tied for second at 8-4 were Daniel Ruth, Denise Vandiver, Edward King, Ernesto Zayas, Jim Mesojedec, Justin Harrell, and Mary Lynn.

We'll play again this week.

Results: http://pickem.g8r.com

John and Oz



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Thursday, September 9, 2021

RE: [gatortalk] Fwd: [gatornews] [SUN]: Whitley: There's no way to spin it, UF has a 'QB controversy'

Mullen also stood by Felipe Franks and didn't play Trask and it took a broken leg to get Felipe off the field.  Mullen is a good coach, but not always the best judge of talent and certainly too loyal to underperforming quaterbacks.

 

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There's no way to spin it. This writer wants to gin up a quarterback controversy. 

The coach has been there, every day, with both quarterbacks, in practice. 

Dan Mullin says Emory is his starter. He's also developing a package for Richardson, including work at WR. 

This kind of reporting works ok for the Times Union. But, the Gainesville paper needs to report facts, not controversy. 

Oliver Barry CRS, GRI

Real Estate Broker 

Crye-Leike, Realtors 

964 Main St

Nashville, TN 37206

Office: 615-650-7447

Mobile: 615-972-4239


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From: Shane Ford <goufgators01@gmail.com>
Date: September 9, 2021 at 6:23:27 AM CDT
To: GatorNews <gatornews@googlegroups.com>
Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]:  Whitley: There's no way to spin it, UF has a 'QB controversy'
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Whitley: There's no way to spin it, UF has a 'QB controversy'

David Whitley

The Gainesville Sun

Whether it was spontaneous or contrived, Dan Mullen got a flummoxed look on his face when the No. 1 topic on everyone's mind came up right after Florida beat FAU.

Quarterback controversy? What quarterback controversy?

"They're not very controversial guys," Mullen said. "They're really nice guys."

By all accounts, Emory Jones and Anthony Richardson are indeed splendid fellows. But that doesn't change the eternal football equation that A + B = C.

A is having two relatively equal players. B is those players are quarterbacks. C is c-c-c-controversy.

More:Whitley grades the Gators

No QB controversy?: Mullen always planned to play Jones, Richardson in 2021

Related story:Whitley: UF's chalks up a worrisome win

Put them together, and you have the phrase coaches hate worse than, "The NCAA is calling on Line 1." But by all football definitions, the Gators have a "Quarterback Controversy."

For brevity's sake, let's just call it QBC. Not to be confused with QVC, where you can never find a good SEC quarterback on clearance.

Jones admits he was not as sharp in his starting debut as everybody at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium hoped. His understudy came in and wowed the crowd with his hurdling ability and breakaway runs.

Jones has been around long enough to know what that meant — QBC.

"That's expected," he said. "(Richardson) went out there and did his thing. He played good. I'm happy for him."

The funny thing is, Jeremiah Moon came off the bench and had a stellar effort at the Buck position, but you don't hear much about him replacing Brenton Cox Jr. And we've barely heard a peep about whether Chris Howard or Jace Christmann should be the No. 1 kicker.

Has anyone ever even heard of a "Left Guard Controversy"?

The football vocabulary limits "controversy" to one position. That doubtless seems unfair to the starting safety who gets replaced by the coach's one-legged nephew. But if he wanted the world to notice, he should have become a quarterback.

The position has outsized importance, so it gets outsized scrutiny. A lineman can get away with a blown blocking assignment, but everybody can see when the quarterback messes up.

Every person at the bar can have a semi-informed opinion about the quarterback. And conflicting opinions make for stimulating conversation.

That's why Chicago's been consumed by the Justin Fields-Andy Dalton QBC. New Englanders spent their summer obsessing over Mac Jones or Cam Newton.

Fans and media love to talk about QBCs as much as coaches hate them. I took a load of yard trash to the county dump Tuesday, and the two guys working there were debating Jones vs. Richardson.

I did not run into Mullen there, but he'd probably rolled his eyes at the discussion. In his mind, there's nothing "controversial" about the Gators' QBC.

For one thing, the two supposed rivals aren't going to provide any tabloid headlines. Richardson's been retweeting stories about Jones deserving to be the starter.

"Stay tuned and watch my guy work!" he wrote.

Mutual admiration society aside, Jones has a better grasp of the offense. And he's been around long enough to know what he's doing wrong.

Mullen thinks Jones played pretty well overall, but there were some rushed bad reads and inaccurate throws. The big question is whether those were first-game glitches or they're ongoing problems.

"You can't change how you played last week. It is what it is," Mullen said. "What do you learn from it moving on?"

As for sharing QB duties, optimists can hearken back to Noah Brindise and Doug Johnson alternating plays in 1997, or Tim Tebow subbing for Chris Leak in 2007. Those were different situations.

A clear No. 1 makes life easier for everyone. The 2021 plan was always for the redshirt freshman to get a lot of snaps, but the redshirt junior would be the starter.

Now the image of Richardson hurdling that would-be FAU tackler is seared into fans' minds. It's easy to forget he was also 3-for-8 passing.

Overreacting is another QBC feature. Cris Collinsworth threw a 99-yard touchdown pass in his first game for Florida. Nobody suspected then that he'd end up being a much better receiver than quarterback.

For now, Jones has earned the top spot. His maturity and knowledge of the playbook gives the Gators the best chance to succeed.

 But don't be thrown off by the look on Mullen's face. He knows a QBC is what it is.

And if Jones doesn't improve in a hurry, this one has only just begun.

— David Whitley is The Gainesville Sun's sports columnist. Contact him at dwhitley@gannett.com. And follow him on Twitter: @DavidEWhitley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Re: [gatortalk] Fwd: [gatornews] [SUN]: Whitley: There's no way to spin it, UF has a 'QB controversy'

I was very disappointed in EJ's after the first 2 drives.  I don't understand what happened after that?  He obviously was nervous, played tight and made some very bad reads and decisions with the ball the rest of the game.  I have never expected him to be the next Trask throwing the ball, but I didn't expect him to look as bad as Franks out there.  He looked terrible in his one INT, where he stared down the safety and threw it to him anyway.  Then, who calls a QB keeper from the 5 yd line?  Maybe he still has time to develop for next year, but I don't see how Coach can keep AR on the bench next season also.  

I think AR is going to be a freak next year with another year under his belt.  He reads the field MUCH better than EJ does, you could see it on display when he played.  He's still raw in the offense.  I think Saban would have a field day if we rolled him out as starter for that game. I think we need to continue playing both QB's, big I definitely think AR is our future QB. 

Go Gators!!!


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On Sep 9, 2021, at 11:42 AM, 'Oliver Barry' via GatorTalk <gatortalk@googlegroups.com> wrote:

There's no way to spin it. This writer wants to gin up a quarterback controversy. 
The coach has been there, every day, with both quarterbacks, in practice. 
Dan Mullin says Emory is his starter. He's also developing a package for Richardson, including work at WR. 
This kind of reporting works ok for the Times Union. But, the Gainesville paper needs to report facts, not controversy. 

Oliver Barry CRS, GRI
Real Estate Broker 
Crye-Leike, Realtors 
964 Main St
Nashville, TN 37206
Office: 615-650-7447
Mobile: 615-972-4239
barryo@realtracs.com

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From: Shane Ford <goufgators01@gmail.com>
Date: September 9, 2021 at 6:23:27 AM CDT
To: GatorNews <gatornews@googlegroups.com>
Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]:  Whitley: There's no way to spin it, UF has a 'QB controversy'
Reply-To: gatornews+owners@googlegroups.com



Whitley: There's no way to spin it, UF has a 'QB controversy'

David Whitley
The Gainesville Sun


Whether it was spontaneous or contrived, Dan Mullen got a flummoxed look on his face when the No. 1 topic on everyone's mind came up right after Florida beat FAU.

Quarterback controversy? What quarterback controversy?

"They're not very controversial guys," Mullen said. "They're really nice guys."

By all accounts, Emory Jones and Anthony Richardson are indeed splendid fellows. But that doesn't change the eternal football equation that A + B = C.

A is having two relatively equal players. B is those players are quarterbacks. C is c-c-c-controversy.

More:Whitley grades the Gators

No QB controversy?: Mullen always planned to play Jones, Richardson in 2021

Related story:Whitley: UF's chalks up a worrisome win

Put them together, and you have the phrase coaches hate worse than, "The NCAA is calling on Line 1." But by all football definitions, the Gators have a "Quarterback Controversy."

For brevity's sake, let's just call it QBC. Not to be confused with QVC, where you can never find a good SEC quarterback on clearance.

Jones admits he was not as sharp in his starting debut as everybody at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium hoped. His understudy came in and wowed the crowd with his hurdling ability and breakaway runs.

Jones has been around long enough to know what that meant — QBC.

"That's expected," he said. "(Richardson) went out there and did his thing. He played good. I'm happy for him."

The funny thing is, Jeremiah Moon came off the bench and had a stellar effort at the Buck position, but you don't hear much about him replacing Brenton Cox Jr. And we've barely heard a peep about whether Chris Howard or Jace Christmann should be the No. 1 kicker.

Has anyone ever even heard of a "Left Guard Controversy"?

The football vocabulary limits "controversy" to one position. That doubtless seems unfair to the starting safety who gets replaced by the coach's one-legged nephew. But if he wanted the world to notice, he should have become a quarterback.

The position has outsized importance, so it gets outsized scrutiny. A lineman can get away with a blown blocking assignment, but everybody can see when the quarterback messes up.

Every person at the bar can have a semi-informed opinion about the quarterback. And conflicting opinions make for stimulating conversation.

That's why Chicago's been consumed by the Justin Fields-Andy Dalton QBC. New Englanders spent their summer obsessing over Mac Jones or Cam Newton.

Fans and media love to talk about QBCs as much as coaches hate them. I took a load of yard trash to the county dump Tuesday, and the two guys working there were debating Jones vs. Richardson.

I did not run into Mullen there, but he'd probably rolled his eyes at the discussion. In his mind, there's nothing "controversial" about the Gators' QBC.

For one thing, the two supposed rivals aren't going to provide any tabloid headlines. Richardson's been retweeting stories about Jones deserving to be the starter.

"Stay tuned and watch my guy work!" he wrote.

Mutual admiration society aside, Jones has a better grasp of the offense. And he's been around long enough to know what he's doing wrong.

Mullen thinks Jones played pretty well overall, but there were some rushed bad reads and inaccurate throws. The big question is whether those were first-game glitches or they're ongoing problems.

"You can't change how you played last week. It is what it is," Mullen said. "What do you learn from it moving on?"

As for sharing QB duties, optimists can hearken back to Noah Brindise and Doug Johnson alternating plays in 1997, or Tim Tebow subbing for Chris Leak in 2007. Those were different situations.

A clear No. 1 makes life easier for everyone. The 2021 plan was always for the redshirt freshman to get a lot of snaps, but the redshirt junior would be the starter.

Now the image of Richardson hurdling that would-be FAU tackler is seared into fans' minds. It's easy to forget he was also 3-for-8 passing.

Overreacting is another QBC feature. Cris Collinsworth threw a 99-yard touchdown pass in his first game for Florida. Nobody suspected then that he'd end up being a much better receiver than quarterback.

For now, Jones has earned the top spot. His maturity and knowledge of the playbook gives the Gators the best chance to succeed.

 But don't be thrown off by the look on Mullen's face. He knows a QBC is what it is.

And if Jones doesn't improve in a hurry, this one has only just begun.

— David Whitley is The Gainesville Sun's sports columnist. Contact him at dwhitley@gannett.com. And follow him on Twitter: @DavidEWhitley
















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[gatortalk] Fwd: [gatornews] [SUN]: Whitley: There's no way to spin it, UF has a 'QB controversy'

There's no way to spin it. This writer wants to gin up a quarterback controversy. 
The coach has been there, every day, with both quarterbacks, in practice. 
Dan Mullin says Emory is his starter. He's also developing a package for Richardson, including work at WR. 
This kind of reporting works ok for the Times Union. But, the Gainesville paper needs to report facts, not controversy. 

Oliver Barry CRS, GRI
Real Estate Broker 
Crye-Leike, Realtors 
964 Main St
Nashville, TN 37206
Office: 615-650-7447
Mobile: 615-972-4239
barryo@realtracs.com

Begin forwarded message:

From: Shane Ford <goufgators01@gmail.com>
Date: September 9, 2021 at 6:23:27 AM CDT
To: GatorNews <gatornews@googlegroups.com>
Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]:  Whitley: There's no way to spin it, UF has a 'QB controversy'
Reply-To: gatornews+owners@googlegroups.com



Whitley: There's no way to spin it, UF has a 'QB controversy'

David Whitley
The Gainesville Sun


Whether it was spontaneous or contrived, Dan Mullen got a flummoxed look on his face when the No. 1 topic on everyone's mind came up right after Florida beat FAU.

Quarterback controversy? What quarterback controversy?

"They're not very controversial guys," Mullen said. "They're really nice guys."

By all accounts, Emory Jones and Anthony Richardson are indeed splendid fellows. But that doesn't change the eternal football equation that A + B = C.

A is having two relatively equal players. B is those players are quarterbacks. C is c-c-c-controversy.

More:Whitley grades the Gators

No QB controversy?: Mullen always planned to play Jones, Richardson in 2021

Related story:Whitley: UF's chalks up a worrisome win

Put them together, and you have the phrase coaches hate worse than, "The NCAA is calling on Line 1." But by all football definitions, the Gators have a "Quarterback Controversy."

For brevity's sake, let's just call it QBC. Not to be confused with QVC, where you can never find a good SEC quarterback on clearance.

Jones admits he was not as sharp in his starting debut as everybody at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium hoped. His understudy came in and wowed the crowd with his hurdling ability and breakaway runs.

Jones has been around long enough to know what that meant — QBC.

"That's expected," he said. "(Richardson) went out there and did his thing. He played good. I'm happy for him."

The funny thing is, Jeremiah Moon came off the bench and had a stellar effort at the Buck position, but you don't hear much about him replacing Brenton Cox Jr. And we've barely heard a peep about whether Chris Howard or Jace Christmann should be the No. 1 kicker.

Has anyone ever even heard of a "Left Guard Controversy"?

The football vocabulary limits "controversy" to one position. That doubtless seems unfair to the starting safety who gets replaced by the coach's one-legged nephew. But if he wanted the world to notice, he should have become a quarterback.

The position has outsized importance, so it gets outsized scrutiny. A lineman can get away with a blown blocking assignment, but everybody can see when the quarterback messes up.

Every person at the bar can have a semi-informed opinion about the quarterback. And conflicting opinions make for stimulating conversation.

That's why Chicago's been consumed by the Justin Fields-Andy Dalton QBC. New Englanders spent their summer obsessing over Mac Jones or Cam Newton.

Fans and media love to talk about QBCs as much as coaches hate them. I took a load of yard trash to the county dump Tuesday, and the two guys working there were debating Jones vs. Richardson.

I did not run into Mullen there, but he'd probably rolled his eyes at the discussion. In his mind, there's nothing "controversial" about the Gators' QBC.

For one thing, the two supposed rivals aren't going to provide any tabloid headlines. Richardson's been retweeting stories about Jones deserving to be the starter.

"Stay tuned and watch my guy work!" he wrote.

Mutual admiration society aside, Jones has a better grasp of the offense. And he's been around long enough to know what he's doing wrong.

Mullen thinks Jones played pretty well overall, but there were some rushed bad reads and inaccurate throws. The big question is whether those were first-game glitches or they're ongoing problems.

"You can't change how you played last week. It is what it is," Mullen said. "What do you learn from it moving on?"

As for sharing QB duties, optimists can hearken back to Noah Brindise and Doug Johnson alternating plays in 1997, or Tim Tebow subbing for Chris Leak in 2007. Those were different situations.

A clear No. 1 makes life easier for everyone. The 2021 plan was always for the redshirt freshman to get a lot of snaps, but the redshirt junior would be the starter.

Now the image of Richardson hurdling that would-be FAU tackler is seared into fans' minds. It's easy to forget he was also 3-for-8 passing.

Overreacting is another QBC feature. Cris Collinsworth threw a 99-yard touchdown pass in his first game for Florida. Nobody suspected then that he'd end up being a much better receiver than quarterback.

For now, Jones has earned the top spot. His maturity and knowledge of the playbook gives the Gators the best chance to succeed.

 But don't be thrown off by the look on Mullen's face. He knows a QBC is what it is.

And if Jones doesn't improve in a hurry, this one has only just begun.

— David Whitley is The Gainesville Sun's sports columnist. Contact him at dwhitley@gannett.com. And follow him on Twitter: @DavidEWhitley
















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