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Florida certainly ran up the score, there is no other explanation for playing the starters all game and not running more when the outcome was determined (especially considering the Tennessee secondary was so thin due to injury and a patchwork unit). But I can't fault Urban at all...poor Florida wins the NC and has to start this year ranked (I think) 5 or 6? He has to get poll votes however he can to get BCS positioning, and hanging 50+ on people gets the job done.

JUST what I was going to say. That boy Urban ran quite a campaign for the National Championship. If they go in with LSwho, WhoSC, he'll have those big numbers to poo poo them.

Florida certainly ran up the score, there is no other explanation for playing the starters all game and not running more when the outcome was determined (especially considering the Tennessee secondary was so thin due to injury and a patchwork unit). But I can't fault Urban at all...poor Florida wins the NC and has to start this year ranked (I think) 5 or 6? He has to get poll votes however he can to get BCS positioning, and hanging 50+ on people gets the job done.

This is the point. Although I would have GREATLY preferred it being the other way around, I don't blame Florida at all. Without a playoff system it all comes down to the OPINION of a bunch of voters, some of which who have probably NEVER suited up and played the game. To that end, you have to score big points against all the teams, just ask undefeated Auburn from a few years back.

Congratulations Florida, I hope you lose the rest of your games. ;-)

JUST what I was going to say. That boy Urban ran quite a campaign for the National Championship. If they go in with LSwho, WhoSC, he'll have those big numbers to poo poo them.

WhoSC really hacks me off because they don't have a conference championship game.

Florida certainly ran up the score, there is no other explanation for playing the starters all game and not running more when the outcome was determined (especially considering the Tennessee secondary was so thin due to injury and a patchwork unit). But I can't fault Urban at all...poor Florida wins the NC and has to start this year ranked (I think) 5 or 6? He has to get poll votes however he can to get BCS positioning, and hanging 50+ on people gets the job done.

UF did not play their starters all game. They played their starters until UT did. And then the UF backups scored rather easily by running the ball. The score might have been worse if the backups had played sooner. It's fairly customary to keep your starters in until the other team surrenders. UF trailed by 15 at the end of the 3rd, and still Uf threw only one pass in the last 12 minutes of the game.

The week before, Troy scored 28 points in the 2nd half and there was a lot of noise about that so maybe there was a point Meyer was trying to make to his own team, which is young and inexperienced.

Maybe it was about trying to get better with a sophmore QB in his first SEC start. Whatever the reason, if you're UT or anyone else you don't whine about another team scoring on you in the last 10 minutes, you do everything you can to stop that from happening.

Or maybe it was about playing within the rules to gain votes to give give your team a chance to play in the last game of the season.

Again - I ask what is the definition of RUTS? And why don't you hear about it in other sports?

UF did not play their starters all game. They played their starters until UT did. And then the UF backups scored rather easily by running the ball. The score might have been worse if the backups had played sooner. It's fairly customary to keep your starters in until the other team surrenders. UF trailed by 15 at the end of the 3rd, and still Uf threw only one pass in the last 12 minutes of the game.

The week before, Troy scored 28 points in the 2nd half and there was a lot of noise about that so maybe there was a point Meyer was trying to make to his own team, which is young and inexperienced.

Maybe it was about trying to get better with a sophmore QB in his first SEC start. Whatever the reason, if you're UT or anyone else you don't whine about another team scoring on you in the last 10 minutes, you do everything you can to stop that from happening.

Or maybe it was about playing within the rules to gain votes to give give your team a chance to play in the last game of the season.

Again - I ask what is the definition of RUTS? And why don't you hear about it in other sports?

If they didn't play their starters the entire game including Tebow why did the announcers make mention of the fact that they didn't take Tebow out!

If they didn't play their starters the entire game including Tebow why did the announcers make mention of the fact that they didn't take Tebow out!

Meyer took Tebow out when Fulmer pulled Ainge. A lot of UF's second and third string played in the 2nd half. Cam Newton, the backup UF QB, played a couple of series and scored easily. Were the UT coaches and players upset that Tebow played in the 2nd half? The score was 28-20 in the 3rd quarter. At what score should tebow have been pulled? What do they mean by RUTS? Sounds like they are trying to save face when they are actually doing the opposite.

If they didn't play their starters the entire game including Tebow why did the announcers make mention of the fact that they didn't take Tebow out!

He's about to go pro, they just wanted to enjoy him while he's still around.

Please note, I am just kidding. I know that I "can't talk".

Well, to be honest I find it boring to watch a game that is a blowout. If Tennessee were to run the score up big on an opponent I would still find it unimpressive. People can believe that or not, but that is actually how I feel. I don't care for it, I don't care who it is. Games like that bore me.

LadyD...this is Miss Kitty, the football genius. I have a question...you don't like it when your team is behind and now you say you don't like it when they win big... ? You sound like Goldilocks looking for the game that is "just right"!!!

LadyD...this is Miss Kitty, the football genius. I have a question...you don't like it when your team is behind and now you say you don't like it when they win big... ? You sound like Goldilocks looking for the game that is "just right"!!!

This is why I go for the tailgating and use the binoculars to people watch. :roll:

The football genius sez...

Texas A&M at Miami(Florida)
Georgia Tech at Virginia
Florida at Ole Miss
Georgia at Alabama
Kentucky at Arkansas
New Mexico State at Auburn
South Carolina at LSU

I wonder if this sort of thing happens at the Cambridge Hooters when Harvard and Yale fans start talking smack?;-)

For two weeks I did my daily four-mile runs around the MIT Steinbrenner Stadium (football) before I realized it was a football stadium.:funn: It's just a football field with enough metal bleachers to seat at most 100 people.

Harvard and MIT do talk smack when it comes to other sports, like swimming and crew. But instead of fighting, they do pranks (like adding chemicals to the Charles River to fog it up and cause the crewing event to be canceled, or reprogramming an electronic street sign so that it says, "Harvard Sucks.";-)

LadyD...this is Miss Kitty, the football genius. I have a question...you don't like it when your team is behind and now you say you don't like it when they win big... ? You sound like Goldilocks looking for the game that is "just right"!!!

Yeah, I like games that are just right. I just don't find blowouts exciting. I like games where the team has to work for the win once in a while. A blowout game is not very exciting.

...this is Miss Kitty, the football genius.

I'll bet you win big in Vegas, too!

Miss Kitty, I hope I can get more games right this week so I can be up there near the top for a change. I did not do well at all the second week, did two better the 3rd week. Maybe this week I will have 6 pts. Upsets get me every time.

Kurt-RUTS is like porn;you know it when you see it, and Florida Field has often resembled a smut stand in the last 15 years;-)

Kurt-RUTS is like porn;you know it when you see it, and Florida Field has often resembled a smut stand in the last 15 years;-)

I don't know much about porn but I didn't see anything unsportsmanlike in the UF v. UT game. It feels odd being accused of running up the score by an SEC east team who many fans and writers predicted to win the division.

It's one thing for a fan to get upset about a blowout, but how would you feel if your players and coaches blamed the other team for beating them too badly?

You know I was making a comparison to the Supreme Court's famous definition of porn;-)

It is a sticky situation. I didn't pay full attention to the game once it became a rout, but I do know Florida scored its last TD with less than 3 minutes from something like 3 or 4 yards out. They already had 52 points on the board, so one could argue they could have knelt the ball four downs and let the clock run to nothing and give UT 95 yards and a few seconds. But, I know from my playing days floor the benchwarmers work just as hard as the starters and there isn't much joy to going in a game in the waning moments and being told to take a knee when you spend so much time doing drills learning how to block, run, etc. Like I said, I don't blame Urban for doing what he did.

You know I was making a comparison to the Supreme Court's famous definition of porn;-)

It is a sticky situation. I didn't pay full attention to the game once it became a rout, but I do know Florida scored its last TD with less than 3 minutes from something like 3 or 4 yards out. They already had 52 points on the board, so one could argue they could have knelt the ball four downs and let the clock run to nothing and give UT 95 yards and a few seconds. But, I know from my playing days floor the benchwarmers work just as hard as the starters and there isn't much joy to going in a game in the waning moments and being told to take a knee when you spend so much time doing drills learning how to block, run, etc. Like I said, I don't blame Urban for doing what he did.

Yes - the backup QB, Cam Newton, very much wanted to score his first career TD. Freshmen are like that.

Personally, I would have put him in the game earlier because he needs the reps. But as I said, the score might have been even worse. Maybe Meyer doesn't want a QB controversy. ;-)

You know I was making a comparison to the Supreme Court's famous definition of porn;-)

It is a sticky situation. I didn't pay full attention to the game once it became a rout, but I do know Florida scored its last TD with less than 3 minutes from something like 3 or 4 yards out. They already had 52 points on the board, so one could argue they could have knelt the ball four downs and let the clock run to nothing and give UT 95 yards and a few seconds. But, I know from my playing days floor the benchwarmers work just as hard as the starters and there isn't much joy to going in a game in the waning moments and being told to take a knee when you spend so much time doing drills learning how to block, run, etc. Like I said, I don't blame Urban for doing what he did.

Thanks Skunky. Tennessee has run out the clock on several occasions not scoring anymore. Kathy hunted up all these games of UT's where most of them were blowouts but some she listed were not. I could find out when those games were but I am sure they were back around 1998 probably from when they won the National Championship maybe. I am mad at the Tennessee players themselves for the way the game ended up. Their defense didn't show up late when needed. For a while they had some good defensive stops, but it was just like they gave up. I think they need to get rid of Fulmer and the entire bunch of coaches and start fresh. And they just gave each assisting coach a extension of their contracts I believe, or something, after the Southern Miss game. Maybe we can beat Arkansas State this week. But it is pay per view only. So I won't be paying for that.

How about 'dem Mizzou Tigers!!!! #25 in the polls!

How about 'dem Mizzou Tigers!!!! #25 in the polls!

Give a cheer for Mizzou's Tigers!

We will show 'em how to play.

Give a cheer for Mizzou's Tigers!

And our Tigers will win today.

We've got the team that will never retreat;

We've got the team they can never defeat!

Give a cheer for Mizzou's Tigers!

And our Tigers will win today!

Give a cheer for Mizzou's Tigers!

And our Tigers will win today!

GO TIGERS!

...you're the best gttbm. My $$ and my son go to Mizzou!

Texas A&M at Miami(Florida)
Georgia Tech at Virginia
Florida at Ole Miss
Georgia at Alabama
Kentucky at Arkansas
New Mexico State at Auburn
South Carolina at LSU

For the frustrated fans...

Texas A&M at Miami(Florida)
Georgia Tech at Virginia
Florida at Ole Miss
Georgia at Alabama
Kentucky at Arkansas
New Mexico State at Auburn
South Carolina at LSU