The Florida Gator’s QB Chris Leak after receiving the opening game kick-off and driving for a score said “I wanted to give the defense a rest.” I guess Leak thought the defense got tired during their pre-game warm-ups. Probably Leak was trying to say something like thanks to the defense for carrying the offense for every game to date except for the Alabama game. Because of other teams injuries the Gator defense hadn’t played against a real starting quarterback since Alabama’s Brodie Coyle kicked their butts for them 31 to 3.Vanderbilt’s QB Jay Cutler is one of the SEC’s better quarterbacks and he racked up 42 points against the Gator defense. It is hard to believe that if the Gators beat Spurrier’s South Carolina team and the Georgia Bulldogs lose the Gators could be 8-3 and winners of the Eastern Division of the SEC eligible for a rematch with Alabama in the SEC title game. New coach Urban Meyer will have gotten off to a better start than any new coach in Gator history. So...why do I feel like this has been a terrible season and that the Gators will be lucky if they can beat the Ole Ball Coach in South Carolina this week-end. Chris Leak has been a disappointment to me and I was hoping Meyer would give Josh Portis some opportunities to show what he can do. Portis recognized as far and away a better runner than Leak was put into the game replacing Leak on three occasions against Vandy. Of course every scouting report in existence says Portis is an outstanding runner but not as good a passer as Leak. Meyer or his brilliant play caller of course had Portis run with the ball all three times he put him in the game. You know Coach, Vanderbilt’s defense probably was expecting Portis to run with the ball and that could have been why he gained nothing on his three running plays.
I still hear the crowds "Over-rated, OVER RATED!!" jeers ringing in the Alabama stadium.
I must admit I think Steve Spurrier probably was treated badly and should have been rehired by the University of Florida. Steve is in my opinion the best college football coach ever. I am still puzzelled as to why he didn't do well with the Redskins.
The Browns barely beat the worst team in the NFL last week scoring 21 points to the Titans 14 and Houston beat the Browns the week before for the Texans only win of the season. Braylon Edwards seems to be watching Terrell Owens and is tip toeing around his act, testing the waters.
I wish they played under the same rules today as when I played. Get out the old films Coach Crennell and show your boys what I did to Redskin’s Hall of Famer Bobby Mitchell and the Cowboy’s Bullet Bob Hayes and have them give that selfish jerk, Owens a dose of that. I can’t believe that the NFL actually changed a league tackling rule to protect T.O.’s big mouth. I applaud the Eagles for suspending him. I wish I could have had a shot at T.O. in 1960's under the 60's rules, I’d have done my best to rip one of those diamond earrings off his head and stuffed it down his throat. Football is a team game if the league wants to turn it into The Jerry Springer Show then keep letting the T.O.’s and the Randy Mosses pull their self aggrandizing acts.
I watched the 1964 Browns highlight films the other day and the most striking thing about the film was watching Jim Brown, Ernie Green, Paul Warfield, Gary Collins, Johnny Brewer, Clifton McNiel, Frank Ryan, Charlie Scales, Jim Houston toss the ball to the official in the end zone after they scored. Leroy Kelly spiked the ball once after returning a punt for a touchdown against our hated rivals the NY Giants. That was the first time I ever saw a player spike the ball. At the time it seemed appropriate. The game still had dignity at that point
I played 45 years too early for a lot of reasons.
AND…if the Browns take a long range approach they don’t play Charlie Frye, they lose the rest of their games and draft offensive linemen to protect Frye for next year.
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