Urban Meyer has a 28-3 (.903) record when having more than a week to prepare for
a game (season openers, bowl games and coming off a bye week).

No one asked about Auburn Jibi. Don't worry your time is coming.

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Hey Otto, why is everyone calling you jibi?

Go Gators. Go Tigers. Go Dawgs. Go Gophers. Don't have to say Go Huskers as they already did! I hope all of your teams, and mine, have massive W's today.

(If all the above come true, Kiffin will have another L which will make my day.)

Tebow will play if cleared this afternoon. He has been cleared the last 2 days so no reason to think he wont be cleared again. Don't know how much he will play or will he rotate with Brantley.

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is 18-5 against the top 25.

so funny how the talking heads think they know more than 12 doctors, 4 of them aren't even from UF.

Did anyone say anything when Colt Brennan had a concussion his senior year, which many say was a grade 2 and he played 6 days later?

YouTube - Fresno State vs. Hawaii 2007

Now that was a hit.. Ouch!

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is 18-5 against the top 25.

Auburn is playing pathetic today. The game is getting ugly and we still have to kickoff to them to start the second half. This better be one hell of a halftime speech. Let's hope the refs will ease up on the bad calls against one team in the second half, as well.

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I got espn360 about a week ago and watched that 1st half of Auburn-Arkansas. That was just a brutal performance. I will have to put a tie for lackluster 1st halfs with Boston College who looked maybe even more lifeless.

I REALLY wish Ben Tate would not have fumbled that football inside the 5 yard line. If we would have scored there, we'd now be up 31-27. GOOD LORD! 20 points in the 3rd quarter. Let's see what happens in the 4th. Down by 11. C'MON AUBURN!

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Really? You still talking about this? This looks like a piece made where someone from Nebraska (local affiliate maybe?) asked each guy what is great about Nebraska and they answered the question and gave typical TV guy responses in that situation. Consider me not impressed yet again by your arguments.

What was with the Creighton comment by that one guy? Is that true Nebraska fans jump on the Creighton basketball bandwagon?

Oh well, proved too much of a deficit to overcome. Sucks. Georgia also losing big...

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Man, what is up with Georgia.. they suck. They allowed Crompton to throw a career-high 310 yards and 4 TD's. He is arguably the worse QB in the SEC. Wow, Mark Richt is going to be coming under fire soon if they don't play better.

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is 18-5 against the top 25.

Wow, shocked at both the Auburn & Georgia games. Sorry, jibi & Dawg, sure expected both your teams to be winners today.

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Anytime Lame Kiffin win's it sucks. I thought Arkansas offense was pretty good, that's why I asked you earlier in the Week how confident you were. I thought it would be close but Auburn would pull it out.

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- Urban Meyer holds a 7-1 record at UF against top-five teams, a 11-2 mark against top-10 opponents and
is 18-5 against the top 25.

I'm not sure if you watched the game, but Auburn was flagged for a TON of passing interference, etc. Some of the calls were warranted, but others were far from legit. Meanwhile, the Hogs defense ripped Fannin's helmet off after he was tackled (no call), flexed Todd's head backwards after a near sack (no call), etc. I'm not a fan of calling BS on the refs, but a number of the first half scoring for Arkansas was a direct result of these penalties.

That doesn't excuse our offense for not waking up until the second half, though. And the 14-point swing on the Tate fumble really just killed us. Nothing went our way today and we lost by 3 TDs. Sigh.

Tate ended up with nearly 200 yards rushing against 8-9 in the box, so all's not lost. We play bad during early games and it definitely showed in this game.

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No, I didn't watch the game, just saw highlights. Since I didn't see the game I can't comment on the Refs. But, I think people who blow off bad officiating have it wrong. I can name you times where a bad call has directly caused a loss of a game (Ohio State V. Miami) for example. One could even argue about the Georgia-LSU game. When are these officials who consistently make bad call's going be held accountable? I mean, how long would you be employed if you continued to perform poorly. It seems the same officials can have bad games over and over and still keep their jobs.

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- Urban Meyer holds a 7-1 record at UF against top-five teams, a 11-2 mark against top-10 opponents and
is 18-5 against the top 25.

The ultimate problem: A coach or player or institution cannot comment or criticize the officials or their poor officiating. Why not?

Speaking of game-changing bad calls, I'm sure you remember the Dallas Baker call and the subsequent no-start on the clock? Some days, it really seems like they're out to get you.

As for blaming them entirely for today's loss, I'd be stupid to do that. We had a number of untimely fumbles and miscues that took us out of the game before we ever had a chance to get into it. By the time we recovered, it was too late. It's one thing if both teams have bad calls, but it's an entirely different thing when it seems that one team feels the brunt of nearly every bad call. The refs were definitely not free of wrongdoing, but Auburn definitely had a gun pointed to every players' feet earlier.

Oh well, time to forget the loss and move on.

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While I think Florida has done great tonight, you can see that something is missing from the passing game. I don't think they'll lose in the regular season, but I think this is the only weakness for the Gators. Florida has too many talented receivers to have so few targets in that area.

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Yeah, if you didn't watch the game, the score did not indicate the game. We totally dominated in every category of this game. We were not real sharp on Offense, some of Tebows throws were off. Our D had a complete game, they dominated. After 6 games our defense has only allowed 1 passing TD and 1 rushing TD, pretty amazing.

After seeing LSU tonight, how do you think Auburn will fair? I am a little concerned about Arkansas, but being at home (homecoming) makes me feel a lot better.

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- Urban Meyer holds a 7-1 record at UF against top-five teams, a 11-2 mark against top-10 opponents and
is 18-5 against the top 25.

It is still a long season. I have watched about every Alabama game this year. That team is solid all the way around. IF those 2 teams can win out, and that is big if, that will be one hell of a SEC champ game.

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- More wins in the last 3 years than any other team in the nation.
- Urban Meyer holds a 7-1 record at UF against top-five teams, a 11-2 mark against top-10 opponents and
is 18-5 against the top 25.

Florida's defense was HUGE. I watched the entire game and could see that LSU really never could even think about getting started on offense. I will say that I liked what they eventually did to the Pouncey kid, though. That was quite annoying and wished it happened a lot earlier. I think if that would have happened earlier in the game, it could have been an entirely different story, though. The Florida offense just kind of caved at that point.

Given that LSU's offense was plugged and demolished by the Florida defense, I don't feel any better about our chances against them. We're simply too thin at defense to even think about competing at that level, to be honest (yes, I guess it's time to be realistic about the situation). We dressed 4 LBs and 2 CBs for the Arkansas game (Eltoro remained in Auburn on his own accord and 2 others are injured) - all of the talk about LSU's back seven last night... imagine only have 7 players back there total. Someone posted one of those 'what might have been' posts about all of the defensive players we had that either left early for the NFL or were injured or kicked off the team... truly amazing what a difference our defense would be. A lot of fans have been saying that Teddy Roof needs to be fired as DC (or Bouleware as special teams coordinator), but the truth of it is is that we're simply too thin to even remotely compete in those phases of the game, especially with a high octane offense that is either going to punt after 45 seconds or score after 2-3 minutes.



P.S. - Don't worry about Arkansas. Florida wins by a few TDs, easily.

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And poor, poor Bobby Bowden and Florida State. In what kind of world would you have so little faith in the Seminoles defense that you do an on-side kick with over 4 minutes left? You can't really argue with their offense all that much... not many times a team of their caliber puts up 44 points and still loses. At least Jimbo showed that he can get his job done.

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As usual, there is no consistency with the Refs. We have been doing that all season and never did we get called for it. I was under the impression the center was allowed movements of any kind, making line calls, pointing out blitzing DB's etc.. I don't really get why that was a false start.

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is 18-5 against the top 25.

They are circling the drain..

Funny, I have tickets to the USF game against Miami on Nov.28th, the same time Florida plays Florida State in the Swamp. If FSU continues to play the way they do I might skip that game and go to the USF game.

Big game this Thursday for USF against Cincy. I can't wait for that..

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is 18-5 against the top 25.

Roll Tide and the train keeps rollin'. Didn't see the UF game, as I was at a family reunion. I did see the Alabama and Auburn games though. I heard Tebow played. That is amazing as Tebow himself. I was hoping to get a chance to see how UF would play without him. I still picked them in the Pick'em, as I thought they would win regardless of who started.

I think the pointing of assignments is one thing, but the head turn could very easily give an advantage where one shouldn't be given. I think the real question is 'Why did it take an LSU nosetackle rolling him over for it to be called?'

After the ball is ready for play and all players are in scrimmage formation, no offensive player shall make a quick, jerky movement before the snap, including but not limited to (A.R. 7-1-4-II-IV):

1. A lineman moving his foot, shoulder, arm, body or head in a quick, jerky motion in any direction [S19].
2. The snapper shifting or moving the ball or moving his thumb or fingers, flexing his elbows, jerking his head, or dipping his shoulders or buttocks [S19].3. The quarterback “chucking’’ his hands at the snapper, flexing his elbows under the snapper, jerking his head or dropping his shoulders quickly just before the snap [S19].
4. A player, before the snap, simulating receiving the ball by “chucking’’ his hands toward the snapper or quarterback or making any quick, jerky movement that simulates the beginning of a play [S19].

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The Florida running backs had a lot of plays that normally would have gone to Tebow in the first half. The commentators mentioned the 'Dive' on a regular basis. Heck, towards the end of the half, it's all the Gators ran (and they were getting 3-5 yards or more every play). In the second half, Tebow kept the ball a bit more.

The first two hits Tebow took - one being a near sack and one being an unplanned run after the receivers failed to get open - saw his head hit the ground with a fairly big impact. He didn't seem phased at all and bounced right on up. I think his parents would have likely been more phased (especially if they saw the 15 million replays on TV).

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"quick, jerky movement before the snap". So if he would of moved slowly was that OK?

Then why is it every snapper in football moves all the time while being set. Maybe the Refs give them some flexibility. You had to have seen snappers pointing at DB's, calling assignments etc. How about looking back at the QB that is in the shotgun. It doesn't make sense to me.

Tell me the last time a center was ever called for a false start? Seriously.

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- Urban Meyer holds a 7-1 record at UF against top-five teams, a 11-2 mark against top-10 opponents and
is 18-5 against the top 25.

The plays were definitely toned down for Tebow. Meyer stated Tebow was in his ear all first half asking him why he isn't running the ball more... Very conservative play calling, trying to keep Tebow out of running situations. Most of the runs Tebow had were not called plays, there as just no one open down field.

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- More wins in the last 3 years than any other team in the nation.
- Urban Meyer holds a 7-1 record at UF against top-five teams, a 11-2 mark against top-10 opponents and
is 18-5 against the top 25.

Watch the NFL today and look at the centers. See how many of them move after being set.

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is 18-5 against the top 25.

UT had a snap infraction against the center last week. I saw another team within the past two weeks who had a false start called on the center because he dipped before he snapped. It happens.

As for the rule allowing for blocking assignments to be made (aka 'communication'):

Snapper A7 touches the ball and then releases it to communicate with teammate A1. RULING: The snapper may release the ball after touching to communicate with a teammate.

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Alabama gained 4 of the first place votes from Florida and at least 6 of the second place votes from Texas, moving a tad closer to a #2 ranking. By the time the two teams meet in Atlanta, they may very well have jumped Texas in the polls. I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see the gap a bit closer in the AP Poll when it's released in a few minutes.

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Looks like that gap was closed quite a bit in the AP Poll. Florida is #1 and Alabama is #2. Looks like the media is going to be pushing for a national championship during the first week of December.

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I just don't know about Texas. They really haven't played anyone to see how good they really are. Guess we will see this Week when they play OU.

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I think the Red River Shootout will be a little closer than expected, but I think that UT wins it. We'll see, though.

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Otto, they keep talking about the GT game here in Tally and mentioning that GT had the most rushing yards (little over 400!) since AU and Bo Jackson back in 85. Kind of funny.

400 rushing yards? OUCH!

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Definitely a big ouch. I watched part of the game while DVR'ing the Gator game. (I'm one of those idiots that get too mad at the tv while watching the home team so I usually record it and watch it later.) FSU simply couldn't stop the triple option. It's odd to see such a porous Mickey Andrews defense. Not sure what's going on there, but they've had some good recruiting classes. They do have some injuries piling up. Maybe that's it. But yeah, 413 yards rushing by GT.

OK, here's my question of the day, and its because I think a SEC team is getting dissed - or more accurately the University of Spoiled Children is getting a whole lot more credit than they deserve, just because they're USC.

How does anyone rate USC over LSU? Serious question here!

Both have 1 loss.
LSU lost to the #1 team
USC lost to a 3 loss Washington team that LSU beat!

Doesn't say much about the credibility of the polls, IMHO.

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You have made many mentions on these forums that the SEC is good but there are other conference(s) that are just as good as the SEC. Of course we debated the fact between all of us several times.

BUT - how ever bad you think that the SEC people are bad for saying they are the best, there are a LOT of people out there that believe a select few west coast teams are the best teams on the entire planet. USC is one of those teams that could get beat by every team they play, and two Division AA schools, and people would say "Well it was cloudy".

:/ Obviously coaches votes is only one factor in the polls, but I guess it is enough.

That's a tough question. There are those that questioned whether LSU was overrated for the last several weeks. They do have an offense that was/is rated something like 90th. So they have some issues on that side of the ball. They have a solid defense. But people tend to reward better offenses, right? Maybe that's happening with the poll voters?