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Florida vs. Ohio State 2011 Gator Bowl Live Thread (aka the Urban Meyer Bowl)

COLUMBUS, OH - NOVEMBER 28:  Urban Meyer speaks to the media after being introduced as the new head coach of Ohio State football on November 28, 2011 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)

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6 months ago: COLUMBUS, OH - NOVEMBER 28: Urban Meyer speaks to the media after being introduced as the new head coach of Ohio State football on November 28, 2011 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)

Today is a busy day for Bowl games, including the Urban Meyer Bowl - or the 2011 Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl featuring the Florida Gators and the Ohio State Buckeyes.

For two programs that have a combined 10 National Titles, neither team performed to the level expected of them this season. Now they find themselves facing each other in a rematch of the 2006-2007 National Championship game.

Making this game more interesting is the Urban Meyer factor. Meyer resigned from the Florida Gators' head coach position at the end of last season, citing health concerns and a desire to spend time with his family. Less than a year later, it was announced that Meyer would be the next head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes. Many Florida fans felt betrayed by their former coach, and this game, even though Meyer is not coaching it, could be a chance to vent that anger. Look for some - colorful - signs at the game.

Enjoy, and look forward to the bigger games tonight!

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Kill me

I’ve got a 3 hour layover in Raleigh.

Yeah I know about those. I once spent almost 7 hours in LAX waiting for my flight to NZ where I had another layover

of about 3 hours before flying in to Melbourne. It was a very long day and a half that started in Dallas.

My trip is almost over

Jacksonville is the next stop when I board again.

Then where?
That's my final destination.

For 1 more month.

Make me proud brother

Center hits and head shots all the way!!

I'll sling staples like you've never seen
Ha! I was coming here to post one of these. Mosul your always a step or two or three ahead of me.
Outback Bowl is much more interesting
neb. vs. s,c, is pretty good so far
Yeah I'm watching that one.
Alshon Jeffery is ridiculous
Sup
I should have known that Kevin would have beat me to the whole live thread thing.
Ha. Yes
The Rose Bowl one is lined up right now as well....

Haven’t made the Fiesta one yet.

The Rose Bowl should be a great game

And I sincerely hope Oklahoma State hangs 80 points on Stanford

Yeah I hope its like the Baylor bowl game. Just an unreal shootout but OSU does have some defense.
I like watching David DeCastro play, too. Best college guard I've ever seen
LOL At the way the ref said "Automatic First Down!".
So, apprently Sanchise and Santonio Holmes aren't best buddies

How shocking.

LOL I love it. I bet they are super siked that they just signed him to that big extension.
Probably

And to think, the Jets traded from No.17 to No.5 in 2009 to get Sanchez. Yecch.

LOL You think they really give up on his this off season?
*him
Yeah, I think the seed of doubt has been officially planted

The fact that they think a new OC will fix him is the clincher, IMO.

LOL I cant wait to see what they try from here on out.
Cutting Santonio is 7 million lost

Not sure about Sanchez.

Sanchez is sunk cost, IMO

He was decent in a ground n’ pound offense, but I don’t believe they have the personnel to continue playing that way.

I here... give me a beer....
And ... I've turned to the Outback Bowl

I like the two QBs—Kirk Cousins and Aaron Murray—playing in this game.

Where is that game?
Tampa
On the TV!
ABC

Our future head coach is calling this game.

Chud is calling a game?
lol. No, it's Gruden. I just wanted to upset you.
That is quite upsetting.

Now I need to find someone to punch.

Sorry about that

I nominate PotM

No. He has enough problems. Although it might knock some sense it to him.

Hes probably in daddy’s garage with his best friend the mower as we speak.

There are no fast food places within 3 miles of this station

How is it even possible?

That's shocking

And should never happen. Fast food makes everything better.

And the vending machines don't work

I’M HUNGRY!!!

Anyone around?
Sup
not much

im still surprised at how much I enjoyed watching us end the jets yesterday

I think once Luck got out of reach I was actually able to enjoy watching the phins win again

lol that and Im already writing off the 2012 season
Well, that win only moved us back one draft spot, so it was worth the squeeze, IMO

I am all about making Rex Ryan cry.

Are you ready for the Dolphins to draft Ryan Tannehill? lol
It may wind up being our best option no matter what some believe.
HELL NAW

He’s TERRIBLE. Theres absolutely no point in burning a pick from the first two rounds on him

Hes a career 3rd backup at best

lol. And you're not a fan of Griffin III, either?
Is his name Luck? Then no!
Ha. Well no one's getting Luck except those grubby-handed jagbags in Indianapolis

Those guys laid down like dogs yesterday.

its just not fair

two shitty seasons among 30 great ones

Just not fair

It's called tanking

They’ve had the No.1 pick every year a can’t miss, big-name QB was available in the draft (1983, 1998, 2012). Such garbage.

I would laugh so hard if they drafted Luck

and then some ratty jets player took him out with a career-ending injury. I would laugh at the colts and they would deserve it. Not that I want that to happen… but I would laugh.

+1. The Colts' FO is a disingenuous bunch

I hate them.

lol id be sad actually

I still like Luck A LOT. Its not his fault the colts are favored by the football gods because of that mother effer john elway

Now God has obviously punished Elway by sending him Tebow for the next decade

Bet you anything he drafts a QB next April to groom

Elway can’t wait to be done with Jesus Christ Superstar 2.0.

LOL

Holy s*** thats funny

it really is

I hope they at least lose Peyton and he goes and wins another team 2 SB’s in the next 4 years before he retires. That would be great

Especially if it's for us

And you’re kidding yourself if you don’t think Stephen Ross will throw huge money at Peyton Manning. He’s not stupid.

Hmmm

I hate and love the thought of manning with us

One the hand I think hell be his old self and with our team we could be really, really, damn good. And we could always do what we must in a few years to get his replacement

On the other he might be same and we might give up way too much. The Bengals ROBBED the raiders. Imagine what the colts might want

I think they'll have to cut him loose

I am not trading for him. F that.

They can't affort to pay him the bonus just to trade him. They will have to

flat out cut him before.

I would be scared of his neck injury
ah

good point

well then if its only money then hell yeah sign him
lol

im gonna come find you when Luck gets inducted into the HoF and say I told you so

No one is disputing that he is good but hes not the only good player in the land either.
yeah but he has real potential to be one of the best of all time
And yet it is what it is. We do NOT have the first pick and were never going to have

it so long as Indy was out there.

I know

Ive gotten over it

Eh

If he fell to us at 8 or 9….why the hell not. He’ll get to play at some point next season and if he struggles alot like say Beck then well be awful obviously so we can just get Barkley or Tyler Wilson from Arkansas next year.

And obviously if the colts decide for some reason to not take Luck and trade the pick….then Im all in favor of trading everything we have

I'd rather just wait for Tyler Wilson

And load up on S, OLB, RT and WR this year.

fine with me

Id be super happy if we drafted Blackmon or Jeffrey

We need to get as many toys as we can for tyler wilson

Wilsons a big reason Im fine with waiting till 13. Hes gonna be real good

I like his Jay Cutler Jr. haircut

He’s got a big arm, too, and I am starting to come around on Bobby Petrino-coached QBs.

Jeffery is monstrous. I would gladly take him or Michael Floyd. Blackmon will be taken by the Jags before we have a crack at him. We also need a stud right tackle (sorry, peeps). And though no one here wants to hear this, I believe this might be one of the best OT classes ever. All three guys could come in and immediately dominate on either side of the line.

totally agree

Jeffery would make me insanely happy and then we could get the best rt prospect on the board in the 2nd. A small trade back and then Floyd would also be nice

And then in 13 we can draft or trade up to get Wilson. Barkley will go before does

I would also be cool with Tyler Bray in 2013

Jeffery and Alfonzo Dennard just got kicked out of the Capital One Bowl for fighting. What are the odds!?

Bray neeeds to get bigger

then Ill see

lol. Because you're the QB soothesayer, Bacon

Let me know when Bray meets your strict requirements!

LOL

I sure will

but srsly. Hes SKINNNY. He’ll get murdered pat white style as it stands

kinda true
Hes 6'6 210

thats a broken neck/leg/collarbone/SPINE waiting to happen

Peyton Manning weighs less than 20 pounds more than Bray

Not worried about his weight at this point.

idk

he just looks really frail

hes been hurt already hasnt he? Im pretty sure he has

I think he missed some time this season

Not really a big deal. RG3 missed almost all of 2009. It happens.

RIP Pat White!
another Collard Green!
or scoop of I mean
No. I was pretty sure he would taste bad from the start.
I agree, he wasnot soaking in the right stuff
And I liked the kid. I just did not think he had any business

being out there at QB.

HA

Ill cut this team off in 2012 if that happens

Lies! So full of lies!
lol if we draft tannehill?

Ill be done with this team until Jeff Ireland is fired

The love for JT I had this past week kept me with them….but if we hire the jets dc and then draft TANNEHILL?

Oh boy…

Because you know more then the pro scouts? You can not even ID primate species.
lol

Tannehill was at A&M the whole time I was and even though Im not there anymore and am I going to a different school; most of my friends are aggies and talk about that damn team in heavy detail every season

I didnt watch him mutch this year but I saw a handful of full games and like I mentioned have been told alot from many different fans of the team about him and how his games went

so with that said I trust my own analyisis

He sucks and I hope we dont touch him with a ten foot pole

did you know he was a wideout until his junior year? He only started for two years there

Yes I did know that. Did you see his bowl game?

Also a bunch of cultist kids vs. NFL scouts? I go with those NFL folks.

lol

not everyone at A&M is cultish. I thought you were liberal? What the hell are you doing stereotyping people like that lol?

Besides my resume in picking good QBs vs bad ones has been pretty damn good for the last half decade. I trust my eyes and my instincts

Are libs not allowed to fear cults?
lol

no dude

You tolerate EVERYONE remember? There not hurting anyone so you cant possibly hate them

No thats not how it works. We do not like the intolerant so A&M folks fit

that bill perfectly.

lol exactly my point

not all A&M kids are like that

many are, but not all

Probably like 75/25

LOL I think your percentages are low but alright.
im just sayin

hate on A&M ALL YOU WANT. I hate that cult school too

But myself and my friends are not included lol

I was not going to include you or your friends all one of them

but then you said I sucked so all bets are off albino boy.

LOL

you realize that I said that after this convo started and elsewhere dont you ?

yeah it was totally worth it

I lost my marbles when JT ran that ball in

That would have been epic for JT
Yep.
hey im coming back to texas this week to see my family

hows the weather there right now?

Perfect. Cool in the am and warm in the afternoons with clear skies.
nice

itll be nice to be back home for a little bit

ill remember it more fondly then when I left in August cuz of the weather lol

Oh God. August was terrible.
I;m LOL-ing at all the Matt Flynn hype

It’s unreal. Chad Henne played like infected diarrhea for 3 seasons, but he needed more time. Then Matt Flynn has one good game against the Lions and their crappy pass defense, and suddenly, he’s the guy???

Since hes an FA

Sign his ass. He might be the real thing and it only costs Ross money

Right... and when he fails, what will everyone say then?

Will I be allowed to make fun of them endlessly for their voluntary insanity? This fan base is so desperate for a quarterback, they will latch on to anything, whether it’s Henne or Flynn or whatever else. But trading up to get one? Out of the question. We need everyone of those 3rd and 4th round roster fillers who will be on another team or out of the league in three years.

Im just sayin

If its just money then why not

Were not gettin a top tier QB this draft anway. SOMEONE is gonna trade up or stand pat before us and take RG3. With his increasing hype and no Barkley this will totally happen

If we sign Feeley 2.0, we aren't getting a QB in 2013 either

because the coach won’t give up on him just yet. I’d rather stick with Moore.

but moore will get us to 8-8

Flynn will either suck balls or take us to the playoffs

he will get us the same place we are now,
Or lead us to 8-8 as well

Either get one of the top 2 this year, or don’t get one at all.

Either get one the top this year, or don’t get one at all

Fixed

Unless RG3 falls to us (which he wont)

I did it
You did what?
Passed the greens he ate last night
not yet on that , 6 strings
LOL 6 strings!

I hope you call him that in person as well.

thats my pet name for him. Yours is Texy Pooh!!
.....

odd

lol. I am laughing
Dave is on a roll today
its cool purely sexual though
Yeah thats not weird.
not at all, bromosexual !!
Yeah his is good. Mine kinda sucks.
I like them both, Im thinking up a new one for Duke
The General Lee?

Based on his whole disturbing Nascar fetish?

Nascar,Ugh!!
Boooo... LOL
thats 3 hours of cars going left, yu will never get back!!I bet it is cool to be there though
Earl, Duke, General... LOL
He should call you "lord"

Dave obviously wants to get on his knees for you

well you kinda suck

so you know….it fits

I need to know when you will be back so I can......well just let me know when your back.
Yeah sure

April 1st through Junegust 12

Where are you going to go?
Hes coming to Texas but eventually to hell I would guess.
Im sure he will see alot of us at the last place
LOL He will be welcomed by the gate keeper which I assume will be Alpha in his next life.
As close to Tex as to annoy him

but far enough to avoid any physical contact

You don't annoy but merely amuse.
and thats how the funny bussiness starts
Well thats how it goes with monkeys.
Ill have you repeating that over and over in your head to escape the madness
Nah I forget you exist most of the time.
And Rick Perry woulda been a kick ass prezzy

And Nicky can dunk

And Polar Bears are really black bears that got tired of being like everyone else, spray painted themselves white, and moved up north

Like Micheal Jackson
LOL I love that line in Hot Tub Time Machine.
LOL Watching Rick not being able to get out of his own way not only cracks

me up but makes me wonder how he ever got elected to anything in the first place. Even the most conservative people I know (and I mean way over the top conservative types) cant stand him.

I cant

hes annoying as hell

and hes not a good governor. I did a big report on him last year and I hated what I saw

Hes a criminal and a liar.
Do we want to know?
you will see and laugh, go to the top off the page and look left
I mean right
and yes I am a Idiot
LOLOL... that was brilliant Dave!
well thank you Sir!!
I'm not impressed with Kirk Cousins after all

this Boykin kid is looks like a winner though.

not after all, at all... sheesh
yeah cousins blows
Cousins looks lost

Aaron Murray could be something

Cousins looks like Dr. Brady Barr
I like Murray a little bit

not a lot but I wouldnt mind him depending on the round

OmarKelly Omar Kelly
Mike Shula will become an OC for either – whoever hired Rob Chudzinski – or for Carolina when he replaces him. I think this is Chud’s year.

I want the Chud

Omar needs to stop whining about people making fun of him on Twitter
If I saw that it would only make me make fun of him more.
Don't dare disagree with him on twitter
lol indeed

hes such a prideful person

Colts just released some FO people
The ones who didn't go along with the Colts organization's Andrew Luck suicide pact?
Alright boys and monkeys, I have to go watch the Cat 5 ride her bike, she has been woken from her nap, Be well
See you soon. Go do your daddy duty.
WOW

The Polians are gone

there gone so they can cut Peyton
Dave for the win

That’s absolutely what it is, too.

FIRE IRELAND

ARE YOU SHI***** ME?

What?
click on the link
It's an interview. Hate to break it to you, but we're going to interview a lot of less-than-glamorous names over the next few weeks

This just doesn’t bother me. From what I’ve read, Jeff Ireland’s involvement in finding a new head coach will be relegated to him telling Stephen Ross who he likes and who he doesn’t like. That’s it.

I do get the inkling that Chud will be high up on Ross' coaching wish list

And I’d be very cool with that.

Chud or Philbin would make me happy
It's going to be an interesting process
its a waste of time
Dave Wannstache is the new DC in Buffalo... LOL
Hes fine as a coordinator.
Interesting tweet from Berardino
All those teams have QBs #GetAQuarterback RT @MikeBerardino Reports have Fisher eyeing Bolts, Rams, Bucs and Colts." U got it

Of course we don’t.

Why would you want his mediocre ass anyways?
I don't really care about Fisher

but Miami is not going to be a premier coaching spot because we don’t have a QB and probably aren’t going to get one. We will end up with leftovers because all the best candidates will go somewhere else.

Who are the best candidates in your opinion?
Carmichael, Chudsinski (sp?), and then Cowher
Stop with the negativity. Its not like you Duke! This is Miami and if we get a QB we are right in the mix.
Sorry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH476CxJxfg&ob=av3e

Actually KDog suggested in the other post that the Toub interview might be a sign that we are keeping Bowles as HC

I’m cool with that.

Yeah I doubt that but I like Bowles.

That being said he has made some very questionable decisions himself.

But he was a rookie HC who got his first coaching gig with only 3 games to go in a lost season

I will give him some slack for that. He might do well as a HC once he gets into it with a full off-season.

I think (hope) Ross is smart enough to know that we need a QB more than we need a big name HC.

Yeah I will hold opinion if that is how it goes down.
Alright. Alpha is coming over to hold you. It will be ok.
LOL... no
But Nicky says that he is quite gentle. Of course it might seem a bit weird to your wife.
LOL... she's pregnant, a.k.a. volatile
Yeah pregnant women are nothing to mess with.
Cousins making a furious comeback here...
totally impressed with that drive
I wanna punch that man in his nuts.

Just sayin’.

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