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As a Gator I want Tim Tebow to succeed. That's no surprise.  But I find the situations that Tebow has found himself http://sauriansagacity.blogspot.com/2012/12/hoge-is-way-off-base-on-tebow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Henry Louis Gomez)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-2940485158562263852Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:56:00 +00002012-08-20T17:56:35.495-04:00 http://sauriansagacity.blogspot.com/2012/08/coming-soon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Henry Louis Gomez)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-1080937756855471723Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:12:00 +00002010-06-11T17:20:22.253-04:00The conference formally known as the Big 12 will lose its remaining marquee members on Tuesday June 15th.The Austin Statesman (Austin, TX newspaper) is reporting that the Texas University System is meeting on Tuesday and after that meeting it will announce that the University of Texas and Texas Tech will be leaving the Big 12 for the Pac 10. Apparently, Texas A&M is still discussing the http://sauriansagacity.blogspot.com/2010/06/rip-big-12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scully)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-33996728180226841Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:52:00 +00002010-06-10T17:16:00.850-04:00Remember when you read the penalties for USC they are actually worse than the sounds, and they don't sound very good.No one cares about vacating wins (which is the dumbest penalty ever) and the lose of a post-season play isn't that big of deal either, b/c winning championships isn't as important to players as it is to the fans. The big penalty here is the 15/75 penalty.What this means that USC http://sauriansagacity.blogspot.com/2010/06/apparently-paying-players-is-worse-than.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scully)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-6309655557420246628Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:34:00 +00002010-06-10T15:02:09.055-04:00The expansion dominoes are officially falling with the announcement that Colorado becomes the 11th team in the Pac-10. It is seems all but certain that Nebraska will announce they are becoming the 12th team in the Big 10.In a response to these two moves, the AD's at Texas and Texas A&M are meeting at somepoint today to discuss their futures. Interestingly enough, Andy Staples has an articlehttp://sauriansagacity.blogspot.com/2010/06/expansion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scully)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-7411749106695317070Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:35:00 +00002010-02-05T10:06:33.462-05:00It appears that George Edwards will be named the new Defensive Coordinator for Buffalo Bills.Let me say that if this was known before signing day and not told to the players that signed with us yesterday that is a bs move by our staff.Update February 5 - 10amAccording to Joe Schad, Edwards was offered the Bills job on Signing Day.Names already thrown aroundCorwin Brown - currently the DB coach http://sauriansagacity.blogspot.com/2010/02/looking-for-new-def-coordinator.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scully)15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-1210508316359186746Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:18:00 +00002010-02-03T15:58:16.221-05:00Today is a huge day for the Gators.As of 9:15am here are the letters of intent that in:Solomon Patton - WRGerald Christian - TEIan Silberman - OTTrey Burton - QBLeon Orr - OL/DLJaylen Watkins - CBJordan Haden - S/LBMatt Elam - S/RBRobert Clark - WR/CBJosh Shaw - CB/SNeiron Ball - LB/DEChris Dunkley - WR - first LOI in at 7amDominique Easly - DTTyler Murphy - QB/AthCody Riggs - CBQuinton Dunbar - http://sauriansagacity.blogspot.com/2010/02/signing-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scully)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-5039394832973795780Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:31:00 +00002010-01-13T07:31:43.268-05:00http://sauriansagacity.blogspot.com/2010/01/tennessee-punkd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mergz)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-2106876473292623712Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:42:00 +00002010-01-07T15:46:09.320-05:00George Edwards. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Edwards_(American_football)this would be a great hire if it pans out.http://sauriansagacity.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-dc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scully)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-6281286486715404946Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:24:00 +00002010-01-05T14:13:50.134-05:00There is so much going on right now it is next to impossible to pick a place to start discussing the State of our beloved Gators.The Sugar Bowl1. Now this is the team that we were all expecting to see when Tebow announced he was coming back after the National Championship game. It is amazing how well a team can play when the burden of being perfect is taken away. We finally saw a team that washttp://sauriansagacity.blogspot.com/2010/01/where-to-start.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scully)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-6876854358116490475Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:15:00 +00002010-01-02T09:18:57.007-05:00BowdenFSUUrban MeyerThis morning I'm very happy for Bobby Bowden. He went out a winner as a he deserved to. Say whatever you want about his coaching skills deteriorating over the last few years but he handled himself with dignity and represented UF's sister school with class. Final thought, Urban Meyer can learn a little something from coach Bowden, namely how to keep football in perspective and balance work withhttp://sauriansagacity.blogspot.com/2010/01/im-happy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Henry Louis Gomez)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-5105378942526036000Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:19:00 +00002009-12-27T12:28:52.621-05:00I'm on vacation and iPhone blogging, so this will be brief.I've been hearing rumors of health issue with Meyer for some time, and had it on a pretty good source he would be gone by age 50 at latest. If he had to leave, while no time is "perfect", right now is damn close. Next year was apt to be a down year anyway with our player losses, and with the new talent coming in (that we can hold in to) http://sauriansagacity.blogspot.com/2009/12/take-deep-breath.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mergz)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-8198196906652215153Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:42:00 +00002009-12-26T22:43:39.941-05:00Gloat away rivals, but know this truth -If we want your coach, we can have him.If we don't want him, by all means keep him.http://sauriansagacity.blogspot.com/2009/12/and-so-that-is-that.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mergz)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-7367714977237823909Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:00:00 +00002009-12-18T10:01:33.398-05:00SECI found this piece today listing the 10 “happiest” states in the nation. They are –1. Louisiana2. Hawaii3. Florida4. Tennessee5. Arizona6. Mississippi7. Montana8. South Carolina9. Alabama10. MaineSix of the ten are SEC football states. The correlation is obvious.The least “happy” SEC state? Kentucky, at 35th. Of course if I had to root for Wildcat football, 35th sounds about right.The least happyhttp://sauriansagacity.blogspot.com/2009/12/sec-football-making-people-happy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mergz)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-551156064670690721Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:43:00 +00002009-12-18T09:47:19.594-05:00HeismanA commenter to my last post notes, quite correctly, that the Heisman for any given year should be made by comparing how players did within that year, and I agree.By this metric, however, I think Ingram still falls short. Ingram was 5th in rushing yardage this season. The top 10 running backs were –1 Toby Gerhart, RB STAN 17362 Ryan Mathews, RB FRES 16643 Dion Lewis, RB PITT 16404 Donald Buckram, http://sauriansagacity.blogspot.com/2009/12/it-really-was-sec-championship-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mergz)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-2362539494586516878Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:52:00 +00002009-12-17T14:30:09.372-05:00HeismanI’d like to start this by saying I respect Mark Ingram. I think he is an excellent football player and a quality person. His Heisman acceptance speech was excellent.I just don’t understand why he won it.Before the vote I noted he was probably the least deserving of the candidates, a crop of which this year was less than stellar. As of late the Heisman has seemed to go mostly to the quarterback http://sauriansagacity.blogspot.com/2009/12/curious-heisman-of-mark-ingram.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mergz)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-4971774228277209776Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:05:00 +00002009-12-11T10:28:17.814-05:00Zach Azzanzi has been hired to replace Billy Gonzales as wide receivers coach. Gonzales left the staff to become the wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator at LSU on Thursday. Despite being caught off-guard by Gonzales's decision, Coach Meyer hire Azzanzi before the end of the day. Azzanzi, most recently the wide receivers coach at Central Michigan, has a reputation for being an http://sauriansagacity.blogspot.com/2009/12/zach-azzanzi-new-wide-receivers-coach.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scully)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-6867365479829896800Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:26:00 +00002009-12-10T21:31:50.437-05:00Word came to me tonight that Billy Gonzales is no longer part of the Florida football staff. He has chosen to move over to Baton Rouge and join LSU's coaching staff. Coach Gonzales was not only the Wide Receivers coach but also the Recruiting Coordinator. This move will have a huge effect on this year's class - speculation has already begun that WR Kenny Stills will no longer be a part of thishttp://sauriansagacity.blogspot.com/2009/12/huge-coaching-news.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scully)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-8628634225319428538Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:22:00 +00002009-12-10T15:33:07.668-05:00In an effort to diversify the content of Saurian Sagacity we present the “Master’s” age group results (40-49) of last evening’s PAL (Police Athletic League) mile race in Boca Raton.Naturally the only reason we do so is it has something to do with me.My friend and I entered the race with a wager of a beer to the winner (between us two – there was no chance 2 forty-somethings were winning the race)http://sauriansagacity.blogspot.com/2009/12/i-demand-replay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mergz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-9102224268810363326Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:53:00 +00002009-12-10T14:11:59.330-05:00HeismanOn ESPN radio’s Mike & Mike this morning Mark Schlereth referred to the Heisman Trophy as a “garbage award”.I totally agree. In fact, I’d call it a “bullshit beauty award”.The Heisman Trophy is supposedly given to the “best” football player in college each season. Yet, as is widely known, it seems to be almost exclusively awarded to offensive players, specifically quarterbacks and running http://sauriansagacity.blogspot.com/2009/12/heisman-garbage.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mergz)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-1121853328260835135Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:37:00 +00002009-12-09T11:55:07.150-05:00Lane KiffinTennesseeWith a staff loaded with gray area recruiters, it was easy to predict that the NCAA would be keeping a watchful eye on the Volunteers. What wasn’t expected is the fact that it took less than a year for a formal inquiry. The rumor mill is also churning with tidbits like a recruit’s family receiving a condo after verbally committing to Tennessee. Maybe this is why there is a mass exodus from the http://sauriansagacity.blogspot.com/2009/12/that-didnt-take-long.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scully)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-3928412120420466068Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:13:00 +00002009-12-08T16:14:21.889-05:00They interviewed two candidates. The first for 45 minutes. The second multiple hours over a 2 day period.http://sauriansagacity.blogspot.com/2009/12/louisville-press-conference-for-330pm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scully)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-7847046183660310306Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:03:00 +00002009-12-08T15:25:36.683-05:00A friend of mine, who I usually think to be a sober observer of college football and the Gators in particular, and I are debating how close (or not) Saturday’s game really was.He says, and I quote, “That game was not that much different than 2008. Had Hernandez caught the ball on the 3, we go into ½ time down 19-17.”True, but it was still a total beatdown. Take a look at the box comparisons http://sauriansagacity.blogspot.com/2009/12/ugly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mergz)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-7424543262634870476Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:41:00 +00002009-12-07T10:46:04.300-05:00AlabamaFloridaSEC Championship GameIts time for the postmortem my friends, and what the body reveals may not be pretty. But we need to hear it.I’ve looked at several statistical angles on Saturday’s demolition by the Crimson Tide. Mostly I can sum up what I found in one statement (paraphrasing Dennis Green)-“We aren’t who we thought we were”.Let’s take the issues one at a time.The Gator DefenseFirst there is the matter of what http://sauriansagacity.blogspot.com/2009/12/what-happened.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mergz)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-563307467171512874Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:23:00 +00002009-12-07T14:32:39.246-05:00What we learned this past weekend:1. It is tough being the head coach at the University of Florida. This senior class has won more games than any class in SEC history, 2 National Championships, 2 SEC titles and possibly a third BCS bowl game and the Gator fanbase is de-crying this season as a failure. Sadly this reminds me of the fans reactions after the 2001 season.2. Steve Addazio struggled allhttp://sauriansagacity.blogspot.com/2009/12/what-we-learned-this-past-weekend-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scully)6