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Florida Gators fans - 2009 season
Posted on 7/21/14 at 10:09 am
Posted on 7/21/14 at 10:09 am
What happened in the SEC Championship game? Y'all had really only one close games that season (Arkansas). I fully bought in that, with Tim Tebow, that Florida would win 3 in the past 4 years. Alabama fully dominated that game. It wasn't really a contest.
Was the Florida team just not that great that year compared to the '08 team? It's a shame that y'all were rewarded with powerhouse Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl.
Was the Florida team just not that great that year compared to the '08 team? It's a shame that y'all were rewarded with powerhouse Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl.
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Posted on 7/21/14 at 10:13 am to LSUbase13
tom tebor didn't cry to start the season
Posted on 7/21/14 at 10:14 am to LSUbase13
Those awful white helmets.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 10:15 am to LSUbase13
quote:My father in law is a Florida grad. After that year, him, and most other Florida fans, realized Percy Harvin was more of the true freak/game changing player then Tim Tebow was.
Was the Florida team just not that great that year compared to the '08 team?
Posted on 7/21/14 at 10:25 am to LSUbase13
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What happened in the SEC Championship game?
We lost.
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It wasn't really a contest.
Correct.
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Was the Florida team just not that great that year compared to the '08 team?
The 08 team was better. Alabama got better. shite happens. Meyer was checking out. That's the biggest problem in my estimation.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 10:52 am to LSUbase13
Reasons:
1. Steve Addazio
2. Steve Addazio
3. Steve Addazio
4. Percy Harvin
5. Carlos Dunlap
Steve Addazio ran that offense into the ground with his stupid calls.
I'm constantly surprised at how many people on this site consider 09 UF to be one of the "greatest" teams ever.
EDIT: If I recall correctly, Addazio abandoned the run game in the SECCG after the first Q, after UF had decent success running the ball, and he put it all on Tebow's hands throwing it, and obviously that didn't work.
1. Steve Addazio
2. Steve Addazio
3. Steve Addazio
4. Percy Harvin
5. Carlos Dunlap
Steve Addazio ran that offense into the ground with his stupid calls.
I'm constantly surprised at how many people on this site consider 09 UF to be one of the "greatest" teams ever.
EDIT: If I recall correctly, Addazio abandoned the run game in the SECCG after the first Q, after UF had decent success running the ball, and he put it all on Tebow's hands throwing it, and obviously that didn't work.
This post was edited on 7/21/14 at 10:53 am
Posted on 7/21/14 at 10:54 am to boXerrumble
quote:I was never really impressed with 09 Florida. The offense was pretty bad for the most part. When Percy was healthy in 08, that team was unreal. To me Percy was the real special piece of the Florida offense, Tebow was just a well placed piece of the puzzle
09 UF to be one of the "greatest" teams ever
Posted on 7/21/14 at 10:55 am to lsupride87
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I was never really impressed with 09 Florida.
Nobody was, except Bama fans, because "they" made Tebow quit.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 10:57 am to lsupride87
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Percy Harvin was more of the true freak/game changing player then Tim Tebow was.
Dude was an absolute monster their 08 season
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:00 am to braceUrSlf
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:05 am to LSUbase13
Bama opened up the passing game instead of playing ball control with the run like they had all season. This caught UF off guard and by the time they started to adjust, it was pretty much over. UF missing a couple of their best players didn't help their chances much either.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:08 am to LSUbase13
The biggest problem with the 09 SECCG was that the team was senior heavy and a good portion of them went on coast prior to the FSU game. When you play not to get hurt and don't put forth the effort then you get beat by the hungrier team. This is the reason for Tebow's tears at that game. He had been riding the seniors for several weeks to pick it up and they just quit on the team.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:26 am to boXerrumble
quote:
Reasons:
1. Steve Addazio
2. Steve Addazio
3. Steve Addazio
4. Percy Harvin
5. Carlos Dunlap
Steve Addazio ran that offense into the ground with his stupid calls.
I'm constantly surprised at how many people on this site consider 09 UF to be one of the "greatest" teams ever.
EDIT: If I recall correctly, Addazio abandoned the run game in the SECCG after the first Q, after UF had decent success running the ball, and he put it all on Tebow's hands throwing it, and obviously that didn't work.
Addazio decided not to use our world class speed RBs against Bama's big LBs. Demps had one carry and Rainey had two carries.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:26 am to bengalbait
There are a ton of stories floating around about internal problems with that team. Talent wise they should have performed better all year and could have repeated as champions, but for whatever reason, things just didn't seem to click. We were also going through a ton of turnover with our assistant coaches, that starts to take its toll after a while.
This post was edited on 7/21/14 at 11:29 am
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:30 am to LSUbase13
you do know that riley cooper with intent reached out and pulled chevis Jackson's jersey allowing riley cooper to catch a tim tebow heave for a touchdown against LSU.
But as with Auburn 2004 and Auburn 2006, the refs didn't want the red headed stepchild LSU to win.
Or did you forget about that part of Florida's 2009 season.
But as with Auburn 2004 and Auburn 2006, the refs didn't want the red headed stepchild LSU to win.
Or did you forget about that part of Florida's 2009 season.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:52 am to LSUbase13
They really missed Muffin that season. I had the pleasure of staying at pat dye's hunting camp LSU weekend in 2010. He told us (quite a few drinks in) that urban Meyer has never called a play in his life. Obviously that's a tad hyperbolic, but the message we took away from it is that muffin is the mastermind behind his success. He also said some really crazy shite about tubberville that was entirely inappropriate 
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:56 am to LSUbase13
Alabama was up 19-13 at the half. Even when we went up 32-13 I wasn't comfortable with the lead until Javy's interception in the end zone with like 7 minutes left.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:57 am to tigerbait2010
2 words:
Revenge game.
Florida just so happened to give Alabama one of the most sour losses in a good bit of years. We win that game, it's off to face OU. Which actually we probably would've lost to be honest. But Alabama would've beaten Florida up and down that field regardless of the fact if CD was in the game. Nick could've made the game 42-13 if he didn't go into conservative mode the last couple of moments into it.
Florida just happened to be in the middle of a machine that would not be denied and it hurt. Bad.
Revenge game.
Florida just so happened to give Alabama one of the most sour losses in a good bit of years. We win that game, it's off to face OU. Which actually we probably would've lost to be honest. But Alabama would've beaten Florida up and down that field regardless of the fact if CD was in the game. Nick could've made the game 42-13 if he didn't go into conservative mode the last couple of moments into it.
Florida just happened to be in the middle of a machine that would not be denied and it hurt. Bad.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:58 am to LSUbase13
Alabama's improvements in the front 7 and in the secondary helped. Then also, a much more aggressive approach from Jim McElwain on offense that year. That and McElroy played the game of his life.
Florida was better in '08 though. Better team chemistry, Mullen was a good OC, and Louis Murphy was also an underrated WR. Harvin didn't play in the '08 SECCG.
Florida was better in '08 though. Better team chemistry, Mullen was a good OC, and Louis Murphy was also an underrated WR. Harvin didn't play in the '08 SECCG.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 12:05 pm to David Cornwell
From the pre-game warm ups, I had a bad feeling. Bama looked all business and UF players including Tebow were goofing off. Tebow was running pass patterns catching a few passes.
It was an all around miserable day, cold, cloudy and windy. Plus I'd spent $800 on two tickets.
Bama played harder and was the better team. It's as simple as that.
It was an all around miserable day, cold, cloudy and windy. Plus I'd spent $800 on two tickets.
Bama played harder and was the better team. It's as simple as that.
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