I agree. Remember how we use to condemn Miami for their antics? Let’s pride ourselves in being different than that.
Go Gators!

By david on 10.25.09 9:03 am

What’s with the picture? Mullen looks like he’s going in to pull a Dracula on Tebow’s neck…

By Andrew on 10.25.09 12:23 pm

I must agree with you Vince, I too am embarrassed when my Gators show such poor sportsmanship, not to mention the penalties that it could, and should, draw.

It’s a sad state of affairs when these actions in the sports arena, indeed, our society, has degraded the game to a point where such things are considered “manly!” And at the risk of being redundant — not to mention shouted down as old and passé — when I was playing, we let our actions speak on the field, not from our mouths. Where there is no shame…..there can be no honor!

Now…..with regards to the game itself; did it seem to anyone else, that Tebow made a rather inordinate number of “bad decisions,” and not just last night, and could that be a medical result of the concussion?

By Bull Gator on 10.25.09 12:24 pm

Andy,

That was as close as I could come to finding a gesture that represented “class.” I didn’t have a lot to work with that fit the theme.

B.G.:

Yeah, Tebow made a number of bad decisions. No, I don’t think it’s a result of the concussion.

To be fair, his second INT was probably more due to a lack of timing than a bad decision. But the first one was his fault and the sack where he got flushed way out of the pocket was, indeed, all on him.

If Dan Mullen couldn’t make Tebow look ordinary, nobody could. And the truth is, when your stat line shows 12-22 with 1 touchdown (rushing), 2 picks, 3 sacks, and the aforementioned 19 additional rushes (Many of them not designed), you will look ordinary.

By V.G. on 10.25.09 1:10 pm

This year’s edition of the Gators seem a little more full of themselves than others. There are so many highly touted players, and at times they look very average. When they finally do something very well, they celebrate in excess to the point of drawing penalties, or in the case of Doe last night, they celebrate BEFORE they actually do something great (pet peeve of mine - why can’t players AT LEAST wait until they’re CLEARLY in the endzone before celebrating a TD??? Can they really not wait the extra step???).

This team has won, I’ll give them that. They’ve played sloppy on offense, often scoring more TDs for the OTHER TEAM than they score themselves. The defense has been great for the majority of the time, and then given up HUGE plays that put the game at risk…

In the end, winning is probably the most important benchmark…but I agree that it would be nice to see the Gators do it with some class and have them actually ACT as if they’re doing what they train every day to do…WIN and PLAY GREAT FOOTBALL!

By UFGatorDMD on 10.25.09 1:22 pm

Agree with you on the stomping but that’s not the story of yesterday’s game. Tebow is making some awful decisions, completely uncharacteristic of him. I know we keep getting the W’s, but we won’t if we don’t acknowledge this problem and fix it.

By James Bell on 10.25.09 4:09 pm

If the Gator players think it’s a good idea to disrespect the other team like that they should have signed with Miami.

By rjsplow on 10.25.09 5:01 pm

I wouldn’t go as far as saying they are “…full of themselves…” Doc — although in this society its sometimes hard to tell — and Vince; even though Mullen likely knows Tebow better than anyone (Other than Tim’s parents and Meyer), Mullen did not do the blocking/tackling. I still maintain that last night’s edition of Tim Tebow, was as un-Tebowesk, as I’ve ever seen, and that includes last years “hesitency” in running the offense, up to the 3rd quarter of the Arkansas game.

Admitedly, our O-line is a patch-work (Maybe that’s where Addazo’s mind is.); maybe Addazo is in over his head (And I emphasize “maybe” as there have been conditions that may have restricted what he could and could not call. The “name of the game” is to win; not flinging the ball around or running 60 yard “Dive Play” TD’s.); and our receiving corp has yet to stand up and account for itself (We miss Harvin much more than most expected.), but we still have the issue of Tim not being…..well…..Tim.

I don’t know what the issue is — and being 7-0 is anything but an issue — but I’m very concerned with the Tim Tebow I saw last night. Last years “hesitency” issue was resolved, and “Super” Tim finally showed up and led the Gators to another National Championship.

And please believe me when I say; I hope that my aged mind is going through an Alzheimer’s moment (Hell…..at 70, I seem to be having quite a few of those…..“moments!”) and that this all is nothing more than a figment of my imagination. But I’m very concerned. And lest the non-Gators here ask; its mostly for Tim’s health.

Oh…..and Andrew; IMO, he looks more like a love’s lost idol worshipper, dreaming of what could have been.

By Bull Gator on 10.25.09 5:14 pm

cal UK’s coach and ask him if there’s anything wrong with UF’s team. That 1st qtr was the only part of any game that we played well all year. that team will show up saturday in the WLOCP. GO GATORS

By pLANEolG8rB8 on 10.25.09 11:47 pm

I agree with RJSPLOW, they should have signed with Miami. I blame Coach Meyer for allowing this type of attitude to become prominent with the team. I lost a bunch of respect for him after Dustin Doe showboated his way across the goal line. If I were coaching, Doe would not have gone back on the field, he would have been in the shower. I don’t want UF to become a low-class organization like UM and FSU. Spurrier proved that you can still win without giving away integrity, Meyer has a long way to go in this area.

By DonnerPartyof1 on 10.26.09 8:25 am

just like a__holes, every one is entitled to have an opinion, even if they’re wrong. i’ve never heard so much ado ’bout nothing. we’ll all have to move out of the state if this team ever loses a game. we won’t be able to get back and forth to work for all of our moron fans lining the bridges to jump off. we sound like a bunch of spoiled bratts. look up some of UT’s blog’s. you’d think those hillbillies were 7-0 and ranked #1. what’s your friggin problem. get a life. we are UN-DEFEATED! have one 17 straight!! 15-1 over our biggest rivals!!!! let urban deal with these problems (and he will)and we fans need to get behind our team and quit whining and crying and making something out of nothing.

By pLANEolG8rB8 on 10.27.09 7:41 pm

Go Gators But stay this way it makes it more intertaning so dont kill them by like 60 points

By Ryan on 10.27.09 7:47 pm

sorry guys it should have bee WON not one ;-)

By pLANEolG8rB8 on 10.27.09 9:16 pm

undefeated . . . such a great time to be a Gator. pull your heads out of your asses.

Go Gators get them dawgs.

By corey on 10.31.09 4:38 am