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05-03-2009, 09:37 AM
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| | Long Live The Smiths!!!!
Join Date: Feb 2009  Location: Royal Oak, Michigan
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| Will the Gators Ever Step Up?
It seems like Florida is one of the powerhouses who continually play a cupcake non-conference schedule. The trend developed over the last decade was for big programs to have some big home and home series with other power programs. For as long as I can remember Tennessee has always scheduled a tough non-conference foe(Notre Dame, Cal, UCLA, Oregon and I believe Ohio State is in the works).
Ohio State usually plays a tough game (Texas, USC). Alabama with Satan had the Clemson game and now VT. Georgia is starting to as well. Pretty much any elite program will play a big time game.
Why not Urban Meyer? It seems he enjoys scheduling Charleston Southern etc. I guess Troy 'could' be considered a trip up game but realisticly I dont see it like that.
Maybe I am just misimformed but does anyone know of any up coming games Meyer has scheduled or will he continue to play the Mcnesse States of the world?
BTW, Gator fans don't defend yourself with Florida State. | 
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05-03-2009, 09:39 AM
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| | Straight cash, homey...
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: In the briar patch
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| They've won 3 titles in the last 13 years. 
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05-03-2009, 09:48 AM
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| | I'm nutz, that's why
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Oviedo, FL
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| Not a fan or quick to defend the Gators but it seems their master plan is working. | |
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05-03-2009, 09:54 AM
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| | Member
Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Mt. Juliet
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| I despise the Gators and everything about them. However, I don't understand how you can say don't bring up FSU. I have always enjoyed the "big" non-conference game that UT schedules (Notre Dame, Miami, Syracucse, UCLA, etc.). But the Vols have also played Louisianna-Lafayette, MTSU, UTEP, Western KY, Pacific, and others along the way. I think with 8 conference games, each SEC team should schedule two lesser opponets as warmup games and 2 tougher opponets to showcase the SEC dominance. | |
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05-03-2009, 11:34 AM
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| | The UberTroll
Join Date: Mar 2007
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| if they wup butt and win national championships every year, does it really matter, I mean if they beat the powers of the sec, do you really think they would lose to a good non- conference opponent? | |
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05-03-2009, 11:36 AM
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| | Buck Fama
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| It works for them, we've been down this road before. They're doing something right, their trophy case would suggest it.
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05-03-2009, 12:46 PM
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| | VN Token Kentucky Fan
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Newburgh, IN, USA
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| UF has nothing to prove by scheduling a tough OOC.
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05-03-2009, 12:48 PM
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| | Volmeister extraordinaire
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Originally Posted by Brian McCat UF has nothing to prove by scheduling a tough OOC. | Why, because the SEC is so badass that's all they need in order to play for the National title? | |
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05-03-2009, 12:51 PM
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| | VN Token Kentucky Fan
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Originally Posted by hmanvolfan Why, because the SEC is so badass that's all they need in order to play for the National title? | Truth. Run the table in the SEC, win in the SECCG, and most years, you SHOULD be in the BCSCG.
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05-03-2009, 12:53 PM
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| | Volmeister extraordinaire
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Originally Posted by Brian McCat Truth. Run the table in the SEC, win in the SECCG, and most years, you SHOULD be in the BCSCG. | It's so badass you don't even need to run the table in the SEC (see loss to mediocre Ole Miss last year) | |
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05-03-2009, 01:23 PM
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| | Adventure!
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Knoxville, TN
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| They seem to do a good job of beating the hell out of highly ranked OOC teams at the end of the year, most of the time. Wasn't Oklahoma the most prodigious offense ever last year, and Florida held them to 14? I don't think Florida has anything to prove right now.
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05-03-2009, 01:37 PM
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| | Finebaum is bald
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Originally Posted by IPorange They seem to do a good job of beating the hell out of highly ranked OOC teams at the end of the year, most of the time. Wasn't Oklahoma the most prodigious offense ever last year, and Florida held them to 14? I don't think Florida has anything to prove right now. | Yeah and the year before that they held that mighty Michigan offense to only 41 points  The SAME Wolverine offense that could not get the job done against megapower Appy St...But hey, Who's checking right?  | |
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