Florida: "Memo to Lane Kiffin''

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Vercingetorix said:
There's nothing wrong with the article other than the fact that the writer started a new thread containing one link to a blog post of his and that's it. The purpose of this thread isn't to start discussion on VN; it's to drum up pageviews on the KNS site.
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Exactly. I've called it spam since day one and received a very poor response for the comment. I now refuse to click through on any and all spam.
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orangeblooded2 said:
I think this could be a motivator for our team.

I think CLK should purchase a gross of these shirts and use them as early morning work out wear.
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My thoughts exactly. This could actually give Kiffin and the UT players a little locker room material as well. It doesn't matter what Kiffin said before or what he says between now and the Florida game. Meyer would have and will run up the score if he gets a chance anyways. Never stopped him before against UT or anyone else he was playing. At this point, I think the more the gators talk back, it just gives UT more fire power. Keep bringing it gators.
 
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cd12 said:
Who is the pressure really on here? Lets just say UF, Ga , Bama should win but if they don't?
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Exactly. And, I don't recall any memos to Phil.

Additional motivation for a team that has beaten the sh*t out of us during Meyer's reign? Don't think so. These t-shirts are for the fans and then will become wax rags in a couple years.
 
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It seems Florida is becoming obsessed with UT. This could come back to bite them when they have to play other teams. I find it funny that this is even news. Its not like Florida wouldnt try to run up the score any other time. Florida offense might not even be as good as it has been. They lost their OC and we remember what happened with Cut and then without him.
 
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#56
I love it when The Vols are in a situation where all the "experts" don't give us a chance of winning. Two games come to mind-The 1986 Sugar Bowl against Miami and a few years back when we went to Georgia with a freshman qb and everyone was talking about how we would get killed and we won. I was working in Georgia at the time and that was sweet. CLK is already in Florida's head and with our coaching staff and all of the unknowns they have to respect us. I just hope they talk about running up the score so much that they read their own press clippings and become overconfident.
 
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#57
It seems Florida is becoming obsessed with UT
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I think that is the case with the fans but not so much with the coaches and players. The fans and message board finatics definately seem to be more interested in what Kiffy has been saying than UM and company have been pushing to the team. When the poodles rushed the field the other year THAT stuck a chord with Meyer and it translated into off season emphasis. That isn't happening about UT now. I do think it has raised the level of chit talking between fans and riled up folks from both camps. I for one can't wait till the game but I don't think the players are paying too much attention to it this far out. All I know is, it will be a long 7 months.
 
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tennisguy said:
My thoughts exactly. This could actually give Kiffin and the UT players a little locker room material as well. It doesn't matter what Kiffin said before or what he says between now and the Florida game. Meyer would have and will run up the score if he gets a chance anyways. Never stopped him before against UT or anyone else he was playing. At this point, I think the more the gators talk back, it just gives UT more fire power. Keep bringing it gators.
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I think maybe the coaching staff should order a bunch of those shirts and hang them on the walls of the dorm, The workout area, The locker room where ever the players will be those shirts should be right in their faces.
 
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#61
Kiffin will have this up in the locker room and talk to the players about it every practice as motivation before the Florida game. Florida is not giving Kiffin and UT any respect, and they will pay dearly for it in September!
 
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I just read this article on GVX. BS if you ask me. Seriously though, with what we know up to this point, can we beat the Gators? I am sure we are going to have a LOT better showing than last year, but can we beat them, in the swamp??
Love to know what everyone thinks.
 
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Just like everyone else, I am looking forward to the florida game, but lets take of business against wku and ucla first.
 
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I personally want a piece of UCLA's uh um tail...That loss still makes me sick...I want them beaten down and destroyed and THEN I'll start thinking Florida.
 
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MBVolFan said:
I just read this article on GVX. BS if you ask me. Seriously though, with what we know up to this point, can we beat the Gators? I am sure we are going to have a LOT better showing than last year, but can we beat them, in the swamp??
Love to know what everyone thinks.
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We're a 5-7 team playing at the defending national champions, in one of the toughest places to play in college football. They've beaten us four years in a row and blown us out in the last two. We were going to be 17- or 18-point underdogs if Kiffin had never opened his mouth.

Everyone in the world will expect us to get blown out. If we do, then there will be two or three days of people talking about how Kiffin got his comeuppance, and then it will be over. If it's a close game, though, people will start talking favorably about the program Kiffin's buildling. And if by some chance we win, Kiffin immediately becomes the media darling, the hottest coach in college football.

Of course we're not likely to win, but I like our chances of keeping it closer than everyone expects. And although 95 percent of the time I don't believe in moral victories, even keeping it close in Gainesville would be a big win for the program's momentum.
 
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Yeah, something tells me UCLA will pay this year. It's going to be loud on the hill!
 
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Vercingetorix said:
We're a 5-7 team playing at the defending national champions, in one of the toughest places to play in college football. They've beaten us four years in a row and blown us out in the last two. We were going to be 17- or 18-point underdogs if Kiffin had never opened his mouth.

Everyone in the world will expect us to get blown out. If we do, then there will be two or three days of people talking about how Kiffin got his comeuppance, and then it will be over. If it's a close game, though, people will start talking favorably about the program Kiffin's buildling. And if by some chance we win, Kiffin immediately becomes the media darling, the hottest coach in college football.

Of course we're not likely to win, but I like our chances of keeping it closer than everyone expects. And although 95 percent of the time I don't believe in moral victories, even keeping it close in Gainesville would be a big win for the program's momentum.
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Exactly...we show up and play physical, intense football and keep it competitive we'll have effectively won.
 
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If UT pulls the upset in Gainesville, it might be the biggest upset in college football in 20 years.
 
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Theres a pic of the shirt just in case any of you were wondering what it looked like.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
We're a 5-7 team playing at the defending national champions, in one of the toughest places to play in college football. They've beaten us four years in a row and blown us out in the last two. We were going to be 17- or 18-point underdogs if Kiffin had never opened his mouth.

Everyone in the world will expect us to get blown out. If we do, then there will be two or three days of people talking about how Kiffin got his comeuppance, and then it will be over. If it's a close game, though, people will start talking favorably about the program Kiffin's buildling. And if by some chance we win, Kiffin immediately becomes the media darling, the hottest coach in college football.

Of course we're not likely to win, but I like our chances of keeping it closer than everyone expects. And although 95 percent of the time I don't believe in moral victories, even keeping it close in Gainesville would be a big win for the program's momentum.
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Defending a loss on grounds that it was close is still defending a loss.

You don't see us Gator fans suggesting that the bball team deserves some sort of extra consideration because we've lost a lot of close ones, do you?

Eh, academic in the end. The reality is that Florida simply has a much better football team this year and, as you point out, it is unlikely that it would have been close anyway.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Defending a loss on grounds that it was close is still defending a loss.

You don't see us Gator fans suggesting that the bball team deserves some sort of extra consideration because we've lost a lot of close ones, do you?

Eh, academic in the end. The reality is that Florida simply has a much better football team this year and, as you point out, it is unlikely that it would have been close anyway.
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Yes but now the only acceptable standard is a 'blowout'...anything less doesn't meet expectations. A close loss is still technically a loss, but now it can also serve as a moral victory to poor ol' outmanned UT and will be publicized to death by the media.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Defending a loss on grounds that it was close is still defending a loss.

You don't see us Gator fans suggesting that the bball team deserves some sort of extra consideration because we've lost a lot of close ones, do you?
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Uh actually.....Yes...I do see it...Just go to the gator board and you'll see a lot of people talking about how close the losses have been...Still can't figure out why UF doesn't schedule Miami in basketball every year? :glare: I mean playing a quality instate team would sure help UF's rpi rating and would also....Oh wait...I forgot...It's MIAMI :shhh: Didn't mean to stress you out there, Continue to schedule such powerhouses as Longwood :elephant:
 
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#75
To hell with keeping it close and getting a moral victory. Lets roll into the swamp expecting to win and walk out of there with the jort wearing Gator fans throwing their urine filled bottles at their own team.
 
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