November 23rd, 2009 — Florida Gators Football, Florida State Seminoles, Gator Game Preview, Gator News
The undefeated Gators will face the Florida State Seminoles on Saturday, November 28th, at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. The match-up looks to be a challenge for Florida State, which stands at 6-5 for the season. Their last game was against Maryland and gave them a 29-26 victory, putting their winning streak at 5 games.
The Gators have the best record in the country, however, and have set a Gators record, at 21 consecutive wins under coach Urban Meyer in his 5th year at the University of Florida. This marks the longest SEC winning streak in 15 years, and the third longest in the United States in the last 10 years. It's also the 4th longest SEC winning streak in its history. The Gators 21 game winning streak includes 11 undefeated games this season, putting them at 11-0 for only the second time in Gators history, the last being in 1995.
After the November 21st game against FIU, which the Gators took at 62-3, their seniors became the class with the most wins in SEC history. Gator seniors have an impressive 46-6 game record. Overall, the scoring was spread among 8 players, with quarterbacks Tim Tebow and John Brantley responsible for completing 26 passes for over 360 yards, and 5 touchdowns. Tebow managed a career-long touchdown run of 55 yards in the game.
Other notable plays of the game were made by running back Chris Rainey who scored twice, linebacker Brendon Spikes who scored on a 410 yard interception return, and Deonte Thompson who led receivers with 66 yards and 5 catches.
Gators didn't just score impressively on Saturday, but their defense was in top form. Jaye Howard was the defensive leader. He shared a sack with Lawrence Marsh and managed 7 tackles. Two linebackers, Ryan Stamper and Dustin Doe, each managed one sack each.
The stopped the first 5 conversion attempts in the game against FIU on Saturday. Before that, they stopped the last 8 against South Carolina, putting them at 13 consecutive 3rd down conversion attempts halted. It's the second time they've stopped more than 12 consecutive conversion attempts. Earlier in the season they managed to block 18 consecutive attempts. In the game against FIU, they allowed only 53 rushing yards and one field goal kick. It was also the 4th game in which the Gators didn't allow any turnovers.
The Seminoles' quarterback, Christian Ponder, is out for the season because of an injury, but his replacement, E. J. Manuel, has managed 430 yards and 33 of 51 passes. Jermaine Thomas as also managed 7 touchdowns in 690 rushing yards. FSU's defensive numbers are good, as well, with top defensive linemen Nigel Bradham at 76 tackles, Markus White at 10.5 sacks and Ochuko Jenije with 4 interceptions this season.
The Gators have defeated the Seminoles in their last two match-ups, scoring 45 points each year against only 12 by Florida State in 2007 and 15 points in 2008. The upcoming game against Florida State will be the last game of the regular season and the Gators' last home game.
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November 23rd, 2009 — Florida Gators Football, Gator News, Results
On Saturday, the Gators made a decisive victory against the Golden Panthers at Ben Hill Stadium. In front of over 90,000 attendees, they pushed their record to 11-0 for only the second time in the University of Florida's history. This win also puts the Gators winning streak at 21 consecutive games. They defeated 3-8 ranked FIU.
Gators managed to shut out the Panthers through almost the entire first half, allowing only one 3-point field goal less than 30 seconds before the end of the second quarter. Kicker Dustin Rivest was responsible for the only Panther scoring with that kick, while the Gators racked up over half of their game points, making the half-time score 35-3 Gators.
Florida dominated early with an interception return of 41 yards by Brandon Spikes, a senior linebacker, just over 13 minutes into the game. The interception made Spikes the only player in the United States to have achieved 4 pick-sixes within the last 2 years. It was his 6th career interception, and his 4th that lead to a touchdown, putting the first score on the board for the Gators at 7-0.
The next Gators score came at 9:18 in the second quarter with quarterback Tim Tebow running 55-yards, a career-high for Tebow, to make the touchdown and run the score to 14-0. That touchdown became Tebow's 54th, giving him the record for all-time touchdowns.
Chris Rainey made the next two touchdowns, the first with a 27-yard run after a shovel pass from quarterback Tebow. This was Rainey's first touchdown for the Gators. He then made a 22-yard run after an option pitch from the quarterback, making this his second rushing score, and number 7 of the season for the Gators, putting them at 28-0. He made 3 receptions, a career-tying achievement with a career-high of 61 yards.
Jeff Demps, a sophomore from Winter Garden, Fla., pushed the Gators halftime score to 35 with a 3-yard scamper, with the Panthers getting their only score of the game, a 37-yard field goal, just 29 seconds before the end of the half.
Early in the second half, Riley Cooper, a Gators wide receiver from Clearwater, Fla., caught an 18-yard pass, his 7th touchdown pass of the season, pushing the board to 42-3.
John Brantley came in for Tebow with over 13 minutes left in the 3rd quarter, and managed 73 yards and two touchdowns. The first was thanks to a reception by Omarius Hines, a wide receiver from Corsicana, Texas, whose 20-yard touchdown pass reception was his first scoring for Florida.
Brantley threw a career-long touchdown pass of 16-yards to Justin Williams of Folkson, Ga. This was his second score this season, pushing the score to 56-3 at just over 11 minutes left in the game. Deonte Thompson, a sophomore from Belle Glad, Fla., led Gators receivers with 66 yards and 5 catches.
Brantley had another career-long pass of 31-yards that was received in the end zone by Frankie Hammond Jr. of Hollywood Fla. This was also Hammond's inaugural score for the Gators, and pushed the score to its final of 62-3, leaving Gators undefeated this season.
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November 12th, 2009 — Florida Gators Football, Gator Game Preview, Gator News, South Carolina Gamecocks
First, let's review where the Gators have been lately:
Following four sacks by Tim Tebow, an offense that was often only one dimensional and a really big lack of what we like to see in terms of big play production, the Gators may have won against Vanderbilt but they did not spank the competition the way that many people had predicted. The defense was still quite superb in terms of this 27 to 3 win, which only allowed Vanderbilt to enter into the red zone one time throughout the entire game.
The Gators did not have a single offensive passive play that was longer than a distance of 21 yards before the 64-yard passing play by tight edge Aaron Hernandez, which happened late during the fourth quarter of the game. Tebow did display great accuracy with a total of 15 out of 20 completions for a total of 208 yards; however he often seemed to be looking rather uncomfortable in the pocket.
Now let's look ahead to see what the Gators are going up against next:
South Carolina, sitting at a record of 6 wins and 4 losses looks to be poised for yet another meltdown late in the season after having started the year with 5 and 1. The USC offense has only scored a total of three touch downs total in their losses to Arkansas and Tennessee, compiling nearly 750 yards on the USC defense which was once quite steady. The quarterback for the team, who is Stephen Garcia, has taken great strikes during his sophomore year of play, and yet he has received what seems to be absolutely no help from the team's ground game.
Now let's see where the UF Gators are in terms of injuries this week:
The running back Chris Rainey has a shoulder injury, and the wide receiver Deonte Thompson has a rib contusion injury and yet both of these players seemed to play just fine against Vanderbilt after having been limited in the practices over last week. Brand Antwine has a shoulder injury, Carl Moore a wide receiver has a back injury, Jeremy Brown has a back injury and Brendan Beal has a neck and back injury, and all four of these players could potentially be out for the remainder of the football season.
This week running back Emmanuel Moody said that at 19 and 0, teams are really beginning to come out and gun for the Gators. Many teams are listing the Gators as their most important game to win, and teams are finding themselves scheming in an attempt to beat the as yet undefeated UF Gators once and for all.
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November 2nd, 2009 — Florida Gators Football, Gator Game Preview, Gator News, South Carolina Gamecocks, Vanderbilt
Reportedly, Urban Meyer, Brandon Spikes and Tim Tebow met and had a meeting with other key members of the team and it has been said that everyone is now on the same page when it comes to the Gators team. Obviously some of the results from the post-Mississippi State meeting has been seen since the Gators managed to take a 41 to 17 win against the Georgia Bulldogs. Georgia should have taken the chance to wear their black helmets for the very first time but they squandered the opportunity instead.
The Gators are now going to have to focus all of their attention on the very next stop on their tour which is Vanderbilt. Right now Vanderbilt is at 2 and 7 for the season and 0 and 5 for the SEC conference play, and for the SEC East Division they are currently in last place. Offensively, they have actually been pretty offensive during this past season. They are currently ranked 93rd in terms of total offense, 109th in terms of passing offense and 110th in terms of scoring offense in the country. Defensively it seems that they have fared a little better, but they are not fairing well enough to concern the Gators in the slightest.
Tim Tebow and his roommate Riley Cooper the wide receiver have both seemed to have ironed out whatever wrinkles were previously in the playbook. Right now both Dave Nelson and Deonte Thompson are absent in terms of the passing attack. A current playmaker is the tight end Aaron Hernandez, who is making plays every single time that he touches the ball.
The running game in Florida is still quite potent, especially with Chris Rainey, Jeff Demps and Emmanuel Moody. The Gators are ranked at 6th in the Nation and they are averaging 252.25 yards for each game on the ground. Tim Tebow is definitely making up a lot of those yards himself.
It is important that the Florida Gators keep their attention on the Vanderbilt Commodores this week, but it seems that their mind is on other things. Urban Meyer is going to tell you that his team is only preparing for the Commodores right now, and that they are not thinking about the looming upcoming South Carolina game. He will tell you that the team is not even going to think about the South Carolina game until the days following the Vanderbilt football game. Unfortunately, we know quite well that it is human nature to look ahead, and the Florida Gators are almost certainly wondering about their future.
The OBC is definitely looking forward to a stop by the Gators in Columbia in the following two weeks.
Florida has a lot of improving to do, especially in terms of offense. The offensive line also has to improve in terms of pass protection because they cannot go on forever relying on Tebow.
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October 28th, 2009 — Bulldogs, Florida Gators Football, Gator News
The top ranked football team University of Florida went up against Mississippi in Starkville during Saturday night, and they came away with their very first win against this team since the year 1985, managing to hold on tight to claim a win of 29 to 19, improving their score to 7 and 0 for the season as well as 5 and 0 for the Southeastern Conference. The Bulldogs in Mississippi have moved to 3 and 5 overall, and in conference play their current standings are 1 - 3.
Florida currently owns the longest winning streak in the nation with a total of 17 wins in a row, and they have, in the past, won nine SEC road games straight in a row, dating back to their famous 2007 season. The University of Florida has managed to improve to an overall score of 7 and 0 for the very first time since their season in 1996, and they went 3 and 0 against the SEC West teams for the very first time since the year 1998.
The Senior Quarterback with the team, Tim Tebow from Jacksonville in Florida managed to lead his team with a total of 127 passing yards and 88 ground yards. He also had a 26 yard run for a touchdown that tied the record with Hershel Walker of 49 total rushing touchdowns in the SEC. The redshirt sophomore RB, Chris Rainey, managed to add an additional 90 yards while on the ground as well as a touchdown, and he also blocked a punt on the behalf of the Gators.
The Florida defense managed to step up again, limiting the offense for the Mississippi State team to only two field goals and a grand total sum of 237 yards. They managed to hold the Bulldogs back without a single third down conversion until about midway through the final quarter, and they managed to intercept Tyson Lee, the team's quarterback a total of three times. They also managed to hold the running back Anthony Dixon for Mississippi State to his season low of rushing yards at only 53 yards after he entered into the game averaging at around 116 yards per game.
The Gators managed to open the game by forcing an interception during the third play out from scrimmage. They started the game strong, and it was clear that they were going to do everything that they could to maintain a lead to keep their perfect record going for as long as possible. The Gators offense is still having some difficulties, but as long as the defense continues to step up, they may be able to maintain their streak.
With a lead of 29 to 19, the Orange and Blue managed to walk away with a seventh consecutive win, putting them at 7 and 0 for the season and 5 and 0 in the SEC.
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September 8th, 2009 — Charleston Southern Bucs, Florida Gators Football, Gator News, Results
For the sake of putting it simply, the Florida Gators wiped the floor with Charleston Southern, walking away with a score of 62-3 after a blowout game on Saturday.
You may say that this was the most boring game going on right now, because all the Florida Gators did was inflicted pain, pain and touch downs.
The game plan for the Gators did not involve Tim Tebow playing under center, or hardly even Tebow playing on the run. The only objective for Florida this week was to be able to rival Usain Bolt while they were on the way to the end zone with their playmakers. Consider these stats for example:
In the first half, the time of possession was 9:25. 35 offensive points were scored. The number of points scored per offensive minute were 3.78 points.
For Tim Tebow's most recent home opener as a Florida Gator, Florida managed to throw up a total of 385 offensive yards within the first 23 minutes alone. If the Gators had not managed to pull their starters out by the second quarter, then they may actually have broken the school's records for offensive yards in a single game with a total of 774.
Even the team's fourth stringers were allowed to be involved in this offensive explosion after the primary playmakers were able to have their go at things, including Riley Cooper, Jeff Demps, Chris Rainey and Aaron Hernandez. Rainey managed to finish a single play, scoring in 76 yards within only 13 seconds.
Cooper is looking more lethal than he looks lethargic after he was given a chance to do more than simply block downfield for once. This senior managed to lead all receivers with five catches in 105 yards and managed to make a catch after throwing up, considering he has been battling a flu bug all throughout the week.
Fans of Tebow had to settle for less than two quarters worth of him playing. He managed to finish 10 out of 15, passing for a total of two touchdowns and 188 yards, with one passing and one was rushing.
This wasn't just a win for Florida - They came out hard and fast, and proved that they are ready to play some serious ball this season. They wiped the floor with Charleston Southern, and their 62 to 3 score shows that they mean business, and are ready to set and break records, kick butt and walk away with as many wins as possible. Meyer, the coach for the Gators even said that the team has other tricks in its bag that they have yet to pull out, including Tebow being able to take snaps from under center.
Die hard fans of the Gators are certainly going to be kept engaged this season if this keeps up.
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