tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post1234571941715338014..comments2023-10-14T05:50:09.559-04:00Comments on Saurian Sagacity: The Official Blog for Inquisitive Florida Gators Fans: Storm Clouds over TallahasseeHenry Louis Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-44547655818915405202007-03-10T16:12:00.000-05:002007-03-10T16:12:00.000-05:00You are so right Henry. I am not talking about the...You are so right Henry. I am not talking about the past. Historians have even figurred out there is no money in history. I am talking about the here and now, the swamp bowl 11-24-07. The Seminole wind is going to turn the swamp into a desert. <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>FSU will simply have an outstanding year and will at least compete for the NC, maybe not make the game or win it but will def be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-84745897505460732332007-03-10T00:12:00.000-05:002007-03-10T00:12:00.000-05:00Anonymous,Here's a tip. If you want people to act...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Here's a tip. If you want people to actually read what you write, keep it short.<BR/><BR/>And by the way ancient history is just that. Have fun at next year's emerald bowl. The question is which opponent you'll be sharing the sidelines with.Henry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-40170763411883643272007-03-09T23:35:00.000-05:002007-03-09T23:35:00.000-05:00http://loserwithsocks.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/the...http://loserwithsocks.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/the-chris-wonder-leak-interview/ <BR/>By the way that picture of Urban (My linebacking corps went up in smoke) Meyer is not the only one out there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-40686815264777031882007-03-09T23:11:00.000-05:002007-03-09T23:11:00.000-05:00Lets talk about the eighties. It is called the dyn...Lets talk about the eighties. It is called the dynasty. It was fourteen years of abuse for Florida. espn calls us the team of the 90's in any sport. We went 12-4-1 against Florida. 5 wins in the swamp, no wins for Florida in Doak. There was a slight slip as we were 1-1 in bowl games against Florida. We will have to take the tie also since it was the greatest comeback in collegiate history. <BR/><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-11446007696330107542007-02-21T10:25:00.000-05:002007-02-21T10:25:00.000-05:00Sure... but I've said that lots of times. I don't...Sure... but I've said that lots of times. I don't agree with it, but it's a fact. It's the same thing with Mike Martin and the baseball team.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-72105074359313726962007-02-20T18:01:00.000-05:002007-02-20T18:01:00.000-05:00Don't you agree that that's a more than a little s...Don't you agree that that's a more than a little selfish?Henry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-1604433470305729342007-02-20T17:54:00.000-05:002007-02-20T17:54:00.000-05:00The only way he leaves, Henry, is if we win an MNC...The only way he leaves, Henry, is if we win an MNC. 10 Wins will just keep around "as long as he's healthy."<BR/><BR/>They may not admit it, but he and JoePa would kill for the wins record.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-52930517222042497862007-02-20T12:17:00.000-05:002007-02-20T12:17:00.000-05:00Bill,I agree that Bowden shouldn't be fired. But ...Bill,<BR/><BR/>I agree that Bowden shouldn't be fired. But he shouldn't put the university in a situation where it's even being discussed. I mean the saddest thing in the world is see a guy trying to hang on once he's lost it. Especially a guy like Bowden that is an institution in and of himself. Sometimes you need to step outside of yourself and see that you might be doing more damage than Henry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-27243188689995005212007-02-20T12:08:00.000-05:002007-02-20T12:08:00.000-05:00Sorry I haven't been around to comment... but let ...Sorry I haven't been around to comment... but let me address those of you that are too scared to put a real name out there. That's right, hide behind the 'Net. Use a $ in FSU... that's original buddy. Same thing with the Ron Zook Field BS. Impressive, seriously. You guys are original, and deserve to participate in well though out discussion.<BR/><BR/>Gomez and Mergz go a long way to having well Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-728143866711962752007-02-18T16:38:00.000-05:002007-02-18T16:38:00.000-05:00shamrock: losing a 4-star from an already fairly s...shamrock: losing a 4-star from an already fairly shitty recruiting class definitely counts as "things get worse."machetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06546638883692321282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-35889016864902624202007-02-17T19:49:00.000-05:002007-02-17T19:49:00.000-05:00Of course I realize there are a couple of classroo...Of course I realize there are a couple of classrooms in one part of Ron Zook field at Doak Campbell facade.<BR/><BR/>And do you know why?<BR/><BR/>Your athletic association could not raise enough $$$ to get the job done....stingy 'Nolies, so Hart hatched a plan to include classrooms so they could spend part of the educational construction budget granted to f$u by the Florida legislature to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-78687673680626995002007-02-17T18:34:00.000-05:002007-02-17T18:34:00.000-05:00losing markish jones is a backbreaker now?are you ...losing markish jones is a backbreaker now?<BR/><BR/>are you serious? that kid wasn't even going to see the field next year. He was a speed guy, in a class with 2 other speed guys (bpaul and bert reed) - I'm upset, but one player won't break this team next year. Especially an under the radar guy like markish Jones.<BR/><BR/>and flame it all you want, FSU never offered antwain or taiwan Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-42280864232392017652007-02-16T15:50:00.000-05:002007-02-16T15:50:00.000-05:00Things get worse for the Semenholes:The ACC has in...Things get worse for the Semenholes:<BR/><BR/>The ACC has invalidated the LOI that 4 star wr recruit Markish Jones signed with FSU while it validated the LOI he had signed with Clemson. There's no word yet wherther or not the noles plan on<BR/>appealing this ruling. Jones had completed and signed a LOI to attend Clemson on signing day but never faxed it to Clemson. Instead, he filled out and machetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06546638883692321282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-72675559558480430512007-02-16T14:19:00.000-05:002007-02-16T14:19:00.000-05:00I simply must respond to the inanity of nolecc's c...I simply must respond to the inanity of nolecc's contention that Bowden can't be fired.<BR/><BR/>First off, Bowden has INSISTED, as any employee in demand would, that he be compensated based on his past performance. That is how he came to be, had been for more than a decade, one of 5 highest paid football coaches in our great nation. That said, he's given you guys how many 5 loss seasons in a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-80117951934217644462007-02-16T10:48:00.000-05:002007-02-16T10:48:00.000-05:00Troy-The rumor was that FSU had mistakenly made an...Troy-<BR/><BR/>The rumor was that FSU had mistakenly made an offer to Taiwan Easterling thinking he was Antwain. But if you say it has been de-bunked I'll take your word for it.<BR/><BR/>I do agree on your defense, I think they were young in 06' and will be better. As for Weatherford or Lee, I think you would know by now if either one was "it". I will be stunned if either amounts to anything.<BR/Mergzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815816581678431340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-29512841706942323562007-02-15T18:34:00.000-05:002007-02-15T18:34:00.000-05:00mergz - not to pry - but we didnt go after antwain...mergz - not to pry - but we didnt go after antwain easterling. we went after taiwan easterling. (they're cousins, i believe) Taiwan is a speedster we were looking to gray shirt (according to him) - but it was recently de-bunked that FSU even offered the kid a Gray Shirt. <BR/><BR/>He was just spouting off to his coaches and some media at Southern Miss - and they rode with the story.<BR/><BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-43331882910061677572007-02-15T16:48:00.000-05:002007-02-15T16:48:00.000-05:008-4 sounds about right, and I could see it as bad ...8-4 sounds about right, and I could see it as bad as 6-6, or as good as 9-3.<BR/><BR/>And don't crown us yet either (not that I was worried :) ) We aren't going to repeat likely anything (SEC and certainly not MNC), and it won't have to do with Tebow and the offense (which I think will be fine).<BR/><BR/>It will be our D. You don't lose 9 of 11 starters and compete at the same level. <BR/><BR/>Mergzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815816581678431340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-80743354647443411842007-02-15T15:20:00.000-05:002007-02-15T15:20:00.000-05:00Bowden's here until he decides to go. You can't fi...Bowden's here until he decides to go. You can't fire the guy you name the field after, put up a giant stained glass window of and put of a statue for... not that I agree with any of that for all of our coaches aside from Dr. JoAnne Graf.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, since you're interested in our schedule now...<BR/><BR/>Booker gone isn't an issue... Antone Smith is a much better running back, he just wasn'tAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-28839150130542430952007-02-15T14:38:00.000-05:002007-02-15T14:38:00.000-05:00Whoa - easy big fella - did we hit a nerve here?In...Whoa - easy big fella - did we hit a nerve here?<BR/><BR/>In reading your response, you seem to say that the problem at FSU is not talent, it is coaching. So presumably by hiring a new assistant and retreading an old one that fixes the problem? I guess 2007 will show. But if you think this past recruiting class was remotely on par with anything the ‘Noles have gotten in the past 10 years, you areMergzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815816581678431340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-49369759186702283092007-02-15T14:07:00.000-05:002007-02-15T14:07:00.000-05:00Bill,I agree that the value of the recruiting serv...Bill,<BR/><BR/>I agree that the value of the recruiting services is debatable. I think talent evaluation is one of the hardest things to do. They haven't perfected it yet in professional sports so by necessity it's a lot more sketchy in college. There will always be outliers like a highly touted guy that is a bust or an unrecruited guy that breaks out.<BR/><BR/>As far as Boise and Wake goes, Henry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-87671585555959162372007-02-15T13:54:00.000-05:002007-02-15T13:54:00.000-05:00I gotta say that normally you guys don't have the ...I gotta say that normally you guys don't have the "my you know what smells like roses" attitude of a lot of Gator sites, but this one smells like the others.<BR/><BR/>First off, recruiting rankings are crap. Yeah... I realize a lot of sites make their money off grown men wanting to know what a 17 year old boy is going to do, but really, do you think Boise or Wake were in the top 25 classes four Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com