Man I miss that one, and hawking DVD's of it on the old Haloscan threads. Good times
I still have mine. Thanks. Back in the Haloscan days,my name was Rumpel Foreskin.
strictly for your avatar. Not even sure what you wrote.
Awww, hearing Brandon Minor's name makes me recall fond memories of MINOR RAAAGE. Those were the days.
"Minor is Major, TOUCHDOWN!"
in recent memory ,,,, I guess we can relive some of the excitement!!! It;'s on it's way back under HOKE!! GO BLUE!!!!!!!!
Breaks a big run and stares down the Florida bench after knocking the DB down.
I love watching this game...it brings back fond memories.
Forgot how ridiculous Arrington's catch was
Fantastic game to watch, but this one made a lot of people think that there was nothing wrong with the previous regime when in reality we went way outside the norm in our gameplan and as a result got our first OSU/Bowl win in what was then over four years.
Uh-oh. The Carr-loving neg mafia who hates to be reminded of unpleasant facts is in the hiz-ouse.
If Carr had shown as much imagination during his last four years of coaching as he did in his last game, he wouldn't have been encouraged to "retire."
According to quotes I've seen from Carr the plan was to run this type of offense most of 2007 but the injuries to Hart and particularly Henne put a huge dent in that plan.
I do agree it would have been nicer to see this offense earlier than 2007.
Did they show the Gator players talking sh*t at the 50 yard line prior to the game?
A healthy Henne and Hart made a world of difference in this game. Too bad they could barely walk in the OSU game.
DeBord's apparent brain transplant before this game was even bigger than Henne and Hart's health.
But also makes me sad at how badly Henne, Hart, Arrington and Manningham were misused by those coaches. Ugh.
Carr was often more aggressive in bowls for whatever reason. The Rose Bowl vs. Texas, the Outback Bowl vs. Florida, the Citrus Bowl vs. Auburn.
Yeah, Henne and Hart got banged up bad that year, but we would have hung 60 on Appalachian State with this kind of offensive innovation.
But also makes me sad at how badly Henne, Hart, Arrington and Manningham were misused by those coaches. Ugh.
While I don't disagree that DeBord was very predictable at times (which was very frustrating when we played teams like USC, where the situation called for us to take more risks), these guys could have been misused a lot worse than they were. Hart, for instance, rushed for over 5,000 yards despite frequent injuries; how many more could he have realistically gotten in another offense?
of how he was used (i.e. run to DEATH when healthy). Very few guys could totally hold up with that work load, let alone a dude that size.
He got those yards because he was a great player, but I'd still rather have seen him have a crack at running well 12 games a year as opposed to getting 35 carries in a game we won 38-0 (ND, for example).
Well so was Denard Robinson last year and he could barely stand at the end of the year either. He missed parts of every game he played in if I'm not mistaken. I hope this year the staff can find a happy medium in the amount of carries to give him.
No one said he wasn't. Denard had the unfortunate task of being the team's starting running back AND take blows in the passing game. Way too much.
I honestly think Denard's insane work load was the result of the pressure on Rodriguez. The running backs just weren't good enough to ride those critical games on.
I don't think so. Pat White carried the ball 197 times in 2007, despite the fact that Steve Slaton and Noel Devine were available. That's how RR's offense operates - the QB carries it a ton. If there are also has good tailbacks available, he'll call more running plays and cut down on pass attempts. 2007 WVU rushed the ball over 70% of the time.
Which is why you dont ride those critical games on them. You use them against the patsies to develop them so they are ready for those critical games. Instead of creating a heisman phenom against bowling green whilst those running backs get no reps. We never got to find out if those running backs were any good, hopefully this year we will.
Brandon Minor, Carlos Brown and Michael Shaw weren't exactly overworked under RR, but they, too, suffered frequent injuries. Tailback is a punishing position.
My 2nd favorite game ever...behind Notre Dame 2006.
My second favorite too, behind Penn State 1997.
Both times I felt like I was watching someone else's team. They were the only times I was ever in awe of my own team.
I agree wholeheartedly(ND '06). When Prescott Burgess took that pick back for a TD I rolled my ankle landing on an xbox controller when I landed from jumping around.
One of my favorite games of all time.
I thought at the time that it felt like such a big win because of Carr and the redemption for the rest of the season, but that over time it would be just, you know, a win in the Capital One bowl.
But I was wrong. It has stood the test of time.
This game brings a tear to my eye. What could have been for the years prior if we had opened it up like this all the time.
I hope Borges will run something like this offense down the road.
guy was trying to sabotage us even then.
of my life. I sat in my inlaws' Orlando living room and watched while all of them--every single member of the family an FL grad--went to the game. Damn did I enjoy myself.
Was just posting about this game in the "defensive improvement" thread, but it merits bringing up here, too.
As you're watching Henne and company put this hapless-looking Gator secondary through this public shaming, think about this for a moment: that meek, seemingly lost group of Florida DB's turned into one of the nation's finest the next year. Here are the improvements Florida's defense (esp. pass defense) made the next year, when they won the Nat Title in 2008/9:
Scoring defense went from 46th to 5th.
Pass defense went from 98th(!) to 20th.
Pass efficiency defense went from 71st to 3rd.
Interceptions went from 74th to 1st.
Source: http://www.gatorzone.com/football/history/2008/review.pdf see at page 6.
The biggest difference really simply seemed to be that the 2007 team was full of first year starters in the secondary, while the 2008 team, though still young, had that year of bludgeoning to learn from.
Just sayin'. Radical improvements in young DBs are known to happen. Courtney Avery, Carvin, Marvin, and J.T. all took their lumps, but they've got the talent and atleticism to be elite guys. Maybe sooner than anybody thinks.
Florida's defense in '07 had Major Wright and Joe Haden as freshmen. They both took big sophomore leaps to lead their secondary in '08.
I'm putting $20 on the Gators.
Yeah, at this point, I figured "Well, we came out with some extra emotion because of Carr's retirement, but we're probably in trouble now." Very impressive that we kept it together in what was basically a road game against a huge favorite.
The offense we ran in this game might bear some similarities to what we'll run this fall (but obviously, with some more designed QB carries) . SDSU used quite a bit of shotgun last year.
No, it's not read-option, so it must be MANBALL.
I remember watching this game and thinking that Manningham would be an absolute beast in Rodriguez's offense. It's a shame we didn't get to see that
With Threet/Sheridan at QB? His production would have taken a big hit.
He carried the ball 6 or 7 times in this game, and I envisioned him having a similar role to that of Harvin in the spread offense. However, Rodriguez really didn't utilize receivers in the running game anyway.
Testify!
This game sucks (so far)...
Hart looked pretty fast that game and I forgot what a shock it was to see Henne alone in the backfield and 4 or 5 wide... looked like a bastardized version of what we were to see under Rodriguez, a dreamlike view into an exciting future. Oh, and Arrington had an unreal game, he was on another level. The catch posterizing the Florida DB was out of this world
but you can't forget the dump off behind the back catch after Henne stepped up in the pocket.
"to see Henne alone in the backfield and 4 or 5 wide... looked like a bastardized version of what we were to see under Rodriguez...."
Perhaps you meant that the other way around?
I wish we could have seen Long catch that pass. Wasn't his fault of course but would have been classic
rumblin', bumblin', stumblin' SIX
I was smiling until Boren came up on my screen.