OT: UF fans bitter about George Campbell
File this under General SEC Schadenfreude.
Seems like a few Florida Gator fans are a little butthurt about George Campbell's commitment, and most are preaching that IT WON'T LAST! HE A GATORRRR!
Read the entire thread for delicious and hilarious comments.
The butthurt is strong with this one:
To me, this commitment really doesn't make any sense. I get the interest in Clemson with the offense they run and WRs they can sell him on that they have produced, but Michigan? They threw for less than 200 yds a game.............in the Big 10. I'm sure they are selling him on the future and not the past the same as UF, but I don't get what he could have been told that put Michigan above Clemson or UF.
U MAD BRO?
Arrogant and overrated. Clemson is a perennial pretender. Michigan will provide George with a chance to flourish and play on the biggest stage in multiple BCS bowl games. George is a wise man. George is bigger than Florida and definitely bigger than Clemson. Southerners dont understand Michigan.....and thats fine.
Will Muschamp is a lot of things. But arrogant isn't one of them.
Angry is one of them. Anyone read lips? I think it starts off with "Do you hear me?...."
And if anyone would know what an angry coach looks like, it would be an ND fan! So I say, if Phork says he's angry, he must be angry!!
"They threw for less than 200 yards a game...."
I'm sure coaches used that same tactic recruiting Anthony Carter and Desmond Howard.
Florida only threw for 140 ypg last year and 190 ypg in 2011, so I don't know why any UF fans would be bringing that up as their passing game has actually been worse than UM's the past two seasons.
you have to adjust for the awesomness of the conference factor by about .5
So 140 yards passing in the SEC is really like 210 in the Big Ten
/sarcasm
That is actually the first time I needed the /s tag.
It is interesting how short memories are - UM is now perceived to be a spread type offense due to about 5 years of history. I realize many of those commentators dont follow Michigan closely since it is SEC country but we did beat them just over a half decade ago with a pro style offense and prior to 2009 that was the base set for a few decades. So yes looking to the future AND past... just not the very recent past. Amazing how quickly perception changed of Michigan due to one 5 year period.
On one hand though...
"Look on the bright side, he's gunna help beat Ohio every year. You know I'm a big Brady Hoke fan!"
This may be a little off topic for this thread, but speaking of Florida and Brady Hoke fans, Will Muschamp said on First Take (yeah, I know) last week that he's a fan of Hoke and basically admitted he intentionally referred to OSU as Ohio. And Skip B. approved. (Go to about the 2:00 mark.)
Wow. I never thought I'd hear words out of Skip Bayless's mouth I'd agree with. Glad he loves it that Hoke calls Ohio "Ohio."
Also I really like Muschamp after that.
Let's act like we've been there before because, well, because we have.
"I don't get what he could have been told that put Michigan above Clemson or UF."
How about pretty much everything aside from the weather and what it means for female's choices in clothing?
Enough with the term butthurt
I agree. Frankly, I must be really dense because it really is a non-sensical term. Unless, the OP likes force-able sodomy.
They call him "Peggy", shaded with gray in the alleyway.
I say enough with the term "man cave". that's way worse than butt hurt.
about my man cave makes my butt hurt. In fact, I'm going to double down on this because it is something I have great passion about. YOLO.
/s
(Yes, I'm even being sarcastic about the /s)
I am really tired of hearing "Pick Six".
Sorry, Gators. You lose.
Just like in 2003:
and 2008:
and this past April:
Perfect post! Well done.
David Cone knows how to beat Urban.
We beat UF in the very next game...I mean, remember the Canadian shooting the lights out?
And in all honesty, outside of a few crazies, it was pretty tame. Better than most fan bases, and I venture to say better than many on some of the other Michigan sites. Surely, even on this blog, there would be a few saying similar things if, say, McDowell committed to Florida.
These threads proclaiming "look how an SEC team has a few fans that don't understand how someone would pick another team over them" just simply aren't good schadenfreude, and pointing to them here is tired and petty.
Had more schadenfreude about the commitment.
I was in agreement until you called the poster tired and petty. Now you're just as bad as him...and so am I ugh.
what the hell does Florida have to brag about the last few years?
More than Michigan. The won 2 national championships in the last decade.
But I'd like to think that we know winning isn't everything.
i said last few years, not decade. they havent done anyhing great with their new coach. most these fans are talking about Hoke, hence i refer to what they have done with their new coach and what he has to offer.
...their new coach who inherited a dumpster fire from Urbz, then turned it into an 11-2 team two years later?
Let's be real for a minute. We don't have much of a rivalry with Florida (if anything, there's some affinity due to a common hatred of Urban Meyer, as Muschamp's comments from last week indicate). We have no reason to indulge in Florida schadenfreude. Losing out on Campbell won't hurt them as much as it would have hurt a lesser program. Threads like this are silly and make us look like Sparty.
Thank you. No offense to OP.
You can't deny they had a good showing last year, and Muschamp seems like a stand-up guy. I respect the way that people compare his ethics to those of Urban Meyer, saying things like, "Coach Meyer knows what it takes to win" (specifically, not kicking bad apples off the team). And Muschamp earned some points in my book with his "Ohio" comment last week.
I'd have no problem rooting for Florida in their conference games. The only problem is that somehow both teams end up celebrating because the loser still finds a way to bask in the winner's reflective glory when the peculiar SEC! SEC! chants get going.
The extra year to go 11-2?
The brutally honest voice of reason.
Someone is still a little upset over getting embarrassed and outclassed in the Elite 8.
Side note- Johnny football is providing some great material for everyone again/still
While on the whole the thread seemed pretty tame I have to admit its still nice to see SEC fans jealous of Michigan, even if it's only a few of them.
...with the concept of on and off topic.
Such an underrated movie.
Pay this man his money
is that Florida fans will never believe they were beaten, as the character says, "straight up." They'll forever assume Michigan chated.
Now poker is on tv 24/7.
What is the title of the movie?
i believe is rounders.
They have a bandwagon. I live here and these "fans" jump from The U to FSU and back based on the season. I moved from PA and this state as a whole has the worst fans overall. No passion like you see with our fan base and Ohio , ND etc.
This is one fan base that you shouldn't care what they say at all.
But there are plenty of hardcore fans. My wife is a Florida alum, and I can tell you because I've met a lot--the two hate each other. But the one thing Florida fans are more hardcore about than FSU is "SEC." They flaunt their SEC and their gator chomp everywhere.
My wife still drops Tebow references about the Braveheart/FSU game whenever my son gets his face half dirty. I cut that crap out quick.
They got passion. But I don't mind because she wants to watch college football nonstop, and that's pretty awesome.
Yeah I've never lived in Florida, but friends who have lived there have said what I pretty much suspect: Florida has real fans and seems to sell their stadium out regularly. OTOH, it's FSU and Miami that have no real fans and can't sell fill their stadiums (especially Miami)