Friday Schadenfreude: Florida board Eubanks meltdown
Florida must have wanted this kid pretty badly judging by the seven page (and counting) thread bemoaning his Michigan commitment. Here's the link: http://florida.247sports.com/Board/14/Contents/TE-Nick-Eubanks-commits-…
Highlights include:
"Harbaugh kicked our butt on the field and looks like he can swoop in within a few weeks and take our recruits, as well."
"Well Nick, you better hope that you really love your new dorm room. Because you're gonna be snowed into it for 5 months out of the year. College life is supposed to be fun, not a jail sentence. I sure hope that, "Hello Walls", is his favorite song. Because he's gonna get to know the 4 walls of his dorm room real well. In no way could I pick a school strictly for the football side of it. Living in Siberia for 4 years isn't my idea of a fun. Chomp! Chomp!" (I personally always love the internet tough guys that are scared of non-tropical weather)
"I concede Michigan won the post-2014 coaching carousel. They really lucked into having Harbaugh as an alum and the fact the 49ers ran him off. But he's a one of a kind hire, the guy spent his summers as an NFL QB helping his dad with recruiting and scouting as some kind of unpaid, volunteer assistant at WKU.
The stories of Harbaugh on the trail remind me of Meyer."
EDIT: Best one in the whole thread -
"It's literally all about the sales pitch. Not record, not head to head, not stats. Its how you sell it. Just so happens we have Michigan beat on almost all those things they sold but they know how to sell it and we have the worst staff of recruiters relative to the program in the entire SEC. You could take almost any staff and put them in this same situation UF is in now, meaning new staff, 10 wins, ATL, favorable depth chart, 28 ships, PT everywhere, instability everywhere else, loaded state every year, etc and they'd produce anywhere from the number 1 class to something better than this."
Did we not just beat them into submission in their own state?
January 29th, 2016 at 8:38 AM ^
January 29th, 2016 at 9:08 AM ^
an observation, skurnie. +1
January 29th, 2016 at 9:23 AM ^
Well I'll be damned, he's right. And it has craft beer and a painting of Bill Murray on the wall, meaning I would probably love this place. This establishment was build to troll me and only me and I applaud its effort.
January 29th, 2016 at 9:27 AM ^
Yeah I lived down there for a couple of years when Laser Wolf opened up. Good place!
January 29th, 2016 at 11:16 AM ^
Is that a, "Fiddler on the Roof" themed bar?
January 29th, 2016 at 10:33 AM ^
at craft beer.
January 29th, 2016 at 9:23 AM ^
January 29th, 2016 at 9:50 AM ^
Never thought I'd see a Fiddler on the Roof nod in a football forum
January 29th, 2016 at 12:08 PM ^
January 29th, 2016 at 10:10 AM ^
but then driving down Highway 1, you cross the bridge over Jewfish Creek and you are in THE KEYS...
January 29th, 2016 at 12:23 PM ^
January 29th, 2016 at 6:14 PM ^
Jewfish Creek is the "official" separation between the Florida mainland and The Keys. Time immediately warps to a slower pace when you cross the Jewfish Creek Bridge.
January 29th, 2016 at 8:44 AM ^
January 29th, 2016 at 8:46 AM ^
But there are only so many layers you can take off. (Not that such things matter to college-age men. Hence cheerleader reasons for picking warm-climate schools.)
And all that damn sun! Palm trees may be pretty, but they don't give you any shade. Better to stay indoors to protect your eyes and delicate skin.
January 29th, 2016 at 8:58 AM ^
If I'm cold I can put a coat on.
If I get too hot there are only so many clothes I can take off before it's sex offender this and prevert that.
January 29th, 2016 at 9:37 AM ^
Ahhhh, Florida. Heaven's Waiting Room...
I have an idea! When I get old, I want to move out of Michigan to Florida. That way, instead of sitting inside for 4-5 months to avoid the cold, I can sit inside for 4-5 months to avoid the heat (while wearing sweaters!!). PLUS, when I am actually outside, I can be surrounded by America's filthiest rednecks, drowning in meth and poor life choices...
January 29th, 2016 at 8:50 AM ^
grew up in S. Fl., went to UM and live in Chicago. No way in hell I'd ever move back to Fl. Especially not the cess pool that is Gainesville.
January 29th, 2016 at 9:00 AM ^
Being a Gator alum living in Iowa and raised in MIchigan, I do agree that I'd rather not move back to Florida. But Gainesville and Melbourne are two of the few areas I'd actually consider moving back to.
January 29th, 2016 at 9:32 AM ^
Melbourne is sort of rough now (much like a lot of the Space Coast). The downtown area is still decent but outside of that it's a bit sketchy. I had clients there and used to go there 3-4 times a year.
January 29th, 2016 at 1:07 PM ^
I live in Melbourne and it's not too bad but I also live on the good side of town (Suntree/Viera). The West Melbourne area is pretty sketchy but still not as bad as other places I've lived. I'll agree that most of the rest of the space coast is pretty miserable though, especially Titusville.
That said, I don't plan on living here long-term and certainly won't be moving back. Once you do Disney once/twice and spend a summer hanging out on the beach, there really isn't a whole hell of a lot to do unless you own a boat. Orlando is a pretty garbage city (as far as entertainment there's really only the parks) and everything else is too far away through miles of swamp/wasteland to do anything regularly.
I did get to go to the bowl game which was cool but I'll take the good old midwest back any day. Christmas lights on palm trees look ridiculous.
January 29th, 2016 at 4:20 PM ^
Yeah I didn't mean to bag on your city or anything...but one of my coworkers got mugged there, which is why they became my client (not her's).
I've drank a lot of beer at Meg O'Malley's.
January 29th, 2016 at 9:21 AM ^
I lived in Alabama for 14 years....summer's SUCK. Walking outside into 110-degree weather with 94% humidity.....It's like, you take a breath and your lungs fill with warm water. Walking from the front door to the car is like taking a shower with your clothes on.
I'm soooooo happy to be back in the midwest where there are ACTUAL seasons....
Instead of the deep south where the seasons are:
Almost Summer
Summer
Still Summer
Christmas
January 29th, 2016 at 9:44 AM ^
i still live in alabama, have my whole life... i get your point but id say the seasons follow this pattern:
Summer
1-2 weeks nice fall weather
cold as fuck
winter
1-2 weeks nice spring weather
hot as fuck
People who complain about cold weather up north who live in the south make me laugh, because honestly we get cold weather here too.. last winter it was 6 degrees with a negative windshield. People who use the "its cold in the north" argument only say that because they have no other points to argue. Also the inverse argument that its hot as fuck in the summer in the south is just as equally a point northerners can make IMO.
January 29th, 2016 at 10:08 AM ^
"last winter it was 6 degrees with a negative windshield."
January 29th, 2016 at 10:35 AM ^
Where do I get one of those?
January 29th, 2016 at 9:50 AM ^
There's a big difference between Alabama and Florida. When you are on the coast, the winds greatly mitigate the heat and humidity. I remember sitting out on the deck facing the gulf on Anna Maria Island in May, watching the sun set, and feeling just a bit nippy.
Variety is the spice of life. I love the four seasons too, and like Michigan, but there's something to be said for both areas.
January 29th, 2016 at 10:55 AM ^
January 29th, 2016 at 9:40 AM ^
I also grew up in S. FL., went to UM, and now live in Chicago. Are we the same person? And I agree about Gainesville. It's a lot of fun as an undergrad but a terrible place to live if you're mid twenties and older.
January 29th, 2016 at 8:51 AM ^
And not only that, but Michigan summer > Florida winter. More like >>>>.
January 29th, 2016 at 8:55 AM ^
In my opinion
January 29th, 2016 at 9:45 AM ^
January 29th, 2016 at 8:57 AM ^
January 29th, 2016 at 9:05 AM ^
all that warm weather breeds big ugly nasty bugs. I like a good cold winter that kills them.
January 29th, 2016 at 9:44 AM ^
January 29th, 2016 at 10:23 AM ^
January 29th, 2016 at 11:26 AM ^
...Zika virus in the states that have real winter. So there's that.
Also, no alligators creeping into your back yard in the Great Lakes State. So there's that too.
January 29th, 2016 at 8:36 AM ^
Sounds like a lot of butt hurt to me.
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January 29th, 2016 at 8:58 AM ^
not much if any snow on the ground, the last week has been in the 30s and sunny. It isn't florida but it is mild
January 29th, 2016 at 9:05 AM ^
Harbaugh migh have a "south campus" added in Florida.
I mean, he pretty much "owns" the state right now! /s
January 29th, 2016 at 9:11 AM ^
January 29th, 2016 at 8:39 AM ^
Hello Walls....really?!? That's such an old old country song. I know this is a single take from that site but man that's horrible. Quick though, were they that butt hurt when Denard committed? I can't recall.
January 29th, 2016 at 9:05 AM ^
Yeah, Hello Walls ..... hello Sugar-Walls!!!!!!!!
January 29th, 2016 at 8:38 AM ^
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January 29th, 2016 at 9:04 AM ^
"Then I'll see you in Hell...(MI)"
January 29th, 2016 at 8:39 AM ^
I don't know why they have gotten their Jorts in a bunch. It's just recruiting.
January 29th, 2016 at 8:43 AM ^
Haha, I love this. "It's just recruiting". I agree, they should chill out. Nothing to worry about and it's just recruitng so rela...
OMG WHAT DID GARY'S MOM SAY TO HER AUNT'S BESTFRIEND ABOUT CLEMSON!!!?!?!?! PANIC!!?!?!?!
January 29th, 2016 at 9:04 AM ^
Michigan has been getting the best of them. Tebow couldn't beat them, McIlwain couldn't do it this year, now we're taking their homegrown recruits. .. .
