Jordan Scarlett Suspended (Florida Starting RB), As Well As Rick Wells
Head Coach Jim McElwain has announced that Jordan Scarlett and Rick Wells are suspended from all team activities.
— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) August 30, 2017
August 30th, 2017 at 3:45 PM ^
Nah....
He'll scoop up all of the Florida players leaving the team and get them to play for FAU. Then McElwain will get fired, hire Kiffin, then Kiffin will bring all the former Florida/FAU players back with him to Florida.
August 30th, 2017 at 3:47 PM ^
All while sitting at a bus stop in Naples..
August 30th, 2017 at 3:55 PM ^
I hope so. That guy has been nothing but a failure as a head coach. Yet, athletic directors keep giving this guy another chance. It's amazing.
August 30th, 2017 at 4:04 PM ^
Either fired by November, or poached by an NFL team in February.
August 30th, 2017 at 3:25 PM ^
August 30th, 2017 at 3:25 PM ^
Some serious gamesmanship by McElwain. Really taking this roster trickery business with Harbaugh quite seriously now. McElwain is playing some 3-D chess here.
August 31st, 2017 at 8:33 AM ^
Inconceivable!
August 30th, 2017 at 4:30 PM ^
This is great.
August 30th, 2017 at 3:25 PM ^
Michigan's DL can't move well side line to side but Scarlett can't move on the field at all.
August 30th, 2017 at 3:25 PM ^
This is hilarious!
August 30th, 2017 at 3:25 PM ^
They're dropping faster than McElwain's pants at an aquarium
August 30th, 2017 at 3:31 PM ^
Ok this might be the best comment I may read today. I'd give you as many ups as I could if I could. Shark week may never bother me again.
August 30th, 2017 at 3:52 PM ^
August 30th, 2017 at 3:47 PM ^
Is McElwain's wife's name Monica?
August 30th, 2017 at 3:59 PM ^
Can LSA2000 give us an up-vote record tally? This has to be in the top 10!
August 30th, 2017 at 4:04 PM ^
Who the hell downvoted this?
August 30th, 2017 at 4:04 PM ^
Who the hell downvoted this?
August 30th, 2017 at 4:32 PM ^
Which wolverine gator downvoted this post?
August 30th, 2017 at 5:06 PM ^
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August 30th, 2017 at 6:50 PM ^
August 30th, 2017 at 7:54 PM ^
August 30th, 2017 at 3:26 PM ^
He certainly won't have to worry about moving laterally now.
August 30th, 2017 at 3:27 PM ^
Great culture down there in the swamp!
August 30th, 2017 at 3:30 PM ^
Swamp indeed.
August 30th, 2017 at 3:32 PM ^
August 30th, 2017 at 3:27 PM ^
A muscle in his pride.
August 30th, 2017 at 3:27 PM ^
Looks like he and Wells were involved in the credit card incident, as well.
August 30th, 2017 at 3:55 PM ^
wow thats quite a few bad decisions in short order...i believe wells also got charged with firing bb guns at dorm windows not long after enrolling last year.
obviously many college students do stupid stuff (i know i did)...its sort of amazing though (and sad) when the same students repeatedly make poor decisions and 1 incident turns into like 3-4
August 30th, 2017 at 3:59 PM ^
We call firing guns into windows and credit card fraud Tuesday night here in Duval County.
August 30th, 2017 at 3:28 PM ^
They did really care about the game as it's not a real game like they play in the SEC.
August 30th, 2017 at 3:37 PM ^
Yeah, because not caring about a Big Ten team that owns you in a national showcase game is such a good look for the SEC.
We are making steady progress debunking the "Big Ten is slow" narrative.
The SEC, however, is not doing quite so well in debunking the "SEC is stupid" narrative.
August 30th, 2017 at 3:29 PM ^
He must know a beating is coming and needs a built in excuse.
August 30th, 2017 at 3:40 PM ^
"What did you expect? I lost control of my team before the first game even started."
Seems a little unorthodox, but it might work.
August 30th, 2017 at 3:29 PM ^
Hats off to Harbaugh for being the bigger man when McElwin took shots at him. Harbaugh very easily could have said something along the lines of Jim should really put more effort into his own teams issues instead of calling me out.
August 30th, 2017 at 3:32 PM ^
August 30th, 2017 at 3:32 PM ^
taken my hat off had he said it. After having 7 players suspended, one of whom is an embarassment to the program according to Florida blogs...Harbaugh would've been well within his rights to mention something about "antics" are the reason some of his players aren't playing.
August 30th, 2017 at 3:55 PM ^
Didn't he say something like that about Saban or Hugh Frieze during the great Satellite Camp clutching of pearls of a year ago?
August 30th, 2017 at 4:05 PM ^
August 30th, 2017 at 4:13 PM ^
It was to Butch Jones during the IMG spring break trip.
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/harbaugh-tweet-directed-butch-jones
Bielema and 3-9 Mork tweeted about watching the open practice and getting lunch, then Jones said he'd join as well.
August 30th, 2017 at 4:40 PM ^
And then Harbaugh said something like "he needs to get control of his program before he starts talking about ours" - causing Pete's phonelines to explode.
August 30th, 2017 at 3:31 PM ^
August 30th, 2017 at 3:34 PM ^
Correct - shut out #1
August 30th, 2017 at 4:10 PM ^
Maybe some quick slants/crossing routes. Maybe some quick behind the LOS passes or pitches or jet sweeps where the player can get YACs if Hudson doesn't nerf that stuff.
But that's about it. That was their "passing game" before their main RB threat was removed from the squad. Don't know how strong their back-up RB is, but it seems to me that in the likely event that their run game just took a very credible hit (i.e., if it isn't like their WR corps where Callaway being suspended still yields 2-3 good options at WR for htem), their offense will be even less diverse in terms of their credible approaches. Which means their ability to stretch our defense has decreased even more, and our D can largely focus on stopping the dink & dunks, swing passes even more.
Unless we just cough up the ball a lot on defensive turnovers or completely blow special teams, I don't see how these dudes score more than 10 or 14 points.
August 30th, 2017 at 4:07 PM ^
The only way I see Florida getting points on the board now is our offense turning the ball over deep in its own territory and giving Florida a short field to work with, throwing a pick six, and huge breakdowns in the secondary that result in big plays. Which is possible given the youth of our secondary, but UF has no proven receivers and QBs who are average at best. They still have to get their WRs the ball.
Basically, limit your mistakes, take what Florida's defense gives you, and don't give Florida a short field. We'll have a tough time moving the ball against Florida's defense, but I trust Harbaugh's ability to put his offense in a position to succeed far more than I trust Nussmeier's ability to do so with the unmitigated disaster he has on his hands.
August 30th, 2017 at 5:31 PM ^
was just going to say, the best chance for them is the same way OSU scored on us last year. Please hold up OL!
August 30th, 2017 at 8:28 PM ^
and a QB with a big arm. They could get lucky and hit a couple of big plays.
Without their most dynamic playmakers, it's hard to see them moving the ball consistently. With such an inexperienced QB our pressure will force them into big mistakes. I'll be a little surprised if Franks doesn't get pulled. This could be one of those games where our defense outscores their offense.
August 30th, 2017 at 4:41 PM ^
They still have Nussmeier. He'll come up with a game plan to maximize the potential of their remaining players.
Jokes aside, I don't envy the job he has trying to do that.