What a freaky dude January 23, 2008
Posted by Jai Eugene in SEC Football.trackback
Do not stare into his dead, creepy eyes or at the hypnotic mole above his left eye.
(Thanks Joel) I thought that the untouchable one had escaped yet again from scrutiny [Orlando]. It now looks like that maybe people are starting to believe that if it smells like poop then it probably is poop [Gatorsports].
What? Apparently he’s recruiting gymnasts to get their boyfriend’s to play football for him. Scroll down until you see “This Gator in Hot Water”. Link: This from Utah
Interesting read, she probably has it out for Herban because he left the Utes for the Gators, right?
Florida gymnastics coach Rhonda Faehn got a little help recruiting two months ago from an unlikely source — Urban Meyer.
Before Meyer could sign junior college wide receiver Carl Moore last month, he had to convince Moore’s girlfriend — former UCLA gymnast Maranda Smith — to come to UF.
There was just one problem: Smith didn’t think she was good enough to earn a scholarship at UF.
“My boyfriend always wanted to come to Florida,” Smith said. “He said, ‘Yeah, we could go together.’ I was like, ‘No, I’m not good enough to go there anymore.’ [gatorsports]
Meyer will no doubt be ridiculed for his decision to recruit women gymnasts, great men often are, but true fans recognize the service he has given to the school and his team.
Body Double??
This is where I am supposed to insert “59-20″, but damn, this is becoming pretty dadgum embarassing…
Yawn…
Tempest in a teapot, Jai…
Tempest in a teapot…
I am clearly embarrassed by the direction of the program
Gator Hippy, I really think that you are against the program. Stop acting like this is business as normal, please.
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@5 Ditto
Meyer has done nothing wrong. It has always been Tennessee’s style to try and find fault with other programs other than their own. *Yawn* Jai chooses to selectively post and spin to fit his agenda. Which is fine, it’s his site.
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Smith finally contacted Faehn, who sent assistant coach Adrian Burde out to California to watch her practice. Luckily, Faehn had a scholarship available, and Smith and Moore were on their way to Gainesville.
“He’s more than my boyfriend, he’s my best friend,” Smith said. “We are so close. I love him to death.”
Smith knows she has a lot of work to do to crack the Gators’ lineup. She showed glimpses of her potential by scoring a 9.775 on an exhibition routine on bars during Florida’s season opener last Friday.
“It’s going to be tough to make the lineup but I’m excited for the challenge,” she said.
(More truth in regards to Florida’s recruiting)
Gainesville Sun’s response to Patrick Johnson calling out Florida for his doing:
To borrow an expression from the former head ball coach, Patrick Johnson needs to check his facts before he starts accusing somebody of something.
The Pompano Beach All-America cornerback has been spewing stuff to the recruiting services the past week about his red-flagged test score and the role UF played in it. He called Florida officials “cowards” for tipping off the Clearing House about his recent dramatic increase on his ACT exam (reportedly from 16 to 24.) after Johnson spurned Florida for LSU.
An early enrollee, Johnson is no longer in class (at LSU) and is in limbo while the Clearing House does its thing. (Most likely, Johnson will have to re-take the ACT, which he claims he’s fine with.)
Here’s the fact: UF had nothing to do with the Clearing House firing up the red flag on Johnson’s questionable test score. This is something the Clearing House did (and always does) on its own. When an athlete’s score suddenly increases by several points, the red flag goes up. The Clearing House doesn’t need to be “tipped off” about someone’s test score. And trust me, UF had nothing to do with the process Johnson is going through right now.
To listen to Johnson tell it, though, the only reason the Clearing House even looked into his score is because Florida told it to. That’s absolutely absurd. Does he think the Clearing House would not have noticed his score unless someone had pointed it out?
Here’s how the process works: the testing agency sends the results of tests directly to the Clearing House. Sometimes it is the testing agency that raises the red flag. Sometimes, it’s the Clearing House. This is where the red flag is coming from on Johnson’s score. Even if UF officials knew about Johnson’s score, they wouldn’t have to say anything to the Clearing House because the Clearing House would have automatically been doing its thing.
the hit parade continues…
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/college/gators/orl-bianchi2308jan23,0,5135052.column
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Calm down already, Jai. Fulmer has the NCAA on speed dial for when other schools in the SEC fuck up so I’m sure he’ll take care of it.
Nothing to do with Meyer but speaking of freaky dudes, what about Bat Shit Crazy Ed Ogeron being hired as the DC for the Saints? Do your think he will be twisting Antwan Lake’s titty?
Yeah, i got an email on that. i gotta think of how to exploit the O
Nothing but speculation with nothing factual to back it up. Just like Bianchi’s article.
Meyer did not recruit her. SHE took it upon HERSELF to contact Coach Faehn.
I didn’t know that Coaches aren’t allowed to talk to a Recruit’s Girlfriend who basically lives with the Recruit during the recruiting process. Huh. Go figure.
And even if that is the case, Ears, if LSU does their own investigation and doesn’t make note to the NCAA that there was a significant change in his ACT score, doesn’t that put them in hot water?
LL,
Would it? I would think only if LSU was involved in the testing process.
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