Showing posts with label 2009 preview. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2009 preview. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Season Preview Mag Porn: All Of 'Em

Courtesy of the Gainesville Sun, all the preview mag covers in one shot:



Kevin Brockway has the complete round-up, but the story is pretty simple: Consensus No. 1. (As they should be. I mean, come on. Can't wait for the first media outlet to pick someone OTHER than Florida -- my bet is on the contrarians of SI.)

Monday, July 13, 2009

Tony Barnhart on Tebow, SEC East

Mr. College Football, the AJC's Tony Barnhart, weighs in on the SEC East. Money quote:
Complacency is the only thing standing in the way of Florida and another run at the national championship. Tim Tebow is not going to let anybody get complacent. The one thing Tebow, the 2007 Heisman Trophy winner, has not achieved in his remarkable career is leading a team to an undefeated season. He has made it clear to teammates and coaches that he will accept nothing less in 2009.
Read the whole thing here.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Key to Upsetting Florida: Pass Rush

Can Florida be stopped this year? There is a "silver bullet", says Yahoo's must-read "Doc Saturday," Matt Hinton. The only teams that have found success (think Ole Miss in 2008 or Michigan in the Outback Bowl) have put unusually high heat on Tebow.

Hinton gives LSU the best shot, with Arkansas as the Mississippi-style dark horse. I am less worried about an SEC team than a potential match-up with Texas in the national-title game. At Auburn, defensive coordinator Will Muschamp -- now with UT -- owned the Gators offense.

Last season, I thought only two teams could give Florida a game in the national-title game: Utah, because the coaching staff knows Urban's tendencies, and Texas, because of Muschamp's success against the Gators offense while he was at Auburn.

Low on Tebow Refining, Not Reinventing

Money quote: "Tebow is still going to be Tebow."

(h/t: Chris Low, ESPN.com)

Tuesday, June 2, 2009