11/30/2008

No.4 Florida 45, No.20 Florida State 15


No.4 Florida 45, No.20 Florida State 15

Tim Tebow threw three touchdown passes, ran for 80 yards and another score, and the Gators thumped No. 23 Florida State 45-15 in sloppy conditions Saturday. It was the most points Florida has ever scored at Doak Campbell Stadium.

"It was a good tail-whipping," FSU coach Bobby Bowden said. "I didn't think they would beat us like that here. The last time we had a beating like that was last year against them."

Florida (11-1) extended its winning streak to eight games, continued its dominance in the intrastate rivalry and set up a 1-2 showdown with Alabama in next week's Southeastern Conference title game.

The Gators have won five in a row against Bowden's team, and this one was nearly as big a laugher as last season's 45-12 victory in Gainesville. Florida outgained FSU 502-242 in winning in Tallahassee for the third straight time.

Florida scored on five of its first seven possessions, held the Seminoles (8-4) without a touchdown for the first 2 and half quarters and again proved that the gap between the two programs is as wide as ever.



Source: ESPN.com

Fresno State 10, No.9 Boise State 61


Fresno State 10, No.9 Boise State 61

Fresno State was supposed to be this year's BCS buster. 3 months later, even 12-0 Broncos is having a difficulty in becoming a BCS buster.

The Broncos celebrate a third undefeated regular season since 2004. Ian Johnson ran for 128 yards and scored two touchdowns as scouts from three BCS bowls watched. The senior tied the WAC record of 57 rushing touchdowns set by Marshall Faulk at San Diego State from 1991-93.

Representatives of the Orange and Fiesta Bowls perhaps were pondering whether to choose Boise State, ranked ninth in the BCS standings, over two-loss Ohio State for a final at-large spot to be announced Dec. 7.

Source: ESPN.com

11/29/2008

Fake Field Goal - Botched

Colorado at Nebraska on November 28, 2008.

Nebraska attempts a fake field goal by throwing a pass over the holder's shoulder, it was intercepted by Colorado and run back for a TD.

11/25/2008

Weis' buyout smaller than believed


The Chicago Tribune reported the common perception of Weis' buyout is not accurate. Multiple sources have told the Tribune the buyout, far smaller than believed, will not affect whether Notre Dame decides to fire Weis after Saturday's game at USC. One prominent alumnus called the amount "loose change."

One source familiar with the contracts of Division I football coaches said the typical buyout would be Weis' base salary times the number of years remaining on his deal.

Weis' base salary from July 2006-June 2007 was $598,000, according to the Ft. Wayne (Ind.) Journal Gazette. The newspaper cited figures from Notre Dame's federal 990 tax form, which requires the school to list its five highest-paid employees.

Weis' contract likely calls for annual increases to his base salary. If that average rises to $650,000, the seven-year buyout would be about $4.5 million.

It has been reported Weis' annual compensation package is worth between $3 million-$4 million, which includes money from speaking appearances, media contracts and apparel deals. Some industry sources dispute that figure, saying Weis' total package is closer to $2 million-$2.5 million.

Whatever the case, a consensus is building among sources with ties to Notre Dame that Weis is in danger of being fired after four seasons.

Source: The Chicago Tribune

11/24/2008

Flutie's Miracle in Miami


Doug Flutie played for Boston College from 1981 to 1984. Boston College was the only Division I-A school to recruit him. Flutie won the Heisman Trophy and the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award in his senior year (1984).

On November 23, 1984, Doug Flutie's "Hail Mary" finds Gerard Phelan to give BC a huge 47-45 win over Miami.

The subsequent rise in applications for admission to Boston College, gave rise to the admissions phenomenon known as the "Flutie effect." This idea essentially states that a winning sports team can increase the recognition value of a university enough to make it a more elite school.

Twenty years later in November 2008, Dough Flutie was honored by Boston College with a statue of his “Hail Mary” pass.



Source: Wikipedia

11/23/2008

Florida State safety Rolle wins Rhodes scholarship


Florida State safety Myron Rolle won a Rhodes scholarship less than three hours before the Seminoles kicked off in College Park against Maryland.

Rolle was one of seven finalists who interviewed in Birmingham, Ala., on Saturday. He then boarded a charter plane and flew to Baltimore to join his teammates.


Rolle is the third Florida State student, and only football player, to win the award in the last four years.

Rolle, an aspiring neurosurgeon, will now decide between the NFL and an all-expense paid scholarship for two or three years of study at Oxford University in England.


He finished the interview in Birmingham, Ala., around 6 p.m. EST before boarding a private plane to catch up with his teammates for the game that started around 7:45.


Rolle arrived in the second quarter but did not immediately get into the game.


Rolle is one of Florida State's best defensive players, but coach Bobby Bowden was quick to allow the student-athlete to miss the start of the game.


"It's a no-brainer," Bowden said earlier in the week. "I know academics comes first."


Bowden, 79, had never coached a Rhodes scholar during a career spanning six decades.


Source: ESPN.com

Irish fans show support with barrage of snowballs


Notre Dame football players were pelted by snowballs from fans sitting in the student section during their loss to Syracuse on Saturday.

"To throw snowballs at their own team, I didn't think that was a smart thing to do. I guess [they thought] it was funny," defensive tackle Pat Kuntz said after Syracuse upset the Irish 24-23.

South Bend was hit with about 10 inches of snow Friday. While the field had been cleared before the game, there was still snow along the fringes and in some areas of the stands.

Fans at first threw snow in the air, but then quickly switched to tossing snowballs toward the Notre Dame sideline. Defensive lineman Ian Williams got hit in the helmet, defensive end Ethan Johnson was struck on the left cheek and a St. Joseph County police officer on the sideline looking into the crowd got hit in the chest. An NBC camera man also was a frequent target and several snowballs reached the field, although none landed near where play was occurring.

Mediocre team, poor coach and ... miserable fans.

On the plus side, they are still bowl eligible, and go somewhere during the post season, maybe American Standard Toilet Bowl.

Source: ESPN.com

Syracuse 24, Notre Dame 23 The "Throwback" of Notre Dame


Cameron Dantley, son of one of Notre Dame's basketball greats, threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Donte Davis with 42 seconds left to lead Syracuse to a 24-23 victory Saturday against the stunned and disheartened Irish.

For the first time in school history, Notre Dame fell to an eight-loss team.

The Irish have now lost five games this year after dropping nine in 2007. The 14 combined losses are the most ever by Notre Dame in a two-season span. The Irish lost 13 games in 2003-04, 1960-61 and 1959-60.

For the Irish, losing to a 19½-point underdog ranks among the worst losses in school history and leaves Weis with a 28-20 record in four seasons. Weis's 58.3 winning percentage is the same that Bob Davie was fired with after five seasons and Willingham after three. Weis has seven years left after this season on a 10-year contract.



Source: ESPN.com

11/21/2008

Notre Dame, Meyer seem like perfect fit


If you are a Gator fan, you even don't want to think about this. According to FLORIDA TODAY, Meyer once refered to his Big Three coaching jobs, the only three his wife Shelley has no veto power to block him from taking a job at. They are Notre Dame, Ohio State and Michigan.

Of those three, Meyer's self-proclaimed "dream job" was Notre Dame, where he was once an assistant under Lou Holtz, spending five years with the Golden Domers. Meyer also spent the first two years of his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Ohio State, where he earned his master's degree. He is an Ohio boy who grew up revering Woody Hayes.

So why didn't Meyer take the Fighting Irish job in 2004? Because the timing wasn't right. His authorized biography explains, "Florida's biggest advantage would turn out to be Urban's and Shelley's desire for a strong family life, because he could recruit closer to home."

At Notre Dame, you recruit nationally, which means flying around the country, away from home a lot more. At a state school like Florida, you can recruit a kid, or several kids, during the day, and still be home for dinner, or at one of your kid's practices, that night. With a young family, that mattered a lot. But even with that in play, turning down Notre Dame was very difficult, as Meyer notes in this passage in his biography:

"I wanted to go to Notre Dame," Meyer admitted, "but my family wanted to talk about going to Florida."

Shelley knew how tough the decision was for her husband because "he left his heart at Notre Dame when we left there last time -- he really, really, really loved Notre Dame."

That's "really" loved three times, if you're scoring at home.

So, again, the main reason Meyer chose Florida over Notre Dame in 2004 was because he had a young family.

The family isn't that young anymore.

Oldest daughter Nicole is 18, getting ready to leave the nest and head to Georgia Tech on a volleyball scholarship. Next oldest is Gigi, 15, a high school sophomore. Then there's Nathan, who turns 10 Monday. Soon, he'll only have one child at home, which makes it much easier for him to balance his professional and personal life -- i.e. the rigors of coaching the Fighting Irish.

All of this is relevant because Charlie Weis continues to struggle at Notre Dame. You just know that if Notre Dame could trade Weis for Meyer, they'd do it in a heartbeat.

Man, Gator fans got to cheer for the Irish so that Charlie Weis can stay there longer.

Source: FLORIDA TODAY

11/20/2008

ALL OR NOTHING - A University of Buffalo Story -


ALL OR NOTHING

In 1958, the University of Buffalo football team won eight of nine regular-season games and was awarded the Lambert Cup as the best small-school program in the eastern United States. Team co-captains Nick Bottini and Lou Reale received the trophy during a Sunday night broadcast of "The Ed Sullivan Show" and dined that evening in Manhattan's famous Toots Shor's Restaurant.

Days later, the Bulls were invited to face Florida State in the 13th annual Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, Fla. -- still the school's only bowl bid in 102 years of football.


In anticipation of their trip south, players were measured for new sport coats at The Kleinhans Company in downtown Buffalo. But before fabric for the coats ever was cut, the university learned that the team's two African-American players, starting halfback Willie Evans and reserve defensive end Mike Wilson, were not welcome in Orlando.

The Orlando High School Athletic Association, the Tangerine Bowl Stadium's leaseholder, prohibited blacks and whites from playing together. Despite the protestations of the Orlando Elks Lodge, the bowl game's sponsor, the Bulls would be allowed to participate only if Wilson and Evans did not play.

The university and coach Dick Offenhamer left it to the team to decide whether to accept the bid. The players gathered in a basement room of Clark Gymnasium on the Buffalo campus to take a vote. Bottini and Reale held small paper ballots in their hands, but before they could pass them out, the players spontaneously and unanimously rejected the bid. "We weren't the same team without Willie and Mike," guard Phil Bamford remembers. "Whether they were benchwarmers or stars, we wouldn't have been the same team."

KEEPING THE WISDOM ALIVE

Willie taught in Buffalo area schools for more than 30 years. He coached football, and tennis and swimming, and ran a city parks program for most of that time as well. "Little Evans" became the mentor.


These days, he's an adviser for the university's alumni association, and coach Turner Gill recently asked him to speak to the 2008 Buffalo football team, a squad that is in a position to receive the university's second bowl bid.

You tell them what the men home from the war told you once upon a time. Keep striving. Don't quit. Anything is possible.

You tell them that if they work together they can achieve something special, something that endures.

You tell them about the Bulls of '58. Eric Neel is a senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN the Magazine.

You tell them about the Bulls of '58.



Source: ESPN.com

11/17/2008

Easy as 1 2 3 ! The Florida Speedsters

Too Much Speed..... #1 Percy Harvin, #2 Jeffrey Demps, and #3 Chris Rainey. Oh, don't forget #25 Brandon James.

It's easy as 1 2 3 ! Enjoy this fantastic video. Go gators!

11/16/2008

Which is uglier, 2007 Notre Dame or 2008 Michigan?


Hard to figure out? Here is a comparison:

2008 University of Michigan Football
  • W-L Records: 3-8 through Nov. 15
  • Best Win: 27-25 Home win against No.9 Wisconsin (September 27)
  • Worst loss: 13-10 Home loss against Toledo (October 11)
  • Quality loss: 25-23 home loss against Utah (August 30)
  • Head Coach: Rich Rodriguez (first year)
  • Notes: With a 21-14 loss to Northwestern on Saturday, Michigan fell to 3-8, the school's most losses (8) and most home losses (5) in a single-season in 129 years of Michigan football.
2007 University of Notre Dame Football
  • W-L Records: 2-9 through Nov. 17 (3-9 for the season)
  • Best Win: 20-6 at No.25 UCLA (October 6)
  • Worst loss: 38-0 at Michigan (who lost to Div 1-AA Appalachian State) (September 15)
  • Quality loss: 26-44 home loss against Navy (3OT) (November 3)
  • Head Coach: Charlie Weis (third year)
  • Notes: For the first time in school history, Notre Dame opened the season with five losses. Their nine-loss season was also a school record in 121 years of Notre Dame football.
Final Verdict:
Close call, but Michigan is a bit uglier. Michigan paid 2.5 million dollars to West Virginia for Rich Rodriguez settlement. Why in the world would Michigan want a coach that left his former team in the manner that he did?

11/12/2008

The Weis Watch is officially on


Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick said Wednesday that he will not evaluate Charlie Weis until after the season, and that anyone who suggests a coaching change could occur should know that it is "not under consideration at this time."

Nonetheless, the Weis Watch is officially on around the country, including the greater South Bend metropolitan area. Notre Dame's third loss in four games could not be explained away as another awkward but necessary step in the maturation process. No, this Boston massacre only fueled the fire of critics who believe Weis is more problem than solution.

There are seven years left on Weis' contract, with a reported salary of $3 million to $4 million annually. A person familiar with Weis' buyout said Tuesday that the buyout money would be so substantial ($21 million to $28 million) that firing Weis is unrealistic to even consider.


Just seven games into his collegiate head coaching career in 2005, Charlie Weis — sporting a pedestrian 5–2 record — landed a lucrative contract extension from the University of Notre Dame that would carry him through the 2015 season.

Tyrone Willingham started out 8–0 in 2002 and Notre Dame never offered him a contract extension. In fact, after just three seasons, Willingham was fired and replaced by Weis.

Notre Dame went 3-9 in 2007 and 5-4 this season under Charlie Weis.

Charlie Weis's job security is sound, at least for now, but it is not because of his quality as a head coach, but because of the fatal blunder made by Kevin White, the previous athletic director at Notre Dame.

Source: ESPN.com

11/09/2008

No Big Ten Team in the National Title Game

A sigh of relief, we no longer have to worry about having another inferior Big Ten team in the BCS national title game.

It's not a good news for the legendary coach, but certainly a great news for the rest of the college football world.

No.3 Penn State 23, Iowa 24


No.3 Penn State 23, Iowa 24 (November 8, 2008)

The Nittany Lions perfect season and hopes for giving coach Joe Paterno another national title were dashed by Iowa's backup kicker.

Daniel Murray, who hadn't made a field goal since the season opener, hit a 31-yarder with a second left and the Hawkeyes rallied to stun the third-ranked Nittany Lions 24-23.

All that talk about an unbeaten Penn State possibly being left out of the BCS national title game turned out to be premature. A third championship for the 81-year-old Paterno, who's had four unbeaten teams not win titles, is a long shot now.



Source: ESPN.com

11/07/2008

Racist Message gets player booted off Longhorns


Texas backup center Buck Burnette left the Longhorns on Wednesday for what was announced as an unspecified violation of team rules. Burnette, a sophomore, played in seven games this season.

It was later revealed that Buck Burnette posted the following racial slur on his Facebook page about Barack Obama being elected president:

"all the hunters gather up, we have a #$%&er in the whitehouse"

Burnette was dismissed from the team Wednesday after coach Mack Brown became aware of what Buck Burnette had posted.


According to those who saw the Facebook page, Burnette updated his Facebook status shortly after Obama was elected president Tuesday night and wrote that hunters should now gather because of who would be in the White House. One of the people who claimed to have seen Burnette’s original post said it also included a racial slur. Others saw what Burnette wrote and posted comments on other sites, encouraging their friends to shut down his page.

Burnette’s page has since been deleted from Facebook.

However, screen grabs show that he had updated his status to an apology. The screen grab also showed that he had 255 unread emails.

Burnette wrote: “Clearly I was in the wrong for what I did and I apologize for being a sore loser.”

He offered another apology. It said:

“Clearly I have made a mistake and apologized for it and will pay for it. I received it as a text message from an acquaintance and immaturely put it up on Facebook in the light of the election. I'm not racist and apologize for offending you. I grew up on a ranch in a small town where that was a real thing and I need to grow up. I sincerely am sorry for being ignorant in thinking that it would be OK to write that publicly and apologize to you in particular. I have to be more mature than to put the reputation of my team at stake and to spread that kind of hate which I don't even believe in. Once again, I sincerely apologize.”


Nicely done, but it doesn't really help the whole situation. Indeed, the only apology we can read is that he is sorry that he posted it. Nowhere it says that he doesn't agree with the "text" he received.

The excuse of “I grew up on a ranch...” Does that mean that all ranchers are racists?

By the way, Obama actually visited the University of Texas football team while campaigning in Austin.

Great decision by Mack Brown and The University of Texas.

Source: Austin American-Stateman

11/06/2008

Obama to support for Chicago's 2016 Olympics bid


On the 255th day of his presidency (Friday, Oct. 2, 2009), Obama will be in Copenhagen, Denmark, telling the members of the International Olympic Committee why the 2016 Summer Olympics must be in Chicago.

Experts agree that Obama's support for Chicago's 2016 Olympics bid will be critical and that his presence in Copenhagen could easily win the Olympics for Chicago. Former British prime minister Tony Blair's charismatic presentations were said to have led the IOC to pass over Paris, which seemed to have the leading bid after New York City's attempt to get the Games collapsed, and give the 2012 Olympics to London.


Chicago's competition for the 2016 Games includes Madrid, Spain; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Tokyo. Obama, who appeared at a downtown Chicago rally in support of the bid in June shortly after he won the Democratic nomination, could have an even greater impact on the IOC than Blair did, according to Olympics experts.

"He will be the rock star of the Copenhagen meeting," observes Allen Sanderson, a professor of sports economics at the University of Chicago. "We saw the crowd he drew in Berlin, and he will remain in the glow of an historic election triumph when he asks for IOC votes."

In late July, some 200,000 people attended an Obama speech in front of Berlin's Victory Column, designed in part to demonstrate his desire to improve America's image in Europe and the rest of the world.


Japanese Olympic officials already have expressed their concern that Obama could turn the tide in favor of Chicago when the IOC votes in October.

"Mr. Obama is popular and good at speeches, so things could get tough for Japan," said Tomiaki Fukuda, a senior Japanese Olympic Committee board member.

An Olympics in Obama’s home city of Chicago in the late summer of 2016 would be a grand finale for an Obama presidency that would be about to wind down if he were re-elected to a second term.

Source: ESPN.com

Number of black coaches lowest in 15 years


A study shows the number of African-American coaches in major college football is the lowest in 15 years.

With the recent dismissals of Ty Willingham at Washington and Ron Prince at Kansas State, the number of black head coaches in the 119-school NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision was reduced to four, while fifty-five percent of all student athletes are minorities.

In 1997, there were eight black head coaches, the most in history. Since 1996, 12 black coaches have been hired for 199 jobs. The only black head coaches currently set to finish the season are Miami's Randy Shannon, Mississippi State's Sylvester Croom, Buffalo's Turner Gill and Houston's Kevin Sumlin.

David Czesniuk of the Center for the Study of Sports in Society at Northeastern University said he was struck by who controlled the money.

"What stood out to me, is that in the biggest component of dollars in college football is the BCS, and every single commissioner of a BCS conference is a white male," Czesniuk said.

The election of Barack Obama -- a big sports fan -- will have an influence.

"His presidency will get people's attention, whether or not he gets involved. People will wonder: How can we have an African-American president and the lowest number of coaches in 15 years?"

Source: ESPN.com

11/05/2008

Should There be a Playoff in College Football?

Here is the poll result at ESPN.com

Should there be a playoff in college football?


Source: ESPN.com

11/04/2008

Obama wants Playoff


Barack Obama says he'd start an eight-team playoff for college football's national championship.

Obama talked to ESPN's Chris Berman via satellite during halftime of the Monday Night Football game between Pittsburgh and Washington.

When asked what would be the one thing he'd change about sports, Obama said he'd like to see a college football playoff.

"You know, I am fed up with these computer rankings, and this and that and the other. Get eight teams. The top eight teams right at the end. You've got a playoff. Decide on a national champion."

That's what all college football fans have been waiting for. Hope you make this happen, Barack.



Source: ESPN.com

11/03/2008

Fulmer Steps Down


Phillip Fulmer confirmed in a 5 p.m. press conference on November 3, 2008 at Neyland Stadium that he will step down as the University of Tennessee’s head football coach. Fulmer is scheduled to receive a buyout of between $5.47 million and $6 million.

After several minutes detailing his history with Tennessee, beginning as a player in 1969, Fulmer said, “I accept the university’s decision that this will be my last as Tennessee’s head football coach.”

The Vols are 3-6 and 1-5 in the SEC this season, just the ninth time since 1896 that Tennessee has lost six games in a season. The Vols have only lost seven games in a season once, in 1977.

“This 2008 season has not gone as well as anyone would like," Fulmer said. "That includes me, our coaches, our players, our administration and our great fans. Many fans have been supportive. Some have been angry. All of us are disappointed.”



Since opening the season with a 27-24 overtime loss to UCLA on national television, criticism and pressure continued to mount on UT’s coaching staff. Losses to SEC rivals Florida, Georgia and Alabama by a combined margin of 85-29 only caused it to grow.

And as happened to his predecessor, Johnny Majors, a 27-6 loss to South Carolina on the road perhaps proved the final straw.

Fulmer is scheduled to receive a buyout of between $5.47 million and $6 million, depending on the interpretation of his buyout clause. That sum is payable over 48 months.

Source: Knoxville News Sentinel

11/02/2008

No.1 Texas 33, No.7 Texas Tech 39 "The Raider Miracle"


No.1 Texas 33, No.7 Texas Tech 39 (November 1, 2008)

Texas Tech needed to go 28 yards in eight seconds to upset No. 1 Texas. Moments after dreaming it, Michael Crabtree made it a reality, delivering a victory and memory that won't fade.

It was as risky a pass as Graham Harrell has ever thrown. Also the most important.

With the final seconds ticking off and Texas Tech trailing by a point, the Texas Tech quarterback saw Michael Crabtree in double coverage and let if fly. The All-American wide receiver snagged it on the sideline, shook off a defender and ducked into the end zone with one second left.



Source: ESPN.com

No.8 Florida 49, No.6 Georgia 10

Gators trounce Bulldogs


The world's largest outdoor cocktail party turned out to be another scrimmage for the Gators, especially for quarterback John Brantley and running back Emmanuel Moody.

Backup quarterback John Brantley threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Deonte Thompson in the 4th quarter and Emmanuel Moody carried the ball in the last minutes.

Instead of running out the clock, Florida's Urban Meyer called timeout. After USC transfer Emmanuel Moody took a handoff and ran for a 10-yard gain, Meyer called another timeout.

"Moody was running the ball really hard, and I wanted to get him a few more carries," Meyer told reporters afterward. "I felt he'd earned that right."

Sure, it's always a good idea to let the backup player game-ready, especially when you are conference championship bound.



Brandon Spikes sent a message early when he slammed Knowshon Moreno to the ground on Georgia’s opening possession. The Gators sacked Matthew Stafford twice, picked him off three times and held Moreno to 65 yards on 17 carries.

The Gators were up 49-3 when Georgia finally got into the end zone. Florida fans mockingly cheered for the Bulldogs. Haden and safety Ahmad Black also applauded in jest.



Source: ESPN.com

Michigan's 33-year bowl appearance streak snapped


By losing to Purdue and falling to 2-7 on November 1, 2008, Michigan has a losing record for the first time since the 1967 season.

The Wolverines' 40-year streak without a losing record was tied for the fourth-longest in history.

Purdue's Greg Orton lateraled to Desmond Tardy after a catch with 26 seconds left. Tardy races towards the end zone to score on a 26-yard hook-and-lateral play in the Boilermakers' 48-42 victory over slumping Michigan on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Rich Rodriguez's 6-year contract was signed and executed on October 24, 2008.

The departure agreement states that U-M would pay $4 million to fire him in any of the first three years, $2.5 million in Year 4, $2 million in Year 5 and $1.5 million in Year 6. Should he leave on his own, he owes the university the same amounts across that scale.

Another item: a written provision for the $2.5-million payment U-M is making to West Virginia for Rodriguez's buyout.

He also will get a private box upon Michigan Stadium's renovation in 2010.

Is Rich Rodriguez a right coach for the Wolverines? Time will tell. The bottom line is you can't afford to let him go. Good luck Michigan fans.

Source: Detroit Free Press

Say "NO" to Dennis Dodd


If you are a Florida fan, I bet you don't believe in Dennis Dodd, a CBS sports writer. Take a look at the the Dennis Dodd's picks and actual scores this year:

Tennessee over Florida (Florida 30, Tennessee 6)

LSU over Florida (Florida 51, LSU 21)

Georgia over Florida (Florida 49, Georgia 10)


By the way, do you remember his picks 2 years ago?

Florida State over Florida (Florida 21, Florida State 14)
Arkansas over Florida (Florida 38, Arkansas 28)
Ohio State over Florida (Florida 41, Ohio State 14)


This guy is simply not qualified to predict the Florida games.

Let's say "NO" to Dennis Dodd.

Source: CBS Sports