Well, guess I'll probably watch this one...Gonna be free tomorrow aft: My sinking heart and hopes (and previous declarations, to y'all and myself) notwithstanding, I don't see myself strolling SoCo with my woman, looking in stores and licking ice cream, at kickoff time on a Gator Gameday. Not yet, at any rate. May not be there at the end--or even past the first half, if things go badly early. Call me a deserter, but I am so pessimistic by now, so far down the "we've been cheated and betrayed" path to hardening my armor and looking to the future, I am pretty close to writing off the whole season. At least that's what I tell myself. Trouble is, I DO care, will always care about our school and team, so for all my hard words, I'll probably be around, if not "there" then not far away and never gone for long, til the very end. Damn it.
Saw my first "Gator Alumni say FIRE MUSCHAMP!" bumpersticker here in Austin the other day. Honked and gave him a thumbs up (God knows if he even knew why--people forget what's showing on the rear of their cars)...Guess I'm "that guy" now--though I always give a quick honk, etc. whenever I see a UF decal or license frame while driving around (again, usually to blank stares--think I've done the same to others, on occasion: "What the hell is with THEM?").
Just throwing stuff out there, I guess: Sort of attitude of, "We got a game, one we should win but who knows?" Got more talent than they do, always gives us a chance--but THEY are on an upward trend, and us, well, you ALL know my feelings on that. Point is, this Gator team looks like a follow-on to last year's; though healthier (*), we can still lose to anyone, I fear. "Fear". Hate feeling it, hate seeing it in my team. Don't believe we're going ANYWHERE good until it's gone, or at least reduced to a minor irritant that spurs a strong team ever higher. Sorry, but that isn't us. Not right now.
(*) Yeah, "healthier", but that's starting to deteriorate again, and (truth be told) personally, at this point I wouldn't call it a fatal tragedy (for anyone but JD--sorry man) if we were to lose him again and get to the start of the "Treon Harris Era"--at least get him in there and see if he's for real. If so, it'd be a head start on NEXT year and for Roper (though neither he nor anyone else would ever say it, maybe not consciously even think it; that's for @$$hole fans like me), assuming he's still OC. Likewise whomever our new head coach is. Likely to have a better chance of landing "that guy" with a truly promising, "big upside" QB with some freshman experience and seasoning, than not. Yes, E-, I know you disagree strongly--and even I don't feel very "clean, decent, honorable" in uttering such a cold, cynical and ungenerous appraisal, but there it is.
Saw my first "Gator Alumni say FIRE MUSCHAMP!" bumpersticker here in Austin the other day. Honked and gave him a thumbs up (God knows if he even knew why--people forget what's showing on the rear of their cars)...Guess I'm "that guy" now--though I always give a quick honk, etc. whenever I see a UF decal or license frame while driving around (again, usually to blank stares--think I've done the same to others, on occasion: "What the hell is with THEM?").
Just throwing stuff out there, I guess: Sort of attitude of, "We got a game, one we should win but who knows?" Got more talent than they do, always gives us a chance--but THEY are on an upward trend, and us, well, you ALL know my feelings on that. Point is, this Gator team looks like a follow-on to last year's; though healthier (*), we can still lose to anyone, I fear. "Fear". Hate feeling it, hate seeing it in my team. Don't believe we're going ANYWHERE good until it's gone, or at least reduced to a minor irritant that spurs a strong team ever higher. Sorry, but that isn't us. Not right now.
(*) Yeah, "healthier", but that's starting to deteriorate again, and (truth be told) personally, at this point I wouldn't call it a fatal tragedy (for anyone but JD--sorry man) if we were to lose him again and get to the start of the "Treon Harris Era"--at least get him in there and see if he's for real. If so, it'd be a head start on NEXT year and for Roper (though neither he nor anyone else would ever say it, maybe not consciously even think it; that's for @$$hole fans like me), assuming he's still OC. Likewise whomever our new head coach is. Likely to have a better chance of landing "that guy" with a truly promising, "big upside" QB with some freshman experience and seasoning, than not. Yes, E-, I know you disagree strongly--and even I don't feel very "clean, decent, honorable" in uttering such a cold, cynical and ungenerous appraisal, but there it is.
