davyjones

Season is several weeks away, yet a multitude of articles - cut from the same cloth - are rapidly emerging. Obvious storm clouds on the horizon. FWIW, I foresee expedited retirements [by tenured, legendary coaches], a hoard of scandals, fueds, fights, locker room division, players never practicing and disobeying coaches, legal incidents (young dudes with too much cas), lightning rounds in the transfer portal, remorseful donors resulting from said portal, and an overall lack of integrity or respect for the institutions awarding degrees to young athletes. Obviously, some good kids will continue to play ball - but the road forked. I attended UF when Ben Hill was dubbed the Swamp during the mid-90's under the greatest HBC at UF. The UF / UT battles were epic. Manning 0-4 against UF, "Can't spell Citrus without UT", "Free Shoes U", hanging 50+ and whippin' UGA between the hedges worse than they'd ever been beaten! 58-3 @ DiNardo's LSU in Death Valley at night! Good times - I'll relish those! Game had more integrity and purity - kids that went to college and played ball. I went from wide-eyed frosh walk-on at UF '94 to today, I will see if the lawn needs mowing instead. Could care less. The game is toast in my book. Last year was evident when Bama should never have had to beat UGA twice in a handful of weeks. This happened in '96 when FSU beat UF in the season finale only to be pasted 52-20 by UF in the Natty a few weeks later. Golden rule: tough to beat a team twice~! In the case of Bama/UGA last year - one is SEC champ the other Natty Champ - makes zero sense. All about networks, ads, & $ Academics institutions are the pawns in all of this - no one cares about the degree. All about the dollar. I see this as the final symptom of Modern Monetary Theory (because where exactly is the $ for 100+ staff members and million dollar coordinators coming from?) and an epic implosion dead ahead. Good luck for a great season if you still love watching - for this bloke I'd rather go fish, hunt, tend the garden, or spend time with family. Hell I live near the Swamp, have the $, and only go if it's one of those once in a decade games like re-visiting Bama coming to Gville (my first game at UF watching the Bear beat us 0-40 in 1979, the 12-0 Title team! Not sure if even storied rivalry games like that will entice me in the future. There is a moral imperative to look away from madness!

Wouldn't be college football if Georgia didn't choke. Let UGA off his choke chain! Nice call going for it on 4th and 9! A team should never have to beat a team twice in two championship games. UGA should fall out CFP - didn't beat anyone and it looks like they will get handled. Florida will be back - running out of time - pressure's on!

Welcome Coach Billy!

Sea change a must! Bring in Billy! Organizational leader. No disrespect to previous - but NO more coordinators as HBC's. Wholesale trajectory change. Rebuild [other than S&C & support staff]. Need to win Florida recruiting battles and foster athleticism, integrity, & toughness! Need a big time RB and stacked OL - been far too long! Defense/ST should always excel at UF

Football is at a crossroads. Urb is the consummate enabler. He knows the short cuts and his strength is his weakness. Hopefully, the system changes and you either respect the institutions you where the colors for or your privilege is revoked. Simple. The game must stop enabling "blind eyes" and layers of omission. I'm just one cat, but I've seen enough of the lack of accountability for developing young football players into real men. It requires change now. When future victims suffer the consequences of actions by players or officials who never suffered the consequences, at any and every turn, we have to blame ourselves and the entire spectacle it has become. Win at all costs is coming with a great cost. Just like the failure to salute our flag, the young future boys and girls of this land will model the same behavior. Social media in locker rooms. Rampant individualism within teams = lack of a team. Need to get back to Christianity. Say what you wish, but I know my team has been blessed with three Heismans. All three were leaders and humble, devout Christians. We ought to run our programs a bit more in line. College football suffers, particularly. Not naive enough to believe it doesn't exist in other amateur sports, but the calculated "blind eye" doesn't seem to be nearly as rampant an issue in other amateur sports. As a former college player, I'm embarrassed by the lack of accountability in exchange for exhuberant resources spent. I'd rather support my team act as a team - even if they don't win championships and I've seen a few up close. Watch a team, play as team! Look after each other! Be their brothers keeper, realize they play for something much bigger than themselves. Wear my colors proud! I'm old school perhaps, but do believe teams can and will win this way! ANY coach, former coacher, or program administrator knows that coaching staffs are like an extended family and while they may not know everything about everybody in the circle - it's simply not viable [or at minimum, responsible enough] that this was undiscovered by the Charles in charge. Urb had every chance to not bring the coach to OSU. Couple this with coach being the grandson of a former OSU Head Coach and personal mentor and the writing is clear that people are being protected. Their spoilage still remains at UF (a program that hasn't recovered from the carnage left behind years ago). He broke UF - one that should be in the Top 5 every year, but is still picking up the pieces. They embarrassed themselves here. Left a burning dumpster fire. They seem to have a habit of leaving a lingering funk behind. There is a price to pay. We are still paying it - having to hear about how the bread crumbs lead back to Gville I'm going hunting instead. College football used to be great. It is smoking under the surface and where there is smoke, there is fire. I'm only one cat, but 'tis time to be accountable and represent the Creator, the University, the fans, the marching band, the students, the game better.