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Post by TheCharlie on Sept 13, 2003 0:47:22 GMT -5
One week away from Gators vs Vols week and I am making the trip to Gainesville!
This is usually a good game that almost always decides who will win the crown for the SEC East. But this year I am very scared after the throttling that Miami (my #2 team) laid upon Florida in the second half of last week's game.
Is anybody else from the Temps Board family going to be at the game?
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Post by TheCharlie on Sept 13, 2003 0:48:10 GMT -5
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Post by TheCharlie on Sept 13, 2003 0:48:37 GMT -5
That was supposed to say "Go Vols!"
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Post by tdallasw on Sept 13, 2003 9:00:32 GMT -5
I'm not a Vols or Gators fan... but I am rooting for Chris Leak, the Gators FRESHMAN quarterback. He graduated from Independence High School here in Charlotte and is absolutely phenomenal!! Wait until you see how good he is. Independence has just dominated 4A High School football in North Carolina for the last several years and are still doing so, even without Chris Leak. Chris' brother, C.J. Leak, another quarterback, plays for the Vols. Should be a GREAT family reunion.  |
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Post by Ivory Fair on Sept 14, 2003 9:38:13 GMT -5
Charlie, I'm afraid you don't know where you've stumbled into, in addition to having a ban on stupid people on this board, I also have a ban on Vol fans (who are technically in the same group.) So I hope Smokey gets his TAIL bit off!!!!!!!!!!!   |
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Post by Aba21 on Sept 14, 2003 20:23:30 GMT -5
NAW! NAW! NAW! NAW!
YOU ARE NOW IN BULLDOG COUNTRY! hOW BOUT DEM DAWGS!!!!!!
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Post by Ivory Fair on Sept 14, 2003 21:05:02 GMT -5
Let me take the opportunity to point out that God's group has selected their southern horn section from NOT the University of Tennessee Alumni and NOT the University of Georgia Alumni but from the University of Alabama Alumni ................ so that should tell you something right there.  tuscaloosahorns.com/index.html |
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Post by sukkafu on Sept 15, 2003 3:26:50 GMT -5
well fleetwood mac used USC trojans marching band for their song TUSK and for their concert show on PBS. so there!
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Post by TheCharlie on Sept 15, 2003 14:36:55 GMT -5
Now Ivory, let's save the slamming for October 25th. Then we can get it on!
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Post by tdallasw on Sept 20, 2003 7:49:55 GMT -5
A family divided: Leaks looking for chances in Florida-Tennessee game
By EDDIE PELLS / Associated Press
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- As a young boy, Chris Leak often envisioned himself playing quarterback on the same college team with his older brother. Things changed when the brother, C.J. Leak, was pigeonholed as a backup at Tennessee.
Because of the tough times C.J. went through with the Vols, Chris spurned Tennessee, which had been his top choice, in favor of Florida, one of the Vols' main rivals.
When the 17th-ranked Gators play the 12th-ranked Vols on Saturday in their Southeastern Conference opener, the brothers will be on opposite sidelines -- a pair of talented quarterbacks playing against each other instead of together, and proving that sometimes the most well-intentioned plans don't work out.
"I've put all that behind me," Chris insists. "There were a lot of things I don't agree with, but it's in the past."
To understand Chris' decision to choose Florida (2-1) over Tennessee (2-0), it's important to first know the circumstances that led C.J. to the Vols.
A highly touted quarterback out of Charlotte, N.C., C.J. accepted a scholarship to go to Wake Forest after high school. At around the time C.J. entered college, the Wake Forest coaches were so enamored with Chris that they offered him a scholarship, as well, even though he hadn't even begun high school.
As some saw it, the idea was that the Leaks would play football together, with C.J. showing Chris the ropes, then eventually stepping aside for his younger brother. Things took a turn when C.J. hurt his knee at Wake, then transferred to Tennessee before the 2001 season. The Vols, already one of Chris' favorites, immediately went to the top of his list.
After the transfer, C.J. used his mandatory year on the sideline to rehabilitate the injury. He went into 2002 with the assumption that he would get a chance to be the Vols' starting quarterback.
That chance came belatedly, and when it did, it lasted less than a quarter.
With his younger brother in the stands, C.J. started last October's game against Georgia in place of the injured Casey Clausen. But he lasted only a few plays, and threw just three passes. The Leaks looked at it as a slap in the face, and shortly afterward, Chris knew he couldn't go to Tennessee.
"I always dreamed of playing for Tennessee," Chris wrote last December in a diary published on ESPN.com. "I pictured myself parading with my teammates through the Vol Walk and splitting the `T' like hundreds of Vols before me. But that dream is dead. I've dropped Tennessee from my list."
The reason, he said, was trust. He claimed Vols coach Phil Fulmer never fulfilled his promise to give C.J. a legitimate chance to start.
"Deep in my heart, I could never trust what the Tennessee coaches tell me. So I'm finished with the Vols," Chris wrote.
Two months later, he announced his decision to go to Florida. He was the most-hyped recruit of the year.
"It was an emotional time for the entire family," their father, Curtis, said of the awkwardness with Tennessee, in an interview with The Gainesville Sun. "Everybody was disappointed. The whole country saw it. But we don't have any hard feelings toward them, and they don't have any hard feelings toward us."
For his part, Fulmer calls the whole saga "water under the bridge."
"It's not something that has anything to do with this game," he said.
But the Leaks could end up being a big part of the game.
Chris, in fact, will almost certainly get playing time. Florida coach Ron Zook has played him about every third series since the season began. Sophomore Ingle Martin is still the starter.
C.J. is a second-stringer behind Clausen. He's one injury away from being in the game. Of course, whether he plays or not, C.J. and his brother are already in the spotlight this week.
"It's in the past," said C.J., who may finally get his chance to start next season. "Chris feels the same way I do. Chris had to do what he had to do going down to Florida. Things are working out for me, as well."
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Post by TheCharlie on Sept 20, 2003 22:36:10 GMT -5
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Post by tdallasw on Sept 20, 2003 22:56:49 GMT -5
Chris played a little - 9 / 12 for 80 yards w/ 1 interception. C. J. (Vols) of course didn't get to play at all. Typical  You would have thought they might let him take a few snaps since his whole family was there. Chris Leak, a two-time Associated Press player of the year in North Carolina, set a national record with 185 touchdown passes. He rewrote most of the state's passing records and signed with Florida as one of the nation's most sought-after recruits. Behind Leak, Independence won 46 straight games from 2000-02, tying a state record with a 41-20 win against New Bern in the Class 4-AA championship game in December. During that run, the Patriots averaged 47.3 points and won 21 games by more than 40 points. |
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Post by tdallasw on Sept 26, 2003 20:14:00 GMT -5
  GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida coach Ron Zook scraped his rotating quarterback system Monday and named freshman Chris Leak the starter over sophomore Ingle Martin. Leak will get a long look when the Gators (2-2) play at Kentucky on Saturday. "We're going to let him run with it and see what he can do," Zook said Monday. "We'll play it by ear. Ingle's got to be ready, and he knows that, but we'll give Chris a shot and see how he handles it." Leak, a Parade All-American who threw for 5,193 yards and 64 touchdowns as a high school senior last year, has a stronger arm than Martin. But Martin started the first four games because he had better knowledge of Florida's system. Neither quarterback was effective against Tennessee. The Gators didn't throw a deep pass and got booed on several occasions. After the 24-10 loss, Zook was ripped for a conservative game plan. "If I had it to do over again, I would do exactly what I've done," Zook said. "I don't think there's any doubt in my mind we've been doing the right thing. This is just something I would like to look at after looking at the game." Martin, who would play two series then watch Leak for one, missed several open receivers while finishing 16-of-32 for 205 yards. Leak was 9-of-12 for 76 yards, but he dropped a perfect shotgun snap on his first series, threw a late interception and produced zero points in four possessions. Leak was off limits to reporters following Monday's practice. Martin was not at practice for what team officials said was a "marketing test." Leak and third-string quarterback Gavin Dickey spent about 10 minutes after practice Monday working on deep passes down the sideline. "Will we throw downfield a little bit more?" Zook said. "There's a strong possibility of that."
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Post by Peach on Sept 26, 2003 22:29:17 GMT -5
tdallasw, I was just going to post that bit of information about Chris Leak, but you beat me to it! ;D Just a BIG college football fan here..... and a closet Huskers fan, to boot. But I will watch anything that moves. Peach |
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Post by tdallasw on Sept 27, 2003 19:36:32 GMT -5
Sept. 27, 2003 SportsLine.com wire reports LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Even Florida's victories aren't coming easy these days. Johnny Lamar's 35-yard interception return set up Ran Carthon's 1-yard touchdown run with 3:15 remaining as the 25th-ranked Gators rallied from an 18-point deficit to beat Kentucky 24-21. Trailing 21-3 after three quarters, Florida (3-2, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) scored three touchdowns in the fourth to complete the biggest road comeback in school history. Florida's largest previous road rally was from 17 points behind in a 1993 win at South Carolina. Florida freshman Chris Leak, making his first career start, completed 20 of 35 passes for 268 yards and two touchdowns. |
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