So at what age do these kids realize they are both awful people? Or I guess the more likely route is they end up in some trashy frat at Kent State and have a sunglass/goatee avatar by the age of 20.
Fuck! Sad to see it end, but I enjoyed it. It’d be a damn shame if our defense was better on paper moving forward. But that’s crazy talk and definitely isn’t what’s happening…
Scoot Farts was a terrible coach and his lackeys lied to recruits about NIL. More on this breaking story at 11.
Tyreke Johnson might be the worst 5 star recruit ever. He couldn't even carve out a special teams role on a 3-9, 4-8 team.
I know the WHOLE backstory of every Duval and Armwood kids and their progrums, but for all the idiots that don't know, please explain it to them.
If A&M's football program was a player, it would be one from duval. Many will look impressive at some point during the recruiting process. Every now and again one will even perform well, although you may not realize that everyone around them is sick. But you'll generally come out of the process dissatisfied and a little sad.
Armwood is one of the power programs outside Tampa. You drive right by it on I-4. They have a big billboard with all their state championships and national rankings on it. They had some old school legend coach for like 40 years. I think his son took over and got fired in a scandal. They would have multiple P5 guys ever year and almost all of them flop in college. FSU didn’t get a recruit from there for like 30 years because the coach banned us after Chuck Amato went behind his back with a player in the Early 90’s or something stupid like that. Our fans called it the Armwood Curse. We did get back in when Taggart got hired as he had a couple guys from there committed to him at Oregon that he brought with him. They both sucked of course.
There was a 5* DT I really wanted from Armwood a while ago that ended up going to Florida (maybe?) and of course ended up sucking.
Torrey Davis or something like that. I actually talked to his track coach his senior year. Said his work ethic was dog shit and that he hoped he failed at the state meet so he would hopefully understand not everything comes easily and that would trigger some work ethic. He came in 1st or 2nd in the discus and obviously that work ethic thing did not pan out as he got kicked off or left UF can’t remember which one
Yeah he was a 5 star that committed to us out of nowhere like the summer before his senior year. It was weird because we didn't have a lot of momentum at the time and never got anyone from Armwood. He decommitted a few weeks later. I think it was an op by Urb. He did actually make a huge play for them in the natty against Oklahoma.
Made a big goalline stop in the title game against Oklahoma, scholarship was well worth it for solely for that. Just an incredibly lazy guy who would've had a nice career in the NFL if he gave a shit.
I mean that kid was never in the conversation for playing time on a 4-8 team. Quite frankly he was lucky to get his school paid for.
That 08 team was fucking good. Only time I remember seeing a team literally go 13-1 against the Vegas spread
With the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark - that place where the cupboard finally peaked and then emptied.
For those that care, here’s a spoiler of a recap. Apparently, it actually portrays us positively and skips over most of the bad stuff, arrests and murders. Spoiler Swamp Kings: How did Netflix portray the Florida Gators? Nick de la Torre Photo courtesy of Netflix GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Gatorsachieved unparalleled success on the field during the Urban Meyer era, winning two National Championships. Off the field, the team developed a rap sheet with local police, that at times, became as big of a story as their production on the field. With Netflix set to release “Swamp Kings” a documentary about those Gators, most fans wanted to know how the Gators would be portrayed. Was Swamp Kings a hit piece? I was given early access to Swamp Kings and can safely say that Florida fans will be very pleased with the documentary. Swamp Kings glosses over off-the-field issues. They’re mentioned briefly. The director instead turns their focus on how Meyer created a winning culture at Florida. What did it take off the field? What ways did the team workout, train, and bond that created the culture that allowed the Gators to become great? “There’s nothing like the locker room. There’s nothing like a huddle,” Meyer says in the opening sequence of the documentary. “I wanted them to embrace the heart, embrace the hurt, embrace the pain, embrace the brotherhood.” This line, uttered in the first minute of the four-episode series will become what the crux of the documentary is about. Netflix uncovered more than 600 video tapes with behind-the-scenes, never before seen footage. While watching the documentary, I sent screenshots and clips to former players during the first two watching of the series. They wondered how Netflix had found that or were amazed that some of the things were even filmed. That footage of mat drills, midnight workouts, and tapes from locker room interactions before, during, and after games makes this a Gator fan’s dream. Swamp Kings truly gives a look inside the program from the perspective of the players and coaches who lived it. What does the documentary focus on? The work. The work that Urban Meyer and his staff demanded and the work that the players, coaches, staff, trainers, and everyone in the building put in to make the team what they became. “Urban Meyer got there and kicked all of us out of the home locker room,” receiver Dallas Baker recalled. “We had to get dressed in the visitor locker room. He told us we couldn’t wear any Gator stuff. You have to earn the right to be a Florida Gator.” The first episode of the documentary focuses on Meyer building that culture and trying to weed out players he felt wouldn’t sell out for the team. “It was unmerciful,” Meyer says about some of the ways they went about achieving that. The documentary then, obviously shifts to Tim Tebow. Paul Finebuam rightly points out that this story, or perhaps Meyer’s career wouldn’t be the focus of the documentary if not for Tebow. In Meyer’s words, he didn’t know who Tebow was during the early days at Florida but he couldn’t go anywhere without a fan or someone telling him that the Gators needed the lefty from just up the road in Ponte Verda Beach, Florida. Tebow’s work ethic fits right in with the team and Tebow and Meyer are the central characters in the show throughout all four episodes. The film chronicles both National Championships and the players that drove the culture of the team. What isn’t in Swamp Kings The documentary briefly shows clips of arrests and newspaper clippings. The Gators had more than 30 arrests during Urban Meyer’s tenure at Florida. This, largely, is glossed over in the series. It is mentioned, briefly. Meyer tells the story of Avery Atkins. Atkins was a freshman cornerback for the 2005 Gators and was projected to start on the 2006 squad, the eventual national champion. He was released from his scholarship after a domestic battery charge against him. Atkins joined Bethune-Cookman’s team but was kicked off after playing in just three games. He was charged with possession of crack cocaine before dying of an apparent drug overdose. That affected Meyer greatly. While Atkins was charged with domestic battery and Meyer felt he was just in kicking him off the team, what happened to Atkins after stuck with Meyer. He made the decision that he would not give up on players who had missteps moving forward. All four episodes of the documentary will release on Netflix on August 22.