Pike a Panther!
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Tony Pike came off the board a Bearcat, and goes INto the Pro’s as a Panther!!!!
Is this a pick “used” to motivate Clausen to sign early? Hey, if it is, GOOD for the Panthers! They NEED a QB, which is why they took Jimmy-Jimmy! Pike is a tall, strong armed guy who could help push another QB into camp early. I will be hoping Jimmy and his over-inflated self-worth keeps himself out of early camps\preseason,…and, that Pike jumps in right away and gets going learning the Panthers book.
Clausen was 16-18 as a Starter for a team that OUT recruited Cincinnati EVERY year that both players were in school. I dont buy into the crap that because Jimmy was in a Weis offense that he’s already “better” somehow! Better at what, losing? Pike played a tUFfer schedule and played in higher profile Bowl games. Its not just because Pike is a UC guy or that I’m clearly NOT a fan of Weis or Notre Dame, you understand.
I’m gonna go ahead and say Jimmy and Pike will battle for the job, or the percieved “job” as it may be, in Carolina. Due to the very simple fact that Jimmer was drafted higher, though, he’ll start first (of the two). Pike will, however, end up taking over because Jimmy is kind of a little bitch, and he will start to cry as things go badly for the team……Don’t believe me?…Watch the Jon Gruden/Clausen interview in the pre-draft…..he comes off poorly there.
I’m NOT going to pretend to be a fan of Jimmy-Jimmy’s, nor a guy who believes he’ll be all that good as a Pro; but, the Panthers are having a great Draft! They did not have a first round pick, but they have done very well for themselves w/o one! The BONUS there?…No over-paying simply for the “tag” of being a 1st round pick!
sidenote: How ’bout Vanderbilt getting some draft love!…eh?!?!?
Take away from it?…A great season!
12-1 sucks, dont it?…Yeah, it sucked for the Gator fans too! They/we were pizzed off, after the ‘Bammer game. They thought they’d be playing next week, on Thursday! That didn’t happen, though, because they screwed the pooch in the SEC Championship game. Alabama had things working, and outplayed Florida. Now BAMMER gets the big date with the “Steers”, and a shot at the big brass ring.
Florida got to play one more game before it would be “over”…and ANY BCS Bowl game is an honor and a big deal; Win or lose. UC had a great year, no shame in going 12-1,….No shame in winning a (BCS) Div One Crown!….No shame in igniting a city’s passion for Football;- in a town void of “good” Sport for so long. No shame in putting the city on the Football map, and placing two great players (and super individuals) into the NFL Draft board! (at least)
In 1995, Florida went 12-0 through te regular season, and earned a game with the Corndogs from Nebraska!….They led after the first quarter, but ended up getting pummeled by perhaps the greatest College Football team of all time….at least some can argue they were! Florida responded by winning the National Title the following year. Steve Spurrier wasn’t the Coach bringing in 5-star recruits with much regularity. He took his “kind” of players, and made they play his brand of Football. Kinda like what Brian Kelly was doing here. UCincinnati can use this season as a springboard, to continue this success. The loss last night might have looked bad, or felt bad, but its part of the growth. The city showed they will support this, and the love is everywhere. I went to 8 different places today, and was cursed out in everyone!….That’s some good Bearcat support there, folks!
Team STATISTICS:
First downs — Florida 28, Cincinnati — 19
Rushes-yards — Florida 34-177, Cincinnati — 23-76
Passing — Florida 482, Cincinnati — 170
Comp-Att-Int — Florida 31-36-0, Cincinnati — 27-45-0
Return Yards — Florida 10, Cincinnati — 0
Punts-Avg. — Florida 1-44.0, Cincinnati — 6-42.2
Fumbles-Lost — Florida 0-0, Cincinnati — 1-0
Penalties-Yards — Florida 12-90, Cincinnati — 3-40
Time of Possession — Florida 32:20, Cincinnati — 27:40
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
Florida:Gillislee 5-78, Tebow 14-51, Rainey 4-27, Moody 8-14, Demps 3-7.
Cincinnati:Pead 7-48, T.Kelce 1-19, Ramsey 6-18, Goebel 1-8, D.Williams 1-(minus 5), T.Pike 7-(minus 12).
PASSING
Florida:Tebow 31-35-0-482, Team 0-1-0-0.
Cincinnati: T.Pike 27-45-0-170.
RECEIVING
Florida:Hernandez 9-111, Cooper 7-181, Thompson 5-63, Rainey 4-71, Moody 4-19, Nelson 2-37.
Cincinnati:Gilyard 7-41, Binns 5-29, Guidugli 5-22, Woods 4-46, Ramsey 2-16, Pead 1-7, Alli 1-6, Waugh 1-2, Goebel 1-1.