Vandy Beats Florida in Gainesville: Is This The End of Coach Boom?

So…how far have the once mighty Florida Gators fallen?

Wasn't it just yesterday when Tim Tebow was leading the Urban Meyer run Gators to a National Title?

Well, to the Florida faithful, that probably seems like a century ago. Especially in light of Saturday afternoon's 34-17 loss to Vanderbilt. In Gainesville. And it was the first time Vandy's won in the Swamp…since 1945.

Mind you, Vandy is not bad. 5-4 on the season and 2-4 in the SEC East, they are not the pushovers of Vandy teams past.

But this loss was about Florida ineptitude as much as was Vandy capitalizing on it. The Gators had 4 turnovers and only 39 yards running the ball.

The loss dropped the toothless Gators to 4-5 on the season and 3-4 in the SEC East. It also probably lowers the chance they make a bowl game. Aside from a game with Georgia Southern, the Gators finish with South Carolina and Florida State, neither game, one likely they'll win.

And the loss has raised the volume on people screaming for coach Will Muschamp's head. Muschamp has managed to avoid heat up to this point, despite a 22-13 record in his now 3rd season. And even more importantly, he's 0-3 vs. arch-rival Georgia and only 13-10 in the SEC.

Yes, that type of record got Ron Zook run out of town a decade or so ago.

Sure, the team has been wrecked by injuries, but so have other teams, some of whom have struggled. But none have looked so pathetic.

We will also add, this is a bit of karma paying the Gator faithful a visit, they got a bit smug during the Tebow years. This should serve as a reminder the rest of the world can easily catch you.

Carousel season is quickly coming up and we suspect come the second week of September, you can find Florida on it, watching and looking for riders.

Though we seriously doubt they can take back Urban Meyer. (ooooh, yeah, we said it)

Here's your highlights from the game. (Thanks SEC Digital Network)

Nashville DA: Franklin/Carta-Samuels Not Involved In Rape Cover-Up

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Davidson County (TN) District Attorney Torry Johnson held a press conference yesterday to clear the air yesterday regarding the Vanderbilt University rape case. And the larger issue that was picked up dealt with texts sent by Chris Boyd after the rape took place.

A Boyd text mentioned the quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels as one of two people who helped Boyd move the victim out of a hallway.

Johnson cleared that up saying that the text was from Boyd but misidentified Carta-Samuels. Johnson also addressed rumors of involvement by Vandy head coach James Franklin. He said those rumors were also untrue.

Here's the presser...
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Boyd's plea deal involves the notion that he is going to help out prosecutors who are trying to convict four former Vandy football players for the alleged rape of an unconscious co-ed on campus. Appearances of the defendants start next month in court...

Vandy's Head Coach Takes a Flying Leap

Okay, we've seen this video on a couple of other websites and they all call it "Jumping off a cliff". Even the headline for the YouTube clip does.

Um...no. Vanderbilt football head coach James Franklin does take a pretty significant leap into Chickamauga Lake near Chattanooga, Tennessee during a "Coaches retreat", but look at the video, it doesn't exactly look like a cliff, does it?

This is a cliff:




This is Franklin's leap. The narration sets it up fairly well, but it looks roughly like jumping from a highway bridge (12-15ft). Impressive, and the narrator says it's Franklin, despite shooting the video from a 1/4 mile away.

Just sayin'...