A couple of observations

[Guest Ari_Hinkelberger]

zook's problems had very little to do with Grossman.  Zooks problems were losses to Tenn, loses in the Outback bowl, losses to doormat Miss St.  

Zook went 7-4.....at a school that won 5 straight SEC titles

He was in a real tough spot.

[Joe]

Ari that was the most wrong thing you said so far.

1) Zook beat Tennessee his 1st year

2) He went 8-5 his 1st year at UF

3) UF didn't win the SEC the year before Zook got there, Tennessee did.

Zook was thrown under the matt by trying to make Grossman a varied Shotgun- West Coast Offense QB from the beginning. I've heard that rant 2938498 times from my father so don't go there.

[mulheap]

Zook got thrown under the bus because he wasn't spurrier.

And I'd like to think Urban Myer copied the Bulls offense with MB, after we destroyed his #25 ranked bowling green team, when he was the offensive coordinator.  But that could just be me looking through my green and gold glasses.

[Joe]

Meyer was the Head Coach when we DESTROYED #25 BGSU that year. They ran the spread option then, I think it was a combo of John L. Smith and Sonny Lubick at Colorado State who helped create the idea of the Spread Option in big time college football

[Triple B]

Ari,

If you had gone to Florida v. Tennessee or another top 25 team over USF v. McNeese State I might agree with you.

Then you are as fickle a fan as Ari is ........ You are a fan of a school or you're not. If you're a fan you go to watch YOUR school play, doesn;t matter who they're playing.

I mistakenly at first thought Ari was just crying out for attention ..... it appears to be a deeper problem.

[Joe]

I wouldn't personally go...He said he went because of "big game atmosphere." I'm sure it's a nice atmosphere, but So Miss and Florida is NOT a big game and that excuse is worthless.

[FormerPokeCenter]

Zook's problems at Florida began the moment he hired Ed Zaunbrecher to be the offensive coordinatr.  

While Zaunbrecher is a great guy, he's no offensive genius, having previously served as the head coach at University of Louisiana - Monroe, whose only claim to fame under Zaunbrecher, was being featured on a 60 Minutes Segment about terrible college football teams who were prostituting themselves for large paychecks...

[Guest Ari_Hinkelberger]

He lost to Tenn 2 of the 3 years he was at Florida.

He got beat by almost 40 by Miami in the Swamp.

He went 7-4 in the regular season his final year.

You act like I don't know anything.

And Rex Grossman was not that great.  He was good.  

Ron Zook's problem was that he wasnt a very good coach.  Probably the reason Spurier demoted him.

And I would take Blackwell over Grossman.

[USFMikeB]

Ari,

If you had gone to Florida v. Tennessee or another top 25 team over USF v. McNeese State I might agree with you.

Then you are as fickle a fan as Ari is ........ You are a fan of a school or you're not. If you're a fan you go to watch YOUR school play, doesn;t matter who they're playing.

I mistakenly at first thought Ari was just crying out for attention ..... it appears to be a deeper problem.

His deeper problem is that he thinks he's a USF fan when he's really a Gator.  Fans don't buy season tickets to another school instead of their own.

[USFMikeB]

I wouldn't personally go...He said he went because of "big game atmosphere." I'm sure it's a nice atmosphere, but So Miss and Florida is NOT a big game and that excuse is worthless.

Yup, it was nothing more than some garbage excuse of a wannabe.  He isn't a USF fan.  Period.