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Jul 21, 2013 12:57:44 GMT -5 ETGator1 said:

Dumbass Morrison Update:

Will Muschamp released a statement through the football team’s twitter saying, “I’m extremely disappointed in Antonio Morrison’s decision making. He has been suspended from the team and will miss at least two games to begin the season.”

My guess is 3 game, Toledo, at Miami, and Tennessee, will be missed.

Reports are Antonio was intoxicated again.

When Muschamp says he is "extremely disappointed", it more likely means "one more screwup and I'm tossing your arse out of here!"

- David ( put him on extreme curfew ) PwrMc

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Not having him for Miami is the biggest blow. Morrison is a top linebacker, and Miami is good on offense.

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Michael Taylor will do fine starting at MLB. The question is going to be who trains to be the 2. However, there is no question about Morrison being missed.

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LBers:

PROBABLE DEPTH CHART

STRONGSIDE
49 - Darrin Kitchens
11 - Neiron Ball
28 - Jeremi Powell
7 - Ronald Powell

MIDDLE
3 - Antonio Morrison
34 - Alex Anzalone
51 - Michael Taylor
40 - Jarrad Davis

WEAKSIDE
51 - Michael Taylor
13 - Daniel McMillian
9 - Matt Rolin

My guess is Michael Taylor and Darrin Kitchens will play MLB during Morrison's suspension. Alex Anzalone and Jarrad Davis are true freshmen. Anzalone enrolled last January and he has a high upside (smart and physical), but I'm not sure if either Anzalone or Davis will be ready to call the defensive plays for the first two or three games. Michael Taylor and Darrin Kitchens have cross trained at all three LB positions.

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ESPN SEC Coaches Car Wash Interviews - missed those today - Muschamp tomorrow:

University of Florida head football coach Will Muschamp will visit ESPN’s Bristol, Conn., headquarters and appear on multiple ESPN programs and platforms on Tuesday, July 23, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., as part of ESPN’s “Car Wash.” The outlets include College Football Live, SportsCenter, First Take and Highly Questionable on television; ESPN Radio’s SVP & Russillo, The Herd with Colin Cowherd, Coach and Company and SportsCenter Tonight; and chats, podcasts and more across ESPN.com.

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I apologize for calling Antonio Morrison a dumbass:



1. The officer wearing the cap should be reprimanded and told he had better find some patience.

2. Will Muschamp should immediately drop the suspension to no more than one game for the deferred prosecution charge. Johnny Football has yet to be suspended for his actions.

3. Will Muschamp should publically apologize to Antonio Morrison for his twitter comments before the video was released. Apologizing while on the ESPN Car Wash and reducing the suspension would be an acceptable show of support for Antonio.

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I agree with this 100%:


July 23rd, 2013 10:09am

Muschamp should stand up for Morrison

by Zach Abolverdi

When athletes get into trouble with the law, coaches are often criticized for not dishing out discipline right away.

Though it’s frowned upon and considered a cop out, it behooves them in most cases to gather all the information and let the legal system run its course before choosing their course of action.

The latest incident involving Florida’s Antonio Morrison highlights why they should and usually do wait.

The sophomore linebacker, who is currently serving a deferred prosecution agreement for misdemeanor battery last month, was arrested early Sunday morning by Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies and charged with maliciously harassing, teasing and interfering with a police dog engaged in duty and resisting arrest without violence.

Later that day, UF coach Will Muschamp suspended Morrison from the team and said he will miss at least two games to begin the season.

Before I go any further, let me say that if Morrison was specifically told after his first arrest not to go out late at night, his punishment is proper and should not be changed.

I credited Muschamp following his statement for acting swiftly on Morrison. But given what’s come to light since then, his response may have been premature.

Shortly after the suspension was announced, State Attorney Bill Cervone told The Sun he has concerns with the legality of the arrest. Morrison making a “woof-woof” sound at the canine may not be enough to constitute a crime, Cervone said, because there was no malicious intent, which is to commit a wrongful act — without just cause or reason — that will result in harm to another.

On Monday, Sheriff Sadie Darnell told The Sun that a warning to Morrison would have been more appropriate than detaining and arresting him for an obscure law that he was likely unaware of.

ASO also released the dashboard camera video of the arrest. An overwhelming majority of readers felt the footage showed that deputies overreacted and were more out of line than Morrison. One deputy was even caught littering at the end of the tape.

It’s an embarrassing situation for all parties involved.

In the wake of all this, Muschamp now faces some difficult decisions moving forward. Fans are already calling for Morrison’s suspension to be reduced or lifted if his charges are dropped by the state.

Should that happen, I still think he deserves some sort of punishment for putting himself in that situation and giving law enforcement another opportunity to use their authority on him.

However, if Muschamp is going to come down on his players when they’re in the wrong, he should also have their back when they are not.

Morrison has been ridiculed by local and national writers, some of whom say he should get dismissed from the team, for an arrest that now appears to be unlawful and unwarranted.

If his suspension gets shortened in any way, it’s going to be a PR nightmare for UF and the coach who said he’s “100 percent responsible” for his players’ off-field behavior.

But Muschamp can send a message to his team, recruits and their families that he will not tolerate his players getting mistreated by police and put on trial in the media.

Seven of the 14 players who have been arrested during his tenure have transferred or been dismissed. Two of those arrests were for underage drinking, and nine of those players signed with or committed to former coach Urban Meyer.

For the most part, Muschamp has taken a strong stance on discipline during his time in Gainesville. But if Morrison didn’t have a curfew prior to this weekend and was suspended simply because he got arrested again, Muschamp needs to stand up for him and acknowledge that he, like most people, passed judgment too soon.

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Can't say I'm pleased with Will Muschamp. Chris Fowler gave him a chance to revisit the Antonio Morrison suspension. He refused to do it. Fowler even said the arrest was odd for the state of Florida, whatever that means.

If Muschamp is hanging a suspension on Morrison for being out at 3 AM, the whole team had better be on a curfew or Morrison should have already been on a coaches imposed curfew prior to the incident.

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Jul 23, 2013 9:34:49 GMT -5 ETGator1 said:

I apologize for calling Antonio Morrison a dumbass:



1. The officer wearing the cap should be reprimanded and told he had better find some patience.

2. Will Muschamp should immediately drop the suspension to no more than one game for the deferred prosecution charge. Johnny Football has yet to be suspended for his actions.

3. Will Muschamp should publically apologize to Antonio Morrison for his twitter comments before the video was released. Apologizing while on the ESPN Car Wash and reducing the suspension would be an acceptable show of support for Antonio.

Have to say there doesn't seem like there is a whole lot really going on there.

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From the Gainesville Sun:

Staff report



Published: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 1:43 p.m.

Last Modified: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 1:43 p.m.


Florida coach Will Muschamp said sophomore linebacker Antonio Morrison is still suspended from team activities, but will be in camp for the start of preseason practice next week.


Muschamp suspended Morrison for at least the first two games of the regular season after being arrested for the second time in five weeks on Sunday for barking at a police dog and resisting arrest earlier that morning. Both charges are misdemeanors. The arrest, however, is in question and charges may be dropped.

“Just disappointed,” said Muschamp, who is spending part of his day Tuesday at ESPN in Bristol, Conn. “You're a father figure to all these young men. You got 85 guys on scholarship, you got another 20-25 walk-ons, over 100 kids. You're responsible for those kids. And it's your job to educate them and make sure they're making good choices and decisions. They're not all going to make good choices and decisions, unfortunately. They're not always going to have great judgment. That doesn't make them a bad person."

“Antonio Morrison is a great young man. He's been raised right. Anthony and Valentine, his parents, are wonderful people. As a matter of fact, I was on the phone with them last night. He just had some poor judgment in that situation. Nothing good happens after midnight. He made a poor decision to be out at 3 o'clock in the morning."

Morrison would be held out of the opener against Toledo (Aug. 31) and the road game the next week against Miami. He played in 13 games, with three starts as a freshman, and is expected to have a bigger role this season.

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Charges Dropped - Suspension Stands:

www.gatorsports.com/article/20130723/ARTICLES/130729897?p=1&tc=pg

I'm not happy about the two game suspension. Johnny Football hasn't missed a minute of playing time and neither should Antonio Morrison.

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Florida Baseball Reloads:

www.gatorsports.com/article/20130724/ARTICLES/130729880?p=1&tc=pg

The Gators will be more talented in 14 than in 13. Hopefully, the Gators are on the road back to success.

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Where is the beef? Dontae Angus coming to UF in 2014:

Angus becomes 11th Gator commit for '14

By Zach Abolverdi
Correspondent



Published: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at 11:00 p.m.

Last Modified: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at 11:12 p.m.


Florida coach Will Muschamp gained some early recruiting momentum for Friday Night Lights when out-of-state lineman Dontae Angus committed to him by phone Wednesday.


The 6-foot-6, 320-pounder from Philadelphia (Pa.) Martin Luther King had planned on attending Friday's event and pulling the trigger in Gainesville. But once Angus realized he couldn't make the trip, he wasted no time in delivering the news to Muschamp.

“When I called coach Muschamp, I could just hear the excitement in his voice,” Angus said. “He was happy. He told me he wouldn't be able to go to sleep.”

Angus was offered by UF on April 25 as a defensive tackle, but the staff now wants to bring him in at offensive tackle. The three-star prospect said offensive line coach Tim Davis, his primary recruiter, pursued him heavily over the past three months.

“I talked to more than 40 schools during my recruiting process,” Angus said, “but none of them stayed on me like Florida and coach Davis. That showed me a lot about their interest, so I'm very excited to be a Gator.”

UF now has 11 members in its 2014 recruiting class. Verbal commitments are not binding until recruits sign their national letters of intent.

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I do get a kick out of these kids when they commit. So many of them talk about how happy the coaches were when they committed and how they celebrated like they just won a championship. Recruiting is as much a show these days as anything else. You know the old timers in coaching would never hoot and holler over a 17 year old committing.

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The sound on the YouTube video is awful, and I can't hear anything, but I agree....I didn't see a whole lot of anything that appeared to be illegal.

I do think there are several occasions where Cervone can be criticized. This isn't one of them though.