1-ranked recruit signed with the Tigers. As we head toward the 2022 college football season, the Will Levis hype train is picking up steam. He was subsequently fined by the Eagles and excused from team activities. Practices for Saturday's NFLPA Collegiate Bowl are in full swing, giving prospects a chance to make an impression on NFL coaches and scouts ahead of the 2022 NFL Draft. He was a pro sensation, at least for a season, when he improbably led the Denver Broncos into the 2011 postseason . 3 seed Georgia Bulldogs (13-1) will play for the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday, Jan. 10, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. . Chances are though, if Urban Meyer says the 2008 Gators were the best to ever do it, he should know; hes coached a few 10-win programs and is a premier college X-and-O tactician. Offensive coordinator Dan Mullen left to become the head coach of the Mississippi State Bulldogs at the end of the 2008 season. Jermaine Cunningham (Patriots), Jaye Howard (Seahawks), Carlos Dunlap (Bengals), Brandon Spikes (Patriots), Ahmad Black (Bucs), Joe Haden (Browns), Janoris Jenkins (Rams), Will Hill (Giants), Justin Trattou (Giants), Major Wright (Bears) and punter Chas Henry (Bucs). If we let them duke it out in make-believe world, Alabamas 2009 offense would likely struggle to keep pace with the 2008 Florida Gator attack. What to do about Timmy? If you're a wild animal, that doesn't happen. You won't want to miss a moment of the 2022 season! Upon returning he promptly got into a training camp scuffle with teammate Cary Williams.Brandon SpikesAnd it isnt just members the Gators offense that stumbled following the championship title.

Youve probably heard of Tim Tebow.Fast forward half a decade and the those Gators teams dont look too hot. Wrong. It was a one-point loss that spurred Timmy football to create the accord with Gator Nation called The Promise and to aid this argument; I am going to pull the NFL Card.. The 22nd pick in the 2009 NFL draft, Harvin is currently on the 60-day DL.Riley CooperThe Philadelphia Eagles receiver stirred up a shit storm of controversy in July when a video surfaced of an apparently inebriated Cooper challenging every n***er here to a fight while backstage at a Kenny Chesney concert. As many mismatches as that offense created, it was the defense that broke the will of many Gator opponents that year. In the end, fans of college powerhouses are going to believe their version of the best team ever wouldve beaten so-and-so. The retirement didnt last, however, and the following year Meyer resigned again, only to take the head job at his alma mater, Ohio State. Brandon Sikes was simply a beast in the middle. Join the most active Gators forums and get the real inside scoop on Florida football, recruiting, basketball, baseball and all University of Florida athletics! Photos by Getty Images | Licensed to Alpha Media Group 2013, Meyer may have helped cover up the tight ends bad behavior while at Florida. Kidding! NFL and the NFL shield design are registered trademarks of the National Football League.The team names, logos and uniform designs are registered trademarks of the teams indicated. We really do.Maurkice PounceyThe Steelers first-round draft pick in 2010 and twin brother to fellow Gator, and fellow first rounder, Mike Pouncey has been an All-Pro in each of his first three seasons in the NFL. And that was (because) animal instincts took over on the field. According to Rolling Stones investigative report on the Hernandez case, Meyer may have helped cover up the tight ends bad behavior while at Florida.Aaron HernandezNot much to report here. From Aaron Hernandez to Tim Tebow to Maurkice Pounceys torn ACL, it makes you wonder. He may not be able to throw a football, but we love Tim. If the Gators blew you out early, you could see sophomore not-yet-ex-Gator Cam Newton taking snaps. Despite the disappointing season, Quarterback Tim Tebow would become the first sophomore to win the Heisman trophy. They put 51 on number four LSU; dropped 63 the week after on hapless Kentucky and then followed that up a week later with 49 on rival Georgia at the annual Outdoor Cocktail Party in Jacksonville. Deion Sanders' impact on Jackson State, and HBCU football at large, reached a new level on Wednesday as the nation's No. All of their defensive stalwarts had another year in their belt. If that didnt work they had mighty-mite Brandon James. Think about what I just said. The 2008 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Co-recruiting coordinator and safeties coach Doc Holliday left to become an assistant at his alma mater, West Virginia, running backs coach Stan Drayton took the same job with the Tennessee Volunteers, and co-defensive coordinator and defensive breed coach Greg Mattison joined the new coaching staff of the Baltimore Ravens. Daniel Jeremiah provides his initial scouting report on Bulldogs DL Jalen Carter, with a pro comp to a former top-three pick. In case youve forgotten (five years is a lifetime in football), for a while there the Urban Meyer-coached Gators dominated college football, winning titles in both 2006 and 2008, and lost the BCS championship game in 2009. He was last seen applying for unemployment benefits and wearing a John 3:16 sandwich board in Times Square. After routing their respective semifinal opponents, the No. But theres that defense holding one the most prolific offenses of all time that averaged 51.1 points and scored 57 or more seven times, to a paltry two touchdowns in a 24-14 title win for the Gators. University of Oregon pass rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux has had his priorities as they relate to football questioned mightily during the pre-draft process, but the Ducks standout tells NFL Network's Cameron Wolfe it's a lot of misinformation he's ready to prove wrong beginning once he hears his name called in Thursday's first round of the 2022 NFL Draft.

(Youve probably heard of him too.)

Well, other than that he may have murdered a dude. But lets reminisce! 2017 Gator Country Multimedia, Inc, All Rights Reserved. greatest thing college football has ever seen. Ohio State coach Urban Meyer declared his 2008 Florida Gators the greatest college football team ever in front of a group of youth football campers over the weekend. Former walk-on quarterback Stetson Bennett and an opportunistic Georgia defense led the Bulldogs to their first national championship since 1980 on Monday night, toppling defending champ Alabama, 33-18, in the College Football Playoff National Championship in Indianapolis. Follow Chase Goodbread on Twitter *@ChaseGoodbread*. The next year the teams defensive star, Brandon Spikes, received a half-game suspension for trying to gouge out an opposing players eye. 2022 NFL Enterprises LLC. Dunlap and Cunningham were relentless in the pass rush combining for 15.5 sacks. Sources: 2012 Florida Gators Football Media Guide, GatorZone.com. He rode the bench for the hapless Jets last year, was signed by the New England Patriots in the offseason, and was cut just a few weeks ago. The Gators competed in the Football Bowl Subdivision FBS of the National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference SEC, in addition to played their home games in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida, campus. Dont take our word for it. Or either of the back-to-back Nebraska champions under Tom Osborne in the mid-1990s. Speed and strength, my friends; those 2008 Gator Boys had it in droves and abundance and certainly have set the bar high for the Gator Nation. What's the book on the edge rusher heading into the '22 college football season? After a 2007 season that was prolific offensively, especially for Tebow who shattered plenty of NCAA records en route to a Heisman trophy. Gator opponents had to keep throwing that year because the Gators outscored opponents by an average of 31.8 points.

Of course after yesterdays injury, that streak came screeching to a halt. And in the air they failed miserably most of the time; Gator defenders intercepted 26 passes that year, as all-American Joe Haden would be assigned to opposing teams number one receiver. All those receivers play significant minutes on Sundays now. . Think about itTebow and Harvin; those guys alone had 42 ways to beat you. Im continually reminded of how awesome and deep that 2008 team was. despite finishing the year with the leagues lowest passer rating. In the end, thats all this piece may end up beinguntil I turn on the game on Sunday; or play fantasy football, or do anything else NFL.

For now.Percy HarvinTraded from the the Minnesota Vikings to the Seattle Seahawks in the offseason, the oft-injured former Pro Bowl-wideout tore the labrum near his hip during training camp. Since 1997 Gator Country's been the most trusted authority on all Florida Gators sports. Either Haden or Jenkins couldve slowed down Julio Jones and made the Tide one-dimensional. Or even the Alabama team that dismantled the 2009 Gators, who were supposed to be even better than the 2008 team with quarterback Tim Tebow as a returning senior, on its way to the national title. Nevermind the run of Miami Hurricanes championship squads from the early 2000s that had NFL talent oozing through their pores. Meanwhile, the Pouncey brothers got in some hot water in July for going out on the town wearing Free Hernandez caps. They averaged 43.6 points a game and dropped 50 on opponents five times. A period thats already been really pretty shitty for the members of the University Florida 2008 National Champions got worse yesterday, with the torn ACL and MCL of Pittsburgh Steelers center MaurkicePouncey. Georgia just had five defensive players taken in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft, but is the best NFL prospect of all still in Athens? That 2007 kind-of youngish defense gave Tebow, unfortunately, more of scoring opportunities than coach Meyer wouldve liked. But it was just a piece. They closed out the season with a 4135 destruction to Michigan in the 2008 Capital One Bowl on January 1, 2008. Today, the NFL in partnership with the Senior Bowl, announced the names of players that will attend the 2022 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Combine presented by Microsoft Surface, which will be held Friday, Jan. 28 - Saturday, Jan. 29, at the University of South Alabama Jaguar Training Center in Mobile, Alabama. The Gators allowed opponents 12.9 points a gamedown from the 25.5 per game they surrendered in 2007. Meyer's comments on the 2008 UF team come around the six-minute mark.

Hes out for the season.

He was a college sensation. That pressure and the airtight coverage by the corners made opposing coaches prefer to attack the Florida safeties; Ahmad Black and Major Wright combined for 11 picks, 212 return yards and three pick-sixes that year. 1 seed Alabama Crimson Tide (13-1) and No. The Gators made a spectacular run following that Ole Miss loss to claim a national title and the team carved out a piece of college football history for itself. You try to reason with a wild animal you can't reason with a wild animal. Tennessee State quarterback Geremy Hickbottom was named Offensive Most Valuable Player as he helped Team Gaither to a resounding 22-6 win over Team Robinson at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans. And its been downhill ever since. Think about that. I know what youre thinking. Lets not forget the quarterback, Tim Tebow, who was mentioned by name on television more than both presidential candidates combined in 2008, an election year.

Freshman Janoris Jenkins would typically draw the number two receiver. When the enemy had enough of getting stuffed in the backfield on runs by Spikes, Carlos Dunlap, Jermaine Cunningham and others, they took to the air.