Interestingly enough, I have always found 'Horns fans' "smack" smiling and good-natured, if sometimes drenched with that "everythin's-bigger-n-better-n-Texas-SON"-attitude that I love to poke and prod sarcastically whenever I get the chance--but they generally take THAT in stride also, so how can ya hate 'em?
(NOTE: Below I will use quotes where I'm sure of the actual words that a certain person used; he said the things OUTSIDE the quotes also, but I am less certain of the way it was put at the time, so handled it in this way; the overall accuracy of the thrust and meaning of the statements I can confidently stand by.)
Now, I can't say the same for some of their local radio personalities--we've got some prime Gator-Haters with multi-watt pulpits here in Central Texas, and I already went through one "Monsoon Sound System" in my car from punching out of the settings in the middle of one of a particular individual's near-daily attacks (I guess I really "PUNCH" the settings-buttons; it isn't just a turn-of-phrase, in this case).
In keeping with this person's (I make it a habit to avoid mentioning his name, since the way this kind of guy operates, "no such thing as bad pub, just spell the name right" is his motto--he hosts the afternoon rush-time show called "The Drive") usual complete horsesh*t, today's typical rant angrily blamed (among other people and things) URBAN MEYER for the Gators having released the Will Muschamp hiring during the pre-Heisman show, having Urban somehow responsible for seeing to it that it was timed to happen in the moments leading up to the presentation BECAUSE "HE HAS ALWAYS HATED CAM NEWTON", that "he was the one to release all that stuff about his grades and his supposed cheating" and all that legal stuff that was supposed to be sealed, and "getting MSU, Mullen and his friends over there to come out with all those unproven rumors and innuendo about play for pay" and everything else, that "even if it IS all true and dirty and going to come out eventually", still it's just "sleazy and underhanded to use it all this way" just because he "couldn't stand to see him succeed after leaving HIM and his Gators", and it's the same with the Muschamp announcement, "wanting so bad to steal the spotlight, grab all the attention in Cam's shining moment" and drown it out with his BIGGER news...this guy went on for awhile, eventually moving on to his NEXT target, Will Muschamp (I guess he's getting set up to continue his hate for everything "Gator", which has been camouflaged the last couple of years by his focus on Meyer in particular--"lying", "arrogant", "phony", "dirty", "runs out-of-control-program", just a BIT of what a Gator has had to navigate here--transfering that focus now to Muschamp, starting with making his MOVE and how he DID it an issue).
The idea here is that Muschamp "could have and SHOULD have waited until after the weekend, a BIG RECRUITING WEEKEND, was over to make this announcement", that he arrogantly and ungratefully "basically gave Mack Brown the finger by doing it when and how he did", and so on.
You can see the demagogic, whip-the-mob-into-an-angry-frenzy approach with groundless accusations and an appeal to their emotions. The announcement and its timing had nothing to do with the Longhorns; it had EVERYTHING to do with the Gators and their needs. Our football program was essentially "Leaderless", at least as far as the next class of potential recruits were concerned, this was SUPPOSED to have been a "big recruiting weekend" for us too, but only 3 of an expected and planned for 23 top prospects had shown up by the time that announcement was made. You're DAMNED RIGHT we wanted to "make a splash", most of all WE wanted to get the word out to OUR potential recruits that all was well, the "engine" is hooked up, stoked and ready to roll and the train is "on-track and coming to YOUR town". Oh, and BTW, "WE" now includes Will Muschamp, and the moment that was so his concerns and loyalties were with the Gators, NOT the 'Horns. I'm sure as hell glad HE got that, even if YOU didn't, bud.
Of course, Meyer didn't have anything to do with any of that. How and when the announcement of his replacement and it's timing's effect, planned or otherwise, on Cam Newton's ascension (however temporary) to Heisman (semi-)immortality just wasn't and isn't a concern of his...or, to put it another way, I figure Urban Meyer had about as much to do with the fact of and timing in the announcement of Will Muschamp becoming the next Gator Head Coach as he did in ANY of that paranoid, all-powerful Machiavelian portrait of his dark dealings behind the scenes, controlling and advancing the whole case against Cam.
Until this weekend, Muschamp was "the indispensable man", the one Longhorn coach who was lauded and looked to for stability now and in the future. He is now being transformed into a pariah here, and can expect the above kind of tales and accusations to be attributed to HIM by the same guys who were sucking up to him last week.
