Weis, Bradford talk football in Gainesville

By Adam Silverstein
July 29, 2011

If you followed @onlygators on Twitter this summer, you likely saw a tweet or two from OGOGA about St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford spending some time in Gainesville, FL along with Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Riley Cooper.

While he was visiting, OGGOA speculated that Bradford very well could have been in town to pick the brain of new Florida Gators offensive coordinator Charlie Weis considering he was unable to meet with Josh McDaniels, St. Louis’ new offensive coordinator, due to the NFL lockout still being in progress.

Sports Illustrated‘s Andy Staples actually spoke to Bradford about his trip to Gainesville and, as it turns out, that was the exact reason he stopped by the town of the team that defeated the Oklahoma Sooners for the 2009 BCS Championship.

“They spent time in New England together,” Bradford told Staples, “so their offensive philosophies are fairly similar. Obviously, they don’t run the exact same offense. But I just thought if I could come down and just talk some ball with Coach Weis and get a feel for what his philosophy is, then it could possibly help me try to transition to Josh’s offense.”

Weis, who through a Florida spokesman declined to comment for this story, also showed Bradford a video that helped drive home some of the concepts in the playbook. “I have the playbook. I can look at the paper all I want,” Bradford said. “But it’s a lot different when you actually have someone who can kind of talk you through it — someone who has experienced it, knows what the reads are and can kind of tell you what to expect.”

Photo Credit: Bill Haber/Associated Press

5 Comments

  1. aaron says:

    Little off topic but I’m hearing Humphries is a ut silent commit.

  2. Daniel M. says:

    Chad “Ocho Sinco” Johnson signed with the Patriots. Aaron Hernandez wears the number 85 presently with the Pats. What kind of number swap payday will Hernandez get out of this from Johnson? Thoughts? I’d whack him for a Bentley.

    Also, I look absurdly cool rockin’ around town in my OGGOA t-shirt.

  3. caligator says:

    Sam Bradford? GATOR BAIT

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