The Gators are only 3 hours away from their final regular season game of the 2008 season… and most likely the last time Percy Harvin will play against the rival Seminoles. Last year, Florida junior Percy Harvin rushed for 157 yards on 16 carries and caught five passes for 67 yards in the Gators’ 45-12 win against Florida State in Gainesville. This year they travel to Doak Campbell, normally a tough place to play…however, I’ve heard that they can’t even sell this game out.

Percy Harvin will be featured in the Gators offense this afternoon. They’re going to try and get him the ball 15-20 times. Percy will play some out of the backfield and in the slot. “He is one of the top two or three players in the nation,” Gators coach Urban Meyer said. “There are things that I’ve seen him do that I’ve never seen anyone else do.”

I’ve got a great feeling about Percy in this game. He always shines in the big games. I think Harvin will take 2 balls the distance for touchdowns… I’m talking two plays of 50+ yards each. The Gators are favored by about 17 points… I think they cover that with ease.

With the Florida vs. Florida State game coming up this week, there is going to be a lot of talk about Percy Harvin by the Noles fans. If you read any trash talk it’s because they’re jealous. Percy is a unique player that is a duel rushing and receiving threat. FSU has seen him before: In fact, Percy lit them up for over 200 yards last year.

In case they need a reminder, here’s a video straight from the Citadel game. Those defenders don’t know what to do.

In limited play versus the Citadel, Percy Harvin was able to rack up 49 yards rushing from 3 attempts and 76 yards receiving on 2 receptions, plus a touchdown. The Gators final score was 70-19 over the Citadel, but because the game was a blowout by the beginning of the 1st quarter, the Gators had no need to keep Percy Harvin in the game.

I wasn’t at the game, but wide receiver Percy Harvin stuck around The Swamp to sign autographs and interact with the fans after the 70-19 win over The Citadel. According to Miami Herald writer Mike McCall, Harvin seemed to be savoring the moment as if it was his last home game for the Gator. Harvin is an electric athlete and is sure to be a first round pick if he leaves early for the NFL.

Percy extended his touchdown streak and has now score 15 touchdowns this season. The Gators are still ranked 4th in the BCS Standings and still in prime position for the #1 or #2 spot if they can beat FSU and Alabama.

Mike Freeman from CBS Sports wrote an article titled “Oh mercy! Where’s the Heisman love for Percy?”

Free starts the article off by saying “Please take a moment and consider this statistic about Percy Harvin, who is the best player in college football, part of the Florida offensive juggernaut: Harvin has scored a touchdown in 12 straight games, getting 19 total scores in that two-season span. It’s the second-longest active streak in the country.”

While I think we can all agree that Percy Harvin is the most dynamic player in college football, and that if he were in a different system, he probably would be a Heisman favorite. Because Florida has so many weapons they don’t have to give Percy Harvin the ball 25 times a game to win. If the award was given to purely the best player, despite stats… then percy would have as good a shot as anyone.

Freeman goes on to say:

“Heisman” and “Harvin” aren’t in the same sentence for three main reasons. First, he’s on the same team with Tim Tebow, whose shadow is a mushroom cloud the size of Nebraska. Second, to some, Harvin doesn’t touch the football enough. Third, he’s in Meyer’s offensive system, which inflates numbers drastically.

I doubt he’ll win the Heisman, but it’s nice to see someone in the national media giving him the attention he deserves.

Here’s a video of Percy Harvin’s 80-yard touchdown vs. South Carolina. Now I was at the game, so I never heard the broadcast… but Brent Musberger did a terrible job announcing it. You know Mick Hubert was up in the booth yelling “ohh Myyyy!!!”

For the first time in 2008, Percy Harvin was given an SEC honor! Earlier this week, percy was named SEC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in the South Carolina game.

From GatorZone.com:

Harvin rushed for a career-high 167 yards and tied a career high with two rushing touchdowns in UF’s 56-6 win over No. 24 South Carolina. His 167 rushing yards versus the Gamecocks were the most by any wide receiver in the nation this year against a top-25 program. Harvin’s performance on the ground against USC propelled him to the third spot in the UF record books for rushing yards in a season by a wide receiver with 476 in 2008, and now owns the top three spots for that record. Harvin scored on an career-long 80 yard rush on the first play of the second half and now has scored a touchdown in the past 12 games he has played in, tying Texas Tech’s Michael Crabtree for the longest streak in the country.

Harvin leads the Gators with 476 rushing yards in 2008 on 52 carries and seven touchdowns. Four of his seven receiving touchdowns have come in his last 14 catches. He leads the SEC in scoring with 9.3 points per game.

With two regular season games left, there is still time for Percy Harvin to get on a roll. I doubt he’ll play much vs. Citadel this weekend, but if he can put up 150+ yards and have another big 70+ yard run/catch, then he may grab himself another honor.

We finally saw some explosion from Percy Harvin in Saturday’s Gator 56-6 victory over the Gamecocks. It wasn’t on the receiving side of the ball, but rushing yards count just as much!

Percy ended the game with 8 carries for 167 yards and 2 touchdowns, plus 1 reception for 6 yards. One of the Percy Harvinrushing touchdowns came on an 80 yard rush. He hit the hole, bounce of a defender then squeezed his way through a few more and it was off to the races. No one on the South Carolina defense could catch him.

Even the Old Ball Coach had good things to say about Percy in the post game interview. “If he was a tailback on somebody else’s team, he’d be a 200-yards-a-game guy,” Spurrier said. You know, he’s probably right!

Percy’s receiving stats were pretty much non existent because the Gators didn’t need to throw the ball. The got up to a big 21-0 lead in the 1st quarter and just set everything on cruise control. The Gator offense is clicking like I’ve never seen before. I’m not sure anyone can stop them.

I’ll be sure to post the highlights from the game later this week.

The Old Ball Coach (aka Steve Spurrier) and the South Carolina Gamecocks are headed to the Swamp tomorrow for a afternoon SEC showdown against Percy Harvin and the Florida Gators. The Gamecocks have nothing to lose and the Gators have everything to lose. Some might say that’s a good thing for South Carolina, I say it doesn’t really matter.

South Carolina is supposed to have one of the best defenses in the SEC. But Percy Harvin will still shred them to pieces. He’s score a touchdown in every game he has played in 2008, and will keep that streak alive tomorrow. I’ve talked about Percy’s numbers being down this year, but I still think he can crack the 100 yards of total offense against this defense. USC isn’t all their cracked up to be. They don’t have enough speed on defense to go man vs man with Percy Harvin.

I have a good feeling that we’re going to see a big-time play from Percy this weekend. I haven’t seen a 60-70 yard touchdown from him in a couple of games. He’s due!

My score prediction for the game: 49-14. Harvin’s stats: 8 receptions for 145 yards and 1 touchdown, plus 70 yards rushing and 1 touchdown.

Remember, if you can’t make it to Gainesville for the 3:30 kickoff, head over to Gator Envy where you can chat with other Harvin fans in the in-game discussion threads.

I found this video on Youtube that shows all the highlights from the Gator vs. Vanderbilt game last week. It shows Percy Harvin’s touchdown. The music is annoying, but if you can listen to it without sound you should be OK. The main thing is to see the highlights. At the end of the video, you also get to see a super slow motion replay of that horrible call by the refs on Percy’s “fumble” before the half.

Tomorrow I’ll get a little pregame South Carolina action going.

Percy Harvin didn’t rack up big numbers like we were expecting, but he did score a touchdown to keep his streak alive. Percy has now scored a touchdown in every game he’s played in this season (remember, he missed the opener vs Hawaii). Tebow tried to get him the ball in the air several times in the endzone, but they just couldn’t connect.

Percy ended the game with 9 rushes for 60 yards and a touchdown, plus 3 receptions for 32 yards.

One play that caused some controversy was a Percy Harvin “fumble” on the goal line. The cameras clearly showed that the ball crossed the goal line, but the booth review didn’t overturn the call on the field of a fumble and the ball was given to Vandy. It was so blatantly obvious that the ball was across the goal line and Percy have complete control of it. O-well, at least it wasn’t a game changing play.

With the win, the Gators clinched the SEC East, and with a PSU loss, they’ll probably move up to No. 3 in the BCS.