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Florida's defense is perhaps the youngest in the nation. Every 2-deep spot there has at least one freshman. Combined with (hopefully still) at top 5 infusion of talent and some key transfers will translate into 7-8 wins next year, with more the year after. Billy is building.
Offense (and special teams, mostly) took a sizeable step forward, defense not so much. It was a great win, but man, our defenders need serious tackling drills and gap control. Gotta get better each week.
Tipped pass won the game? The game would not have been as close if not for the two clear missed pass interference calls. Home cooking, indeed.
Good analysis, but I feel one thing is missing: Florida kept only 6 men in the box during the entire first half. With Kentucky in 11 personnel, and able to get hat on hat, the Gators could not stop the run. In the 3rd quarter Florida put seven in the box and (mostly) stopped the run, until Kentucky started mixing things up with bubble screens and outside passes. The, of course, Florida went back to 6 in the box and got crushed again. So dumb!
Bad prediction. Florida gets an early lead and takes the crowd out of it. Unless the Gators lose the turnover battle by more than 1 (doubtful) Florida wins by double digits.
This year is shaping up like the crazy 2007 season.
Good predictions, but there is no way Florida loses to the Columbia Tigers. Also, I think Florida can go to Lexington and get the win streak going again.
Swamp will be rocking for the UT game. Should be a fun one.
Agree on everything except the worse 3rd down conversion. Richardson was terrible on short throws as he threw the ball 100 mph. Mertz is very accurate on the 5-7 yard throws that can move the chains. I would add one more "better": More sacks due to an improved D-line.
Kentucky is the fourth-best team in the SEC? I will be very impressed if they are there at the end of the season. Feel like the got a bit lucky several times last year. I see the Wildcats around 6th-8th.
Nope. They threatened to mandate it, but Florida agreed to play the girl's school before it passed so it never became law.
I am not sold on Daniels. In the four wins at the end of the season only the bowl game featured a team in the top half of the nation in scoring defense. And he only put up 24 points in that game. Presumably Clemson, Florida, Mizzou, Auburn, and Kentucky will all feature scoring defenses in top 40, so it will be a bit of a different challenge for him.
I got married on the idle Saturday before the Florida-Georgia game. Luckily the Gators have been off that weekend ever since, and it took my wife a decade to figure out why I suggested that date (none of my family would have attended otherwise). Best decision I made.
I am glad White decided not to foul at the end of regulation. That is the worst aspect of basketball and would rather lose than have a game turn into a free-throw contest. Not calling the timeout, though, was horrible.
Stetson was 3-0 with a victory over the same Ga Tech team that beat Kentucky.
1. Coral threw that into triple coverage, just terrible. 2. Not having Pitts would be huge. 3. Hope Florida safeties have been practicing their butts off this week. 4. Have a feeling the Gator RBs will get a workout in this one. Florida 30 Arkansas 20
I have nothing but respect for Franks. He gave it his all when he was a Gator and I do think that will be appreciated.
Sadly, there is a chance he will not be cleared for Saturday.
I remember the Florida - Alabama game (pre-Saban) where the Tide left their best receiver in the game after it was way out of hand and he (Protho?) had a career-ending injury. Extremely sad and unnecessary.
I was waiting for the announcers to bring up Bauta at the end of the game Saturday. Guess that is too subtle for Daniels.
I can't believe I am writing this, but the Arkansas game is probably the toughest game remaining on Florida's schedule.
If #4 happens then #5 will not. Florida should be better against the run with Campbell back, and (hopefully) gets decent third-down stops.
126 punishing yards? That's 3.1 yards per carry. Frankly, I would be fine if he does that again as long as Florida can get some third-down stops. Think the Gator D-line will be significantly better with Campbell returning, allowing Carter to move to end.
Dalvin Cook haunts the dreams of Gator fans? Um, no. I know he played for FSU but I honestly don't remember him doing great against Florida. What haunts Gator fans is hiring the likes of Muschamp and McElwain. Now that we have an AD who cares about football that should not happen again.
Ya, I guess they balance out. The Davis ejection really made the pass defense significantly worse, especially with all the other defensive players out.
Atrocious special teams play? You recovered an onside kick in the only significant play.
Right, the key is both starting safeties were out (after the first series) and true freshman Rashad Torrence had to play the rest of the game. This does not excuse Stiner's immobility or the lack of QB pressure, but it should be considered.
The second half where they did not play a team with a winning record?
Probably, but the offense will not be #1, so I see 3-4 losses if this season gets played. The year after, though, could be interesting.