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Problem is the Gators don’t know how to play on the road… let’s hope they find a fix for that.

This is exactly what I think. It’s not normal, that everyone was raving about Lingard, a former five star talent, in the Spring, and suddenly not only was he passed by all the other RBs in the room, but he can’t even get in the field. There has to be something happening behind the scenes.

I can’t say that will not happen, but we now have a coach who hasn’t checked out, who is uber organized and detail oriented, and who seems (based on his comments) self aware enough that he can identify the problems. I think he’s not going to let that happen.

It looked pretty good. They didn’t give up sacks, they gave Rising plenty of time, after the second half they opened up holes. And the running game is their bread and butter.

Wow, I had to check if I was really in SDS because everyone is being so nice and classy.

Presumably some kids did. I mean, after all, we fielded a “defense” this year, so some kids did come because of him.

Napier mentioned in his intro press conference that he would be using the Portal. I’m guessing 3/4 of the class will be from the Portal.

In Mike White’s case, it happens consistently.

Oh Please! You all ragging on Mullen because he went 5-6 this year, but Mullen actually won most of the time. He has the third best record after Spurrier and Meyer. Mike White is like Muschamp: can recruit, can’t coach.

Lol! Welcome to the Annual Mike White Implosion! It’s like death and taxes.

I have only seen the last two games of ULL and was not very impressed with the play calling… we will see

Way too much for a coach who’s unproven in the P5. I thought he would get 5 or 6 at the highest and a 5 year deal. He’s starting where Mullen left off and Mullen had 9 years of P5 HC experience AND he had gotten UF to three NYSix Bowls and to the SEC Championship.

I would definitely not want an inexperienced guy as head coach (someone who hasn’t coached a day in his life) BUT if he was involved with the program in some recruiting capacity, that would be amazing. He would have name recognition for parents directly and kids know him as an SEC analyst, plus he has an explosive personality that people respond to.

I would be VERY pissed if we fired Mullen to get Matt Campbell.

Enlighten me. Who do you want as a head coach? (That will actually take this job).

Hmmm, finally some semblance of accountability Mullen needs a good dose of humility. I hope this is it.

Honestly, that’s why firing Dan Mullen makes no sense. There’s no real hirable option out there that is better than him. Admin just needs to force him to drop some coordinators and hire ELITE recruiters who can also coach.

Interesting. It didn’t look like that against Alabama. Jones didn’t lose us this game. Stop trying to scapegoat him. Mullen, Hevesy and the O-line lost us this game.

I mean, it’s fine. Doering is balanced by Roman Harper.

Congrats UK! That was some very good defense y’all played tonight. Well deserved!

He called an awful game for sure. Still wondering why he let the clock expire at the half with 2 minutes and all the timeouts. Baffling to say the least

You’re being disingenuous. In the last few times we’ve been there we’ve won but barely. It’s come down to the wire.

What social justice issue is being brought up here?

Well, in Neil’s defense, our D has barely created any turnovers and when the opportunity has presented itself, they’ve been unable to capitalize. Case in point, Bryce Young threw a ball directly to Cox’s hands two weeks ago. Like literally to his hands. He barely had to move. And he couldn’t catch it. So even if you’ll turn it over, our D might be too sucky to do anything about it.

I feel like some comments were erased from this thread?

I was nervous about the Tenn game all week. Everyone predicting blowouts. The first half of this game confirmed all my fears: the run defense of Tenn was legit and it took the Gators a long time to crack it, our secondary pretty much sucks (at least without Elam in there), and we got lucky that Tenn’s players are not yet as comfortable in the new system. I think Tenn is going to be good again. It may take them some time, but they might finally be able to compete again.

I agree that it is an overreaction. I saw a graph talking about how Leach does in each job he gets and he often starts slow, maybe while he gets the players he wants or something. I’m not willing to write him off just yet.

Ha, I wish there was a rec button here. Have a non-existent rec, sir.

Man, if we had a better defense we could really have a playoff run, but this defense is still a liability. It’s better than last year, but that’s not saying much. I’m scared of the UK game, a little bit the LSU game because it’s in Death Valley, and of course, UGA. Run game is still phenomenal, though. Like McElroy said: squeezes the life out you.

I like your optimism but in what world are the Gators going to score 63? I would imagine no more than 35-40