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Post by SoTxCaiman on Oct 12, 2022 15:38:04 GMT -5
Does anyone else smell corndogs?
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Post by g8rfan on Oct 13, 2022 7:42:57 GMT -5
I’m going to a concert Saturday night so I’m not going to be able to watch it live. I hope we embarrass Brian Kelly though.
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Post by SoTxCaiman on Oct 14, 2022 11:25:34 GMT -5
Big game at a critical time in this new program. A win this week makes a decent showing against GA in two weeks acceptable and keeps us on track for a decent finish to the season. A loss this week and then again to GA and the doors might come off the rest of the season. I think a lot of good work has been done to this point and I would hate to see it all evaporate. I have faith the coaching staff will fight tooth and nail to keep the ship upright and on track, but I do worry about some of the frail young minds in the locker room. We need this one Saturday night.
Go Gators!
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Post by SoTxCaiman on Oct 15, 2022 18:22:37 GMT -5
Another third down collapse by Trey Dean.... 😔
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Post by SoTxCaiman on Oct 15, 2022 18:29:42 GMT -5
We are just terrible defending 3rd and 4th downs. Way to many chances for the D to get off the field on that opening drive.
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Post by wahhappen on Oct 15, 2022 22:11:22 GMT -5
Could have just stopped at “terrible defending”
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Post by Rock Gator on Oct 16, 2022 6:43:17 GMT -5
Does anyone have Todd Grantham's phone number? I "accidentally" deleted it from my Contacts. The wet paper bag defense isn't working out as planned.
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Post by gatorgibson on Oct 16, 2022 7:02:35 GMT -5
No doubt we need better talent which is coming from a recruiting standpoint. Only chance we have the rest of the season is to outscore our compition. AR is so hit and miss so that could be a problem. The one positive that continues to improve on this team is low penalties! Two weeks to prepare for them dawgs!
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Post by gatorgibson on Oct 16, 2022 7:03:25 GMT -5
BTW, anyone heard from Mo?
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Post by Rock Gator on Oct 16, 2022 7:31:58 GMT -5
No doubt we need better talent which is coming from a recruiting standpoint. Only chance we have the rest of the season is to outscore our compition. AR is so hit and miss so that could be a problem. The one positive that continues to improve on this team is low penalties! Two weeks to prepare for them dawgs! I was telling a friend last night that we better be recruiting DBs and WRs something fierce. Hurting so bad in these positions! Thin everywhere but defensive backs continue to disappoint and WRs don't get open. OTOH, our opponents' WRs always seem to be open, especially on 3rd down. First and second downs as well.
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Post by tapsgator on Oct 17, 2022 13:19:38 GMT -5
Right now our Defense is overmatched both personnel wise and schematically. LSU had not scored 21 points going into the 4th quarter before Saturday. They had 42 against us.Tennessee has considerably less talent on that side of the ball and held LSU to 13 points. The disparity is obvious. On the personnel side we have upper classmen that include a DT with a 1st round grade, a LB with a 3-5, a DE with a 2-3 and even some late 1 buzz, and a FS with a 2-4. For some reason Desmond Watson is starting and receiving regular reps at 430 lbs. program weight. He really does very little although when he makes a play it's impressive that someone that size is athletic enough to pay SEC and that one time he threw a RB down one-handed. Doesn't offset the fact that he's a non factor in the passing game and they run into his gap almost at will. Oh yeah and once he's in you can't take him out because he can't get off the field fast enough. Trey Dean should not play anymore. He's the John Brantley of Defensive Backs. It's not even worth going into at this point. Toney is generally regarded as the DC even though there are co-coordinators on paper. He's also the safeties coach. It wouldn't be out of line for him to be fired today based on how his position group has performed and for the Defensive scheme and gameplans specifically. It seems like he hadn't watched film on LSU at all on Saturday. He not only played away from their weaknesses, he also seemed to play away from our strengths. Miller is a run stopping sideline to sideline LBer who should not be responsible for man coverage, yet there he was, running a step behind all night. Jaydin Hill got beat over and over and over again. The coverages were easily identified with simple motion and left holes up to and including the sticks on 3rd down. My sons 8th grade team plays down and distance better. These articles, grammatical ineptitude aside, sum it up accurately: hailfloridahail.com/2022/10/16/florida-football-patrick-toney/hailfloridahail.com/2022/10/16/florida-football-patrick-toney/I'm actually not overly upset because I knew this year was going to be uphill anyway and I think it will be a good fork in the road moment for Napier. Will he be Spurrier who would move on by firing or demoting coordinators or will he be Mullen who died on the Grant Ham hill? I'm not saying he needs to move on right this second or even this offseason (although I think promoting Raymond would both makes sense and be a boon to recruiting), but something needs to change. You can't beat talented teams (LSU is not good this year but they have talent) if you can't get off the field.
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