Who else felt confident at halftime?

CGgater

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You should be ashamed, CG. You were living in Gainesville at the time I'm quite sure.

You’re probably right, but I’m 50+, so I’m allowed to have a senior moment... especially when we’re talking about a rare year involving a coach getting fired mid-season. I recall vandy was mid to late season and couldn’t tell you right now how many games in we were when Pell was offered up as the sacrificial goat.
 

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I was cautiously optimistic at the half after Perine's amazing play that allowed us to bring it within one score right before the half. I stopped being so confident after the 3 and out on the first possession of the second half and their subsequent drive down inside the red zone. When I really started to feel closer to confident was after the missed chippie field goal and especially after the fake punt because:
1) we moved the ball pretty effectively all game minus the stupid turnovers and the questionable penalties
2) the defense was really fired up after the big melee at the end of the half and the general unfair treatment they kept receiving by the refs (especially Joseph)
3) the Savage Treatment this team has been receiving since Mullen arrived has removed the late game fade we've become so accustomed to going back to Meyer's last year.

On a side note, I found it really interesting that is was Nick Savage (one of the greatest names ever for a strength coach!) and the rest of the strength conditioning team that actually fired up the team after all the shenanigans at the end of the first half. They are clearly a foundational element of this team which shows in every aspect of this turn around.
 

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I felt once the defense got their shyt together, the game would be over. I gotta tell you I was impressed with Shurmur. We were right in his face on many pass plays and he hung in there and put he ball where it needed to be.
 

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Not "confident" but 18 first downs in the first half. We were obviously moving the ball so I figured we'd put points up in the 2nd, just also concerned about the defense continuing to **** the bed, though it looked like they had tightened up before we went into the half so seemed like a turnaround was coming, especially with Vaughn out.
 

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Yeah.... no offense most most of you are completely full of shyt.

You might have been hopeful but there is no fekking way you were "confident" that a team that lost to UK at home a few weeks ago and has struggled to score was coming back from 21-3.

Remember, I said with all due respect.
 

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When that Red Mamba went out with an injury I knew it was all over for Vanderbilt.
 

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I was MUCH More confident this year than any past year..........I felt like if we didnt turn it over we could win. And that millens makes great 2nd half adjustments and he did.
Try this on for size. Biggest margin of victory at TENNERSEEE? this year.
Largest comeback late, against Vandy. this year.
state of tennessee is where we come to make history it seems.
 

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Yeah.... no offense most most of you are completely full of shyt.

You might have been hopeful but there is no fekking way you were "confident" that a team that lost to UK at home a few weeks ago and has struggled to score was coming back from 21-3.

Remember, I said with all due respect.
I think Donkey has it right. Confidence is the wrong word. But there was definitely not the feeling of "oh well we're screwed" that had become the norm in the past few years.
 

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ST I never doubted, and expected them to do their part.

Offense, even putting aside the scripted opening drive, seemed ready to have a great game. I'll admit doubt when looking at 21-3, as I didn't know if our O could pull us back out of that hole. However, I felt if we could stop the turnovers, we had a decent shot at scoring enough to dig ourselves out. It just 'felt' like the offense was ready to roll that day.

Defense, I couldn't fathom why we gave up those two opening scores. It was very uncharacteristic, so I was very puzzled - was this what the D brought today, or would they snap out of it and perform? As Vandy lost their RB and our D settled in, I grew more and more confident in them stopping the bleeding and giving our O a chance to do what they seemed ready and able to do.
 

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I think Donkey has it right. Confidence is the wrong word. But there was definitely not the feeling of "oh well we're screwed" that had become the norm in the past few years.

Yeah, that's probably more accurate. Looking at 21-3, I didn't turn off the tv and find other things to do. It felt like we were still in it as opposed to all the recent years where I'd feel ill and wonder how late the liquor store is open.
 

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I thought we were going to pull it out in the second half. The attitude of both teams changed after the "targeting" call. Thought it was a clean block myself.
 

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Yeah.... no offense most most of you are completely full of shyt.

You might have been hopeful but there is no fekking way you were "confident" that a team that lost to UK at home a few weeks ago and has struggled to score was coming back from 21-3.

Remember, I said with all due respect.

You have no respect for any of us, so we all know that "all due respect" is bullschit.
 

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I did feel confident. Watching our team marching down the field almost every time we had the ball only to screw it up with a turnover gave me confidence. I knew we wouldn’t keep giving up the ball. I also know Grantham has been great at adjustments. I knew we could, the question was if we would and we did
 

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You have no respect for any of us, so we all know that "all due respect" is bullschit.
I love you most of all, Dougie!

Besides, all the respect that is due could be zero, lulz. It i whyi love that silly phrase. Useless.
 

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Yeah.... no offense most most of you are completely full of shyt.

You might have been hopeful but there is no fekking way you were "confident" that a team that lost to UK at home a few weeks ago and has struggled to score was coming back from 21-3.

Remember, I said with all due respect.
You fail to mention that in those few weeks since the UK loss, the Gators had kicked the **** out of UT on the road, beat ranked MSU on the road, and knocked off #5 LSU. I know you are trying to put those games out of your mind because they go against your narrative, but things had changed one hell of a lot since the Kentucky game.

I told oxking on the phone at halftime (he always calls me at the half) that I felt confident we were going to win the game. The primarily reason for that was that it had been cut to a one-score game and UF was moving the ball quite well (18 first downs, as already mentioned. I don't think we had 18 first downs all of last SEASON).
 

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Yeah.... no offense most most of you are completely full of shyt.

You might have been hopeful but there is no fekking way you were "confident" that a team that lost to UK at home a few weeks ago and has struggled to score was coming back from 21-3.

Remember, I said with all due respect.
Meh, I knew we were going to win Mean Girl.
 

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Yeah.... no offense most most of you are completely full of shyt.

You might have been hopeful but there is no fekking way you were "confident" that a team that lost to UK at home a few weeks ago and has struggled to score was coming back from 21-3.

Remember, I said with all due respect.

Well what I said was:

I was completely confident at halftime that UF could come back and win.

emphasis added this time. I remember others saying much the same, confidence that if UF could quit turning the ball over in drives, UF would win.

You are right that this team had lost to UK and still has not consistently shown a good offense are reasons against this view. But supporting this view were:

1. UF is a better team than Vandy by a good margin.

2. How easily UF was moving the ball that day, despite UF not being a great offensive team.

3. That the targeting kerfuffle was the type of thing that could awaken the better team like UF.

4. After the targeting kerfuffle UF had drawn closer before the half.

I have not looked up modifiers in all the posts and done a count to see if "most" makes you technically right. Still I think you are not crediting the reasons people had to be somewhat optimistic at the half.
 

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My (just after halftime) post:
If the O can keep from turning it over anymore this game I think this will be a win. Grantham biggest challenge is already in the locker room so the D should be ok.

So I suppose I had a disclaimer, but I knew UF could pull off a win if mistakes were minimized.
 

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