Appleby Led Offensives

[Yankeetown]

Things I like that favor us, IMO:

(1) Our DL has done a great job so far this season of being disciplined and collapsing the pocket from all directions. Dobbs will find it very hard to run.

(2) Appleby will get 3 or 4 first downs running to keep drives going.

(3) If the offense stalls, we have long-range Eddy.

(4) We only have to play at somewhere near the level we have been playing to beat ToothlessNation. They would have to really improve on their year-to-date performance to beat us.

 

[playzwtrux]

ut sux






what else needs to be said - i mean come on, treon beat them

 

[GatorRaz]

I think we keep ut under 17 and we win. With Sutton and possibly Reeves-Maben out we should have a good shot at establishing both the ground game and passing game. Mac has great route concepts to confuse defenses and we will look to exploit the CB replacing Sutton. I know AA is the backup but I also look for some designed QB runs. AA is athletic and pretty big at 240 lbs or dare I say run a few QB runs w' Trask, maybe RPO's...

 

[Gatorbait25]

Appleby 12-19 157 yards 1 TD 4 rush, 14 yards
Thompson 7 carries 25 yards
Scarlett 16 carries 71 yards 1 TD
Cronkrite 8 carries 37 yards 2 rec 25 yards
Perine 11 carries 55 yards 1TD 1 rec 20 yards
Callaway 4 rec, 72 yards 1TD

Gators win 24-20

 

[SGG]

A few things to consider for this game. First off a lot of posters commenting how good our defense is and they're correct....however consider how much the OFFENSE under Del Rio has had to do with that. We haven't trailed at any point so far this season, We have not gone 3 and out repeatedly gassing our defense. We have consistently moved the ball allowing the defense to rest and also allowing our punter to pin our opponents pretty deep We have not played anybody who had ANY threat of completing a pass further than 6-8 yards down the field. Our safeties are un tested so far and have been late a few times on plays that could have been huge. These are all things that will have to remain in effect for us to win at UT and further down the line.

We are a better than average defense for certain, probably a top 10-15 but we are not the 1985 Chicago Bears either. We are also not effective enough at this point to hammer a real SEC defense using only our running game while hoping to complete a few passes. We have to be able to consistently complete short to intermediate passes to manipulate a defense. In other words hurry back Del Rio.

Here's what we have that we didn't have last year: 1. A more experienced, solidified o-line and 2. Depth on the o-line and d-line. That depth will be key if the offense can't move the ball consistently.

Last year would've been a blowout if not for that no-call on the fumble and 2 trick plays. I don't expect the tackling to be as atrocious as it was either.

 

[Gator Fever]

Just give Appleby a chance. We will find a way to win. He limits himself to 1 interception while we get 2 turnovers from alien boy.

 

[gatormandan]

Appleby 12-19 157 yards 1 TD 4 rush, 14 yards
Thompson 7 carries 25 yards
Scarlett 16 carries 71 yards 1 TD
Cronkrite 8 carries 37 yards 2 rec 25 yards
Perine 11 carries 55 yards 1TD 1 rec 20 yards
Callaway 4 rec, 72 yards 1TD

Gators win 24-20

I doubt they can score 20 on us.

 

[SGG]

I doubt they can score 20 on us.

We'll have to turn it over at least twice deep in our own territory for that to happen.

 

[T REX]

Let's give Appleby a chance folks. I hear "trust the coaches" all the time and they have AA as the back up. If that's their guy how can anyone scream for Trask? I don't get it.

 

[chferg]

I think we keep ut under 17 and we win. With Sutton and possibly Reeves-Maben out we should have a good shot at establishing both the ground game and passing game. Mac has great route concepts to confuse defenses and we will look to exploit the CB replacing Sutton. I know AA is the backup but I also look for some designed QB runs. AA is athletic and pretty big at 240 lbs or dare I say run a few QB runs w' Trask, maybe RPO's...

Trask isnt really that mobile man...

You guys get lost in the fact that he had a red shirt on during the Spring Game. I can count numerous times where he would have been killed by LB's/DL in that game

 

[URGatorBait]

Appleby 12-19 157 yards 1 TD 4 rush, 14 yards
Thompson 7 carries 25 yards
Scarlett 16 carries 71 yards 1 TD
Cronkrite 8 carries 37 yards 2 rec 25 yards
Perine 11 carries 55 yards 1TD 1 rec 20 yards
Callaway 4 rec, 72 yards 1TD

Gators win 24-20

We need NCAAF for Playstation and Xbox again so we can have these things predicted for us

 

[Rentmoneygawd]

ut sux






what else needs to be said - i mean come on, treon beat them

that's it in a nutshell

 

[GatorRaz]

Trask isnt really that mobile man...

You guys get lost in the fact that he had a red shirt on during the Spring Game. I can count numerous times where he would have been killed by LB's/DL in that game

However, he can move better than LDR. Mac is gonna throw a surprise in somewhere, don't you think?

 

[Gator Fever]

However, he can move better than LDR. Mac is gonna throw a surprise in somewhere, don't you think?

I wonder if we are struggling running near the goal line if he might let Appleby try and run it in. He ran quite a few in for TDs at Purdue.

 

[TheDouglas78]

We knew with this offensive line at some point we would see AA start... it happened earlier than most of us expected. He is brought in for a reason. He has come in cold in two games. Through I don't think he is special, he isn't what we had last year either. He is a quarterback whose skill set fits our offense better.

 

[chferg]

However, he can move better than LDR. Mac is gonna throw a surprise in somewhere, don't you think?

I wouldnt do it. I dont want to see any freshman in this game.

We dont have to do that ****; TN defense isnt that good. Line up, blow their asses off the ball, and establish our downhill running game.

Going to gimmicks can lead to stupid TOs

 

[BMF]

30 points? We've only scored 30 points 5 times in the McElwain era. Except for the Ole Miss game, all of those 30+ outings have come against cupcakes (including this year's Kentucky).

I said this before: Appleby played WITH Purdue talent and had Purdue coaching when he was at Purdue. He will be playing WITH Florida talent and Florida coaching on Saturday. If you think he'll perform just like he did at Purdue then you have little faith in our talent level and our coaching.

He just needs to "manage the game" (I know, cliché) and not turn the ball over. If we have 1 or less turnovers I think we'll be fine offensively. This game is likely VERY low scoring....something like 20-17.

 

[GatorRaz]

I wouldnt do it. I dont want to see any freshman in this game.

We dont have to do that ****; TN defense isnt that good. Line up, blow their asses off the ball, and establish our downhill running game.

Going to gimmicks can lead to stupid TOs

AA ran quite a bit at Perdue. I agree w' you. I do think we will see a freshman qb in the game at some point. I hope Trask and Franks don't see the field this season.

 

[t-gator]

If we roll with applebee, he just needs to be Grayson lambert. That's best I think we can hope for.

 

[BMF]

Let's give Appleby a chance folks. I hear "trust the coaches" all the time and they have AA as the back up. If that's their guy how can anyone scream for Trask? I don't get it.

Agree. He's getting coached by the great Jim McElwain and Doug Nussmeir. I thought we "trust the coaches". Well, I hope McElwain and Nussmeir are 10 times the coaches he had at Purdue! I think AA will be fine. He nearly won the job in fall camp! And other than Kentucky (who even New Mexico State beats up on) Del Rio hasn't exactly lit it up. Look at his most recent game vs. 1-11 North Texas.

Also, when AA came into the game he was playing behind 4 backup OL's. Give him a chance! Trask is NOT the answer here!