Gators # 79 total offense after 8 games...

[Gator Fever]

http://www.espn.com/college-football/statistics/team/_/stat/total/sort/yardsPerGame

Sitting at # 79 now with the rushing game a pretty good # 42 and the passing game a very pedestrian # 99. I think that is better at this point of the season than our best total offense from Muschamp on - which was # 96 in 2014 I think. Being a transition year I think ending up in the 70s would be alright.

 

[78]

Second most important stat yesterday: zero Georgia turnovers.

We are nothing if not a field-position team.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Fvkk this. Bottom half of the NCAA in anything is never acceptable.

It is probably predictable given this staff and this roster, however.

 

[UFHealthGator]

To put things into perspective, we played some tough defenses. Miss St (5), UGA (17), LSU (25).

 

[oxking]

Second most important stat yesterday: zero Georgia turnovers.

We are nothing if not a field-position team.

By golly you said a mouthful there. Even with much better coaching, our offensive production will never get much better without a consistant downfield passing attack which I don't believe will ever be obtained from Franks. I'm with another poster who said if we are going to struggle the rest of the year, lets do it with Jones. There were only 2 great passes thrown by us. 1 by Franks the other by Jones.

 

[oxking]

Fvkk this. Bottom half of the NCAA in anything is never acceptable.

It is probably predictable given this staff and this roster, however.

I wont blame this staff yet. Definitely the roster though, starting with the QB.

 

[78]

By golly you said a mouthful there. Even with much better coaching, our offensive production will never get much better without a consistant downfield passing attack which I don't believe will ever be obtained from Franks. I'm with another poster who said if we are going to struggle the rest of the year, lets do it with Jones. There were only 2 great passes thrown by us. 1 by Franks the other by Jones.

It's a shame because Mullen consistently creates opportunities with the play calls. Players gotta make plays.

 

[Gator Fever]

Fvkk this. Bottom half of the NCAA in anything is never acceptable.

It is probably predictable given this staff and this roster, however.

I can live with it this first season but yes we need to be top 50 by next season.

I can't believe Bama has the # 2 total offense. Talk about a scary stat for everyone else now that Saban lets that guy sling the ball some until he leaves the game.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

I wont blame this staff yet. Definitely the roster though, starting with the QB.

I hate to tell you but this staff isnt ever going to produce downfield passing. Once or twice a half, maybe.

 

[78]

I hate to tell you but this staff isnt ever going to produce downfield passing. Once or twice a half, maybe.

Yes, but when he does, it's with purpose. The flea flicker on the first play was an absolute beauty if not for the overthrow and poor effort by the receiver. That place would have been rockin'.

Refrain: The coaches are there to give you the opportunities. Players gotta make plays.

 

[Slevin]

I don’t know how you could watch that game and blame it on coaching. First play should have had us 7-3. We were moving and had an opportunity to be score another td before Franks lobbed it to the grey area in front of the receiver. Franks lost us this game. The roster depth on d lost us this game. Typical Swonkey to immediately come out and relish in a loss though.

 

[UFHealthGator]

Yes, but when he does, it's with purpose. The flea flicker on the first play was an absolute beauty if not for the overthrow and poor effort by the receiver. That place would have been rockin'.

Refrain: The coaches are there to give you the opportunities. Players gotta make plays.

This. While there wasn't a lot of downfield passing, every single time they did it it looked like a TD if executed well. It wasn't just yesterday. This was going on all season.

 

[78]

I've already gotten my money's worth out of this season. Just keep the play calling unpredictable and entertaining, the defense aggressive and the players focused on practicing hard and improving on the field. All of the rest will naturally follow.

It'd be a huge upset IMO for this program to not take a major step forward over the next 24-36 months.

 

[oxking]

I hate to tell you but this staff isnt ever going to produce downfield passing. Once or twice a half, maybe.

I don't expect them to "Scott Frost" it, but it's apparent to me at this point, they don't trust Franks. I believe, until it's proven otherwise, that with a decent passer with limited brain farts, they would do a lot more. Hells, bells, when the guy misses a wide open flea flicker to start the game, and then completely whiffs on that horrible INT, that's almost enough to make a conservative out of a liberal. What I fear most from Mullen is whether he will want to start Franks next year. That's scary.

 

[Omar's Coming Yo!]

http://www.espn.com/college-football/statistics/team/_/stat/total/sort/yardsPerGame

Sitting at # 79 now with the rushing game a pretty good # 42 and the passing game a very pedestrian # 99. I think that is better at this point of the season than our best total offense from Muschamp on - which was # 96 in 2014 I think. Being a transition year I think ending up in the 70s would be alright.

So we look just like Miss St did under Mullen.

 

[oxking]

I've already gotten my money's worth out of this season. Just keep the play calling unpredictable and entertaining, the defense aggressive and the players focused on practicing hard and improving on the field. All of the rest will naturally follow.

It'd be a huge upset IMO for this program to not take a major step forward over the next 24-36 months.

I truly hope you are right. It will lower my gloom factor and turn it in to !!

 

[UFHealthGator]

I don't expect them to "Scott Frost" it, but it's apparent to me at this point, they don't trust Franks. I believe, until it's proven otherwise, that with a decent passer with limited brain farts, they would do a lot more. Hells, bells, when the guy misses a wide open flea flicker to start the game, and then completely whiffs on that horrible INT, that's almost enough to make a conservative out of a liberal. What I fear most from Mullen is whether he will want to start Franks next year. That's scary.

Agreed. EJ gotta step up next year and prove that he is the better QB. We also would have freshman JJ on the roster. Two 4 star DT QBs that are infinitely a better fit for Mullen's offense behind Franks. Just can't imagine neither one can beat Franks to the starting job, when both would have been fully coached by Mullen from scratch, as opposed to wasted coaching years on FF by the last dumpster fire of a staff.

 

[oxking]

Agreed. EJ gotta step up next year and prove that he is the better QB. We also would have freshman JJ on the roster. Two 4 star DT QBs that are infinitely a better fit for Mullen's offense behind Franks. Just can't imagine neither one can beat Franks to the starting job.

JJ is just tearing it up. He will probably be a 5 star by end of season. And he majors in passing. His stats remind me of Justin Fields, who will probably end up transferring next you when is relegated to the pine.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

So we look just like Miss St did under Mullen.

I agree but you seem to be in a particularly foul mood.

Id think you would be used to the Tagelwain era by now.

 

[diehardg8r]

So we look just like Miss St did under Mullen.

Yeah.....good point. If we had only landed Kelly or Frost. Those two have the offenses for UCLA and Neb on fire.