I was happy with the Tennessee win but didn't get overly excited. You can call me a glass half full type of guy if you want but everybody with the exception of Georgian, LSU, and Bama if it lines up that way. Every other team should be a guranteed W based on the natural advantages the University of Florida has compared to Tennessee, Kentucky, South Carolina, MIssouri, Vandy, and even FSU most years given we are in the SEC and out recruit them. I avoided the board and giving Napier praise for the performance agaisnt Tennessee because of how I view things. Tennessee should not be something we brag about, it SHOULD be a given. Really hard to beleive Kentucky has won 3 in a row against us in Football.
I said last season was unlike anything I've ever seen in my life, never knowing what team we were going to get from week to week. It is still early but I've got that same feeling again. There really isn't any way to excuse the methodical stone age offense. If we had the Alabama of old Oline or Georgias Oline, I'm fine with grinding out wins but were not even close to those levels. We need a play caller that can showcase our skill players and make it easy for our QB to get the ball out quick. The headscratching 4th down play calls from the Utah game made an appearance again. We're getting blown up all game in the middle, and we go with a slow developing run play right up the gut to get 2 yards. Also, a coach needs to make sure Boardingham knows where the 1st down line is on the other 4th down attempt. Again, things you can't defend and just comes down to coaching. I've tried to tell myself that Napier is limited with Mertz at the helm and the offense will open up when Lagway gets here next year but those orange and blue glasses are starting to slip off the nose.
If you asked me what I would have had complete confidence in before the game my answer would have been our defense. Glad nobody ask my opinion on anything. We just got manhandled and missed way to many tackles. I'm not ready to throw AA under the bus though, weird games like this happen and its not like our offense helped them at all. Just one of those days.
After Utah my expectations were a losing season, after Tennessee I thought we might have a chance to sneak out 8 wins, now I honestly don't know what to expect. The Swamp is a different beast IF its packed, rocking and there is hope. As Andy Staples said a couple of days before the game, if we lose this one all the momentum and hope will go right out the window and it definitely has for me. Even if we land our top class, I've got serious doubts that our coaches can put them in the best positon to win. We will be the Les MIles/Ed O LSU teams who are loaded with talent and never reach their potential unless lightinig strikes.
Still a lot of football left, I think the only games we will win going forward is Vandy and Arky at home,. If we are competitve against Georgia LSU and Missouri then I think the Swamp will be rocking when FSU rolls into town if they are a top 10 team.
It is tough being a Florida fan, wish I owned a alcohol store, business would have been booming during football months for the last 14 years
