Game Thread ***OFFICIAL GAME THREAD: UF vs Utah***
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Looking at what BN did at Louisiana, taking them to the Sunbelt Championship Game in his first year, that speaks volumes to the impact this guy has as a coach. It's Meyeresque in a sense. My only concern is it's the first game of the season, it's not even rust that's an issue for us. It's the first game of a new regime, none of us have seen THIS team play. Utah will have a sizable advantage in that they will be able to adjust more effectively than us, so this game is very hard to predict. I feel we do have the better players, but being in a new system will slow things down. Our athleticism will only take us so far in this one, coaching will need to be spot on. I think that's a tough ask for game 1.
Screw it...Gators by 4.
Screw it...Gators by 4.
- Jun 14, 2014
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Good luck on the simulating noise and humidity UTES guys.
You would have to literally turn your entire indoor facility converted to a Steam Room at about 112 degrees with Guns and Roses playing in the room at the same time on the verge of blowing all your speakers. And that still ain't close. They are in for a real surprise.
You would have to literally turn your entire indoor facility converted to a Steam Room at about 112 degrees with Guns and Roses playing in the room at the same time on the verge of blowing all your speakers. And that still ain't close. They are in for a real surprise.
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The last really loud game I went to was the barn in 2019 - it was a couple of hours before my ears stopped ringing - and despite them having played before loud hostile SEC crowds before, you could tell it was disrupting their offense. I doubt Utah has experienced anything like that.
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They haven't. The only Pac 12 stadium that even makes the normal list of loudest stadiums is Oregon...and none of the current players on Utah have played there.
Plus--Utah wasn't a great road team to begin with last year: all their losses came on the road.
The Swamp is on order of magnitude more difficult in terms of atmosphere with the noise and humidity.
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First it was the simulated Swamp practices, and now it's hiding the depth chart so we won't know which 3-star is starting??
- Jun 5, 2014
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I'd bet half of his starters never even reached 3-star status.First it was the simulated Swamp practices, and now it's hiding the depth chart so we won't know which 3-star is starting??
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Utah Recruiting
2019 - Three 4 stars
2020 - Six 4 stars
2021 - Four 4 stars
2022 - Four 4 stars
We are much more talented and have deeper talent.
They will fold by the second quarter.
Utah doesn't stand a chance.
Take the Gators
2019 - Three 4 stars
2020 - Six 4 stars
2021 - Four 4 stars
2022 - Four 4 stars
We are much more talented and have deeper talent.
They will fold by the second quarter.
Utah doesn't stand a chance.
Take the Gators
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Four Florida cities rank as most humid cities in the US
Gainesville tops the list as Florida's most humid city, Fort Myers and Jacksonville are next as most humid steam bath towns.
www.firstcoastnews.com
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Bama did that last year and we managed to fight back from the early deficit--and once we started putting points on the board, the crowd became louder and louder (and the penalties started racking up for them for false starts, etc.).
I think the biggest difference this year is that we have the OL to control the clock IF we wanted to by relying on the running game. Jones was a good runner and we had an excellent group of RBs, but our OL struggled to open holes vs really good DLs. By all accounts, our OL is massively improved ahead of this season and this should be something we can lean on.
We aren't the bookies' favorite and it won't matter if we win ugly by relying on a solid rushing game to keep a talented Utah offense off the field; and then relying on the humidity/crowd to do the rest. One other thing that helps is that our DBs have seemingly improved with better coaching too. Utah airing it out will result in an interception or two.
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IMO it will be pretty hard for Utah to jump on us fast. My hope is that we take the opening kick and let AR do his thing. If UF is the one to start fast our defense, I feel will be able to hold the Utes in check. Give AR 2-3 drives and the defense can hold. This game could get ugly for Utah.
