- Oct 5, 2017
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A wise man once said, "I'm just here so I won't get fined". So, here I am.
I took two friends with my wife and I to the game. One hadn't been to a game with me since "The Promise" game and the other had only been to 2004 Carolina. I'll blame them for the result because blaming Mullen seems to be taboo to a decent portion of the fanbase.
I'm just over the nonsense. This team has fallen off more than my worst fears of the season would believe.
I have come to an agreement with Ali Peek Wilbur that I will not bad mouth Mullen in exchange for her objective record that we must have in 2022 for Mullen to get 2023 and she said 10-2. Make sure we keep her honest on that.
Anyways...
Offense
We put up record numbers and EJ broke tons of records. However, as everyone with a pulse should know, but it isn't apparent to some, we played a losing record FCS team.
In the past, we could stop the FCS team and have the starters out at the half. then we could get the back ups valuable snaps for development. We couldn't do that yesterday and the results showed.
Pierce showed why he's a great underutilized back. Too bad we are costing him millions at the next level.
Gamble showed his quality with some great catches on inaccurate throws. Too bad EJ doesn't see him in games against quality opponents.
There is little to learn about this offense. Though I will say I was proud we could pull out enough offense for 70 after looking bad for a few weeks, even against a bad opponent.
Defense
I don't know how evident this was on TV, but there were changes at LB in the second half that helped the defense. Wingo played quite a bit after playing little to none his first few years in Gainesville.
I was disappointed in Torrence's effort on one of the first Samford TD's letting that TE run right through him on the way for the long TD. it was nice to see more McDaniel and the team went nuts on the sideline when he got the pick.
I also loved seeing big Dez get more snaps that will benefit us in the future.
CRob calling plays went as well as many predicted. However, many thought it would be different due to Diabate's midweek comments.
Extra Points
Well, we are in the 4:00pm SECN death slot against Mizzou next week. Literally the time slot the use for games no one wants to watch because its up against CBS. Hopefully we keep Mizzou under 300 yards rushing.
Go Gators!
I took two friends with my wife and I to the game. One hadn't been to a game with me since "The Promise" game and the other had only been to 2004 Carolina. I'll blame them for the result because blaming Mullen seems to be taboo to a decent portion of the fanbase.
I'm just over the nonsense. This team has fallen off more than my worst fears of the season would believe.
I have come to an agreement with Ali Peek Wilbur that I will not bad mouth Mullen in exchange for her objective record that we must have in 2022 for Mullen to get 2023 and she said 10-2. Make sure we keep her honest on that.
Anyways...
Offense
We put up record numbers and EJ broke tons of records. However, as everyone with a pulse should know, but it isn't apparent to some, we played a losing record FCS team.
In the past, we could stop the FCS team and have the starters out at the half. then we could get the back ups valuable snaps for development. We couldn't do that yesterday and the results showed.
Pierce showed why he's a great underutilized back. Too bad we are costing him millions at the next level.
Gamble showed his quality with some great catches on inaccurate throws. Too bad EJ doesn't see him in games against quality opponents.
There is little to learn about this offense. Though I will say I was proud we could pull out enough offense for 70 after looking bad for a few weeks, even against a bad opponent.
Defense
I don't know how evident this was on TV, but there were changes at LB in the second half that helped the defense. Wingo played quite a bit after playing little to none his first few years in Gainesville.
I was disappointed in Torrence's effort on one of the first Samford TD's letting that TE run right through him on the way for the long TD. it was nice to see more McDaniel and the team went nuts on the sideline when he got the pick.
I also loved seeing big Dez get more snaps that will benefit us in the future.
CRob calling plays went as well as many predicted. However, many thought it would be different due to Diabate's midweek comments.
Extra Points
- FSU beating Miami was the worst thing that could've happened for our season outlook. A loss and FSU would be guaranteed a losing season and maybe their players would quit as many believe our players had.
- Hope someone can beat UGA. This would be like FSU winning the Natty in 2013.
- Can't believe people are still thinking everything is fine.
Well, we are in the 4:00pm SECN death slot against Mizzou next week. Literally the time slot the use for games no one wants to watch because its up against CBS. Hopefully we keep Mizzou under 300 yards rushing.
Go Gators!
