- Jun 12, 2014
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Great summary. Not much to add except I was thinking the same thing about blocking the punt. A blocked punt gives you great field position with enough time, a great return gives you good field position with little time, and a fair catch (or short return) gives you bad field position with little time. Since the latter is what happens 95% of the time, I thought going for the block was a no brainier. But not wasting the time out before the 2pt conversion is also a no brainier.
The defense gets a lot of deserved criticism, and that overshadows the mediocre special teams. Granted, it's much better now than under Nord, but it's still not a great unit. Just OK at best. The onside kick looked like it had never been practiced before. They were better off kicking it deep.
Lot of what ifs in this game. A team like UF needs to play (and coach) a nearly perfect game to beat Bama. Too bad that didn't happen.
The defense gets a lot of deserved criticism, and that overshadows the mediocre special teams. Granted, it's much better now than under Nord, but it's still not a great unit. Just OK at best. The onside kick looked like it had never been practiced before. They were better off kicking it deep.
Lot of what ifs in this game. A team like UF needs to play (and coach) a nearly perfect game to beat Bama. Too bad that didn't happen.