Game Thread ***OFFICIAL GAME THREAD: UF vs UT***

[NOLAGATOR]

Napier becomes the first UF coach since Bob Woodruff in 1955 to lose to Tennessee and Kentucky in the same season.

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There is that

And in 5 years we won the SEC

 

[Ironhead]

I liked the game plan and the execution.
I liked that we never quit.
I like our character.
I like it that we have almost eliminated stupid penalties
I like the new “persona”.

This is the 4th game of a new coaching staff with a totally new system.

I think the future is bright.

I also think, we need a hard look on the defensive side.
I’m ok playing “bend don’t break” against these high powered offenses where we don’t have the studs and the depth to get the stops we need.
I’m not ok with totally not covering a wheel route and a simple shift that led to two vol td’s.

Overall
A great coach will have the team ready to play in a huge rivalry game.
Napier had the team ready.

 

[LeeForThree]

Tough close game...have to do something other than **** the bed on defense. Not 1 punt, that's the definition of terrible

 

[NOLAGATOR]

No, he's doing wonderful and if you feel differently you're a bad fan. I learned that here.

 

[GatorCatsi]

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There is that

And in 5 years we won the SEC

Freshman year!

 

[78]

No, he's doing wonderful and if you feel differently you're a bad fan. I learned that here.

I think the first question I ask in the interview room is what is the big advantage being down nine versus 10? You still need to a TD and a FG.

 

[lagator]

The last time Florida lost to both Kentucky and Tennessee the same year was 1955.

Coach setting records already

 

[Lurker]

Gators lose by 5. And, if Napier had only kicked a field goal on the opening drive and then kicked extra points instead of going for 2, the game would have been tied with 17 seconds left in the game. The focus of this loss will rightfully be on the atrocious defense. But, this is yet another game where Napier has made very questionable "go for it" decisions during the game. We can sit back and tell ourselves that the roster will get better. But, will Napier's coaching?

 

[Gator by the Sea]

I don’t care what their fat Fuchs of a coach said after the game… he was ****ting his pants in the last few seconds of that game. We are so in their heads, we may never lose to them again.

 

[NOLAGATOR]

I liked the game plan and the execution.
I liked that we never quit.
I like our character.
I like it that we have almost eliminated stupid penalties
I like the new “persona”.

This is the 4th game of a new coaching staff with a totally new system.

I think the future is bright.

I also think, we need a hard look on the defensive side.
I’m ok playing “bend don’t break” against these high powered offenses where we don’t have the studs and the depth to get the stops we need.
I’m not ok with totally not covering a wheel route and a simple shift that led to two vol td’s.

Overall
A great coach will have the team ready to play in a huge rivalry game.
Napier had the team ready.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

I don’t care what their fat Fuchs of a coach said after the game… he was ****ting his pants in the last few seconds of that game. We are so in their heads, we may never lose to them again.

So, let's be clear. A garbage time TD to make it close in an otherwise embarrassing loss makes you think we are totally dominating them forever. You realize we got embarrassed right?

 

[lagator]

Not happy, but not discouraged.
AR picked it up. Defense isn't getting it done.
Some head scratching coaching decisions.
We are about where the consensus thought we'd be.

Have you notice we've played 4 games and said that 4 times?

 

[NOLAGATOR]

Freshman year!

Sophomore

 

[Bullag8r]

Oh the humanity!! No coaching hire guarantees instant wins. Never has and never will. Some of you geniuses that think you can predict what will happen 5 years from now based on 4 games really are either entitled female canines or need to pull your head out of the blender. Look through the list of teams with first year coaches after multiple years of dismal recruiting then look at teams with 3rd or 4th year coaches that have begun the process of rebuilding. There is a big difference in their performance and success. Be a decent Gator fan and quit crying like entitled beaches. Napier has taken the first step of beginning to build an adequate support staff and has shown promise in recruiting.

Fine!! Disagree with play calling, game management, etc. I don't agree with everything either but at some point at least try to do an objective analysis of the past, present and future!! Show some dignity and quit crying. Napier is starting from scratch just like Pell following the Dickey Disaster. But really, all of the adolescent fits are terribly embarrassing as a long time Gator fan.

 

[GatorCatsi]

Have you notice we've played 4 games and said that 4 times?

I sure wasn't saying AR picked it up vs. UK and USF.

I was concerned with a couple of the coaching decisions, even in the Utah game.

Napier isn't going anywhere for the foreseeable future. No reason to call for his head at this point.

 

[NOLAGATOR]

I think the first question I ask in the interview room is what is the big advantage being down nine versus 10? You still need to a TD and a FG.

How many 4th downs did we get?
How about AR throwing?
How about that perfect onside?
And that's what you come away with?

I'm pleased. After USF this was awesome.

We're 2 and 2. Many here thought we'd get blown out.

Take a breath...things look bright

 

[Detroitgator]

Let's please stop referring to "the secondary" as "the defense"

 

[RiverRat]

Wits the exception of a couple plays AR played pretty damn good or good enough for the Gators to get a W.
Forget not going for three or going for 2 This one’s on the D, too many Tn receivers runnin wide ass open.

 

[Wuerffel4Pres]

They say the opposite of love isn't hate... but apathy. From my own personal experience (not speaking for anyone else here) Tennessee has the WORST fans in America. I've experienced so much crap from those inbred a-holes throughout my life that my hatred is second only to nd. Any yet...

I didn't even watch. There was a time when I could run through a damn brick wall during Tennessee week ... and I didn't even even watch today.

Not only that, but a loss would not only ruin my day, it'd decimate my week. Now...

It's ‍

13 years of crap has created this apathy in me. With each passing year, I have zero faith it will ever return.