Are our Gators any good? The season is finally about to start

[ufgator812]

This sounds great on paper but for some reason (almost as if it's never practiced) our QBs can't seem to throw a deep ball.

What? I’m pretty sure that’s something that Franks did relatively well....but I don’t think we did it enough...also there have been two in as many weeks that doinked off the hands of a WR...we have issues, but this ain’t one...

 

[MTGator]

Our scoring since Kyle Trask stepped on the field: 91-3.

You guys are still stuck on the pre-Trask Gators. It's a different team now, a different mentality, a team with an actual leader behind center that has the offense actually believing they can pick up first downs without pulling teeth.

Florida beats Auburn easily. We are going to jump out to an early lead, forcing Auburn to throw more than they'd like, which in turn will force their mediocre freshman QB into continued mistakes. I'm thinking a runaway win at that point.

Agreed, but not sure about runaway win. Of our big 3 opponents I think Auburn is the most overrated and with a freshman QB that can be rattled if their O is forced to throw. This is the toughest D he has faced yet and I am hoping the Swamp crowd acts accordingly. Hoping to see some up-tempo and 5 WR sets (I’m sure SOS can provide a few plays) and challenge them to cover.

 

[neteng]

This sounds great on paper but for some reason (almost as if it's never practiced) our QBs can't seem to throw a deep ball. It's either always underthrown or overthrown never hit on stride. I don't think it's ever practiced and it shows in games. Look back to the UGA last year as an example 14 points taken off the board because the ball was not put where it's supposed to be. Trask missed a wide open Wr last game because it was over thrown.

The sucky part is every time we run a trick play that is supposed to go down field the play works but it's not executed by the Qb.

What games are you watching? Ive seen many long throws on the money from Franks and more than missed from Trask and Jones. Based on your logic we could say all our WRs can't catch long balls too because several have been dropped.

 

[MissouriGator]

You think we want a night game in November vs Mizzou?

With snow on the ground maybe?

We don't typically do well with 11am (Central) starts.
Night games at Mizzou are not like night games at LSU or anywhere else in the SEC.
Snow? Maybe in Columbia but I can't remember the last time it snowed in November in St. Louis.
Either way, I'll take a night game with snow over that dreaded 11 am start.

 

[RocketCityGator]

I think this game comes down to our ability to tackle. As C2 said, we can be in the best position, take the correct angle, etc., but if we can't get 'em on the ground, doesn't matter. If we tackle well, we'll contain their run game and put the game in Nix' hands. I trust Grenard, Zuniga, and the our secondary will handle that.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Trickeration could really help our O against their DL. Put Jones and Trask in the game at the same time and do some double passes, etc

:stoned:

 

[ThreatMatrix]

Love the 80's porn music to start the podcast.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

Love the 80's porn music to start the podcast.

its the best part

 

[Frozen Gator]

All river boat gamblers sooner or later lay a big fat egg. Will it be Gus or Grantham? AS a loyal Gator I think it will be Gus!

 

[lagator]

Very tough stretch of games coming up in the next 4 games. 3 games vs teams in the top 10. We are sitting at 5-0 as predicted, but how will we do these next 4 games? We haven't played our best yet while teams like AU and LSU have been trashing teams so are they due for a let down? Can our defense rise up to the occasion? Can Trask keep playing like a 5* QB?

Actually if you look at AU's record, the MSU game is the outlier. They scored 27 against Oregon in a game that definitely could have gone either way. In fact Oregon lead the entire game until 9 seconds left, basically the final play. They only managed 24 points at home against Tulane. They beat up on Kent State at home then won a close one at aTm where they weren't very effective in the passing or running game, but did enough and waited for Jimbo to do what Jimbo do.

The MSU game was the outlier. They finally had a game where they got the passing game clicking, but MSU's defense played embarrassingly bad in that game. It was a road game for MSU and AU jumped on them early and there was no chance to recover.

Of course the MSU game is the most recent data, and it is that blowout (against a mediocre team) that has convinced everyone how great AU is and what swung us from projected slight favorites in this game to slight underdogs, but if you take a closer look a their record it's not as impressive as it's being made out to be.

We will be the best defense they have faced, so why are we expecting them to score like they did at home against MSU rather than how they did against Oregon, aTm, and even Tulane? I say if we can score close to 30 points we should win.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

why are we expecting them to score like they did at home against MSU rather than how they did against Oregon, aTm, and even Tulane? I say if we can score close to 30 points we should win.

We arent, but why are you expecting to score around 30 against one of the best defenses in the country when we only managed 38 against an FCS school? The concern isnt that our D gets blown out, its that our offense gets man handled because we cant run the ball against trash opponents and who knows what pass pro will look like against a team with real caliber SEC lineman, at least one of which will likely be the 1st D lineman taken next spring. I think this needs to be a low scoring affair for us to win.

 

[lagator]

We arent, but why are you expecting to score around 30 against one of the best defenses in the country when we only managed 38 against an FCS school? The concern isnt that our D gets blown out, its that our offense gets man handled because we cant run the ball against trash opponents and who knows what pass pro will look like against a team with real caliber SEC lineman, at least one of which will likely be the 1st D lineman taken next spring. I think this needs to be a low scoring affair for us to win.

Since Trask took over we've been averaging about 19 points per half. Being at home, going into the game nearly full strength, and the offense having more experience now with Trask at QB, I expect we should be able to continue to get quick strikes to our play-makers, who are going to be the most talented group AU has seen. Everyone points out our O-line struggles which is definitely legit, but if there is one thing they have been decent at, it's pass protection.

If we don't turn the ball over, they aren't going to be able to stop us from moving the ball consistently, so we should score 30+ in this game. A&M & MSU didn't get to 30 because they both fumbled 3 times. Not putting the ball on the ground is going to be key.

 

[BadowGator]

We arent, but why are you expecting to score around 30 against one of the best defenses in the country when we only managed 38 against an FCS school? The concern isnt that our D gets blown out, its that our offense gets man handled because we cant run the ball against trash opponents and who knows what pass pro will look like against a team with real caliber SEC lineman, at least one of which will likely be the 1st D lineman taken next spring. I think this needs to be a low scoring affair for us to win.

Obviously, Dans been holding back duh. But, on a serious note I do believe he could have hung more on Towson, but kept trying and trying to figure out what to do with the run game. That’s what those games are for I guess. Just never found an answer. Maybe he did with Pierce. Time will tell. Shut out was on the board and accomplished. Fixing Or figuring out the run block I’m sure was part of it. Just never happened.

 

[neteng]

Actually if you look at AU's record, the MSU game is the outlier. They scored 27 against Oregon in a game that definitely could have gone either way. In fact Oregon lead the entire game until 9 seconds left, basically the final play. They only managed 24 points at home against Tulane. They beat up on Kent State at home then won a close one at aTm where they weren't very effective in the passing or running game, but did enough and waited for Jimbo to do what Jimbo do.

The MSU game was the outlier. They finally had a game where they got the passing game clicking, but MSU's defense played embarrassingly bad in that game. It was a road game for MSU and AU jumped on them early and there was no chance to recover.

Of course the MSU game is the most recent data, and it is that blowout (against a mediocre team) that has convinced everyone how great AU is and what swung us from projected slight favorites in this game to slight underdogs, but if you take a closer look a their record it's not as impressive as it's being made out to be.

We will be the best defense they have faced, so why are we expecting them to score like they did at home against MSU rather than how they did against Oregon, aTm, and even Tulane? I say if we can score close to 30 points we should win.

Lol ... we can't stop the run. We can't run. All those words you wrote might be true, or close to it, but it's all outward looking. Look inward with the same degree of study you did on AU and you might see some troubling things. There are so many questions going into this game.

 

[Captain Sasquatch]

We arent, but why are you expecting to score around 30 against one of the best defenses in the country when we only managed 38 against an FCS school? The concern isnt that our D gets blown out, its that our offense gets man handled because we cant run the ball against trash opponents and who knows what pass pro will look like against a team with real caliber SEC lineman, at least one of which will likely be the 1st D lineman taken next spring. I think this needs to be a low scoring affair for us to win.

I say it so many times, but every game is different. That plus we run a snail's pace on offense. We only ran 60 plays against Towson. Was UVA a bad basketball team last year because they barely scored 70 points a game with their slow offense?

 

[Swamp Donkey]

That plus we run a snail's pace on offense.

I was assured that the Mullinz was adopting tempo this year.

 

[stephenPE]

Putting this out there...........expect someone to say that "auburn just wasnt that good" when we beat them,
The new refrain will be "Just wait till LSU and UGA"

I was assured that the Mullinz was adopting tempo this year.

The only sure thing is death, taxes and your outrage over__________. FITB

 

[Gatormac2112]

Coaching will really come into play this week. They have real strengths and we do to. Can we maximize ours while trying to neutralize
theirs? I LOVE games like this. Traditional rival at home with national implications.........does not get much better.

Thats all smoking mirrors

/sarcasm

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Putting this out there...........expect someone to say that "auburn just wasnt that good" when we beat them,

They arent tuat good either way.

There are only two good teams in the SEC, besides us, if we are one.

I refuse to believe an Ogre team is good until they prove it.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

I say it so many times, but every game is different. That plus we run a snail's pace on offense. We only ran 60 plays against Towson. Was UVA a bad basketball team last year because they barely scored 70 points a game with their slow offense?

they were certainly painful to watch. If our D plays the whole game like they seem to play the 2nd half I think we have a good chance. But if they put in another 1st half KY performance against auburn, we are screwed.