Bits & Pieces: Florida vs. Vanderbilt

Gatormac2112

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Thanks cover! I know this week was difficult to find the desire to write about such a meaningless, lackluster affair.
 

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Pick, when you break on the ball and take it.

Errant interceptions from bad QBs are our forte
You know, Im as negative as anyone else with our QBs and players in general, but the scheme is the biggest part of the problem.

You simply can't tell the other team you only run 4 routes, and MOST of the time you are going to throw the ball in front of the linebackers. That is a VERY comfortable place for the defense. You see us running those stacks, making the QB throw the ball 20+ yards sideways and 0-4 yards forward. This is a VERY risky pass. If someone misses a block, the defense switches coverage, or the backer/DB makes a lucky break on the ball, it's a pic and very often a pic six.

I just don't understand this offense. High risk, low reward. It makes no damn sense to anyone who still isn't stuck in Knute Rockne and Woody Hayes football mindset.
 

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You know, Im as negative as anyone else with our QBs and players in general, but the scheme is the biggest part of the problem.

You simply can't tell the other team you only run 4 routes, and MOST of the time you are going to throw the ball in front of the linebackers. That is a VERY comfortable place for the defense. You see us running those stacks, making the QB throw the ball 20+ yards sideways and 0-4 yards forward. This is a VERY risky pass. If someone misses a block, the defense switches coverage, or the backer/DB makes a lucky break on the ball, it's a pic and very often a pic six.

I just don't understand this offense. High risk, low reward. It makes no damn sense to anyone who still isn't stuck in Knute Rockne and Woody Hayes football mindset.
Great coaches. Ram it down the defense throat. Kick opposing players who stop you. All passing is bad and a sign of desperation. Running outside the guards is a sign of weakness. Targeting is for sissies that wear Tootoos. Dang I liked football when you could double team a defensive lineman with one guy on all fours and the other doing a forearm shiver to the chin. Those were real men.
 

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Great coaches. Ram it down the defense throat. Kick opposing players who stop you. All passing is bad and a sign of desperation. Running outside the guards is a sign of weakness. Targeting is for sissies that wear Tootoos. Dang I liked football when you could double team a defensive lineman with one guy on all fours and the other doing a forearm shiver to the chin. Those were real men.
Neanderthals. Spurrier beat those type coaches 62-10 most of the time.

You must have LOVED Chimp and the 100th ranked offenses.
 

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Great coaches. Ram it down the defense throat. Kick opposing players who stop you. All passing is bad and a sign of desperation. Running outside the guards is a sign of weakness. Targeting is for sissies that wear Tootoos. Dang I liked football when you could double team a defensive lineman with one guy on all fours and the other doing a forearm shiver to the chin. Those were real men.

Fully agree. I'd add timeouts to the list of wussification garbage. It's 30 min to halftime. If you need a break, let alone 3, in that time span, maybe this just isn't for you. Badminton tryouts are at 6, honey.
 

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Always a great read Cover and unfortunately I feel the same way as you. I just wasn't jazzed about. I know it was 42-0 but I didn't see the killer instinct.
 

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Always a great read Cover and unfortunately I feel the same way as you. I just wasn't jazzed about. I know it was 42-0 but I didn't see the killer instinct.

How much respect has a coach totally lost when your 42-0 win doesn't inject any enthusiasm into fans or program.?
 

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