Appleby

[gatormandan]

I think Appleby played pretty good Saturday and we need him to continue to do so because next week is a big-time step up in competition. However...he finally got "Emptywood" to catch some passes...so that an accomplishment on it's own

I want to win but no matter what I hope we show up to play and play a whole game.

 

[Marianna-FL_Gator]

I want to win but no matter what I hope we show up to play and play a whole game.

We're going to haft to play damn near perfect on offense to get out of there with the win.

 

[gatormandan]

We're going to haft to play damn near perfect on offense to get out of there with the win.

Yea....I dont have a real good feeling.....

 

[Marianna-FL_Gator]

Yea....I dont have a real good feeling.....

We're banged to hell right now...so it's going to be a tall task. We'll see how much they really want to "Win" this coming Saturday...that's for sure!

 

[gatormandan]

We're banged to hell right now...so it's going to be a tall task. We'll see how much they really want to "Win" this coming Saturday...that's for sure!

Go Gators!

 

[jeeping8r]

How many here gave UGA half a chance vs. the barn???? Not I. And of those who did was the fact UGA only gave up 7 points ever in their wildest imaginations??? That's why they play the game.

 

[Lake Gator]

Semantics dude. The "starting" OL.

Hardly, dude.

 

[BMF]

Hardly, dude.

Hardly my ass. Appleby has yet to start a game behind the STARTING OL. What's so hard to understand about that? Just say you think LDR is better. Not sure what football program you've been following....but, again, every game that Appleby has started at least one starter on the OL didn't play. That's a fact. "Hardly dude".

 

[Lake Gator]

Hardly my ass. Appleby has yet to start a game behind the STARTING OL. What's so hard to understand about that? Just say you think LDR is better. Not sure what football program you've been following....but, again, every game that Appleby has started at least one starter on the OL didn't play. That's a fact. "Hardly dude".

This discussion is off the rails. I've been an Appleby advocate since b4 he started against Tennessee. Now that you've changed your original post to "starting" from "best" OL, I agree with your opinion. You say it's semantics. I don't.

 

[TheDouglas78]

I didn't watch the game, was he under center again?

There are those coaches who say that they don't like to leave the shotgun in the redzone because they don't do much under center.

Under the 3rd string center, and it was on the exchange.

 

[ATXGator]

He played well. Next week is going to be a lot tougher because he is going to have to really get the ball out quickly to avoid that LSU rush.

I also really hope they do some play action early as I think LSU will be focused on the run and we could hit a big play there to Callaway or Cleveland... or Fullwood (OK... I think he had his one game)

 

[TLB]

AA completed passes that LDR would have gotten intercepted or DB-blocked, plus a few
times WRs would have gotten clobbered.??

Yeah, AA was better than LDR has shown us this season. But, does anyone want to imagine for a moment how life would be if we only had ONE backup and his initials were TH? How would this past game, and the season in general, have gone? While AA isn't awesome, and he's better than LDR, we are still a LOT better than last year; even with a mix-n-match OL. Can we call that progress?

 

[LighthouseGator]

I'd feel a lot better if this game was at home. Mac has not demonstrated that he's capable of preparing a team to perform well enough to win away from the swamp against a good team (often struggling against mediocre to bad teams). It will be exacerbated with all of the backups and youngsters playing. Hopefully Appleby's experience pays dividends here. Wishful thinking goes that they are too green to know any better and the play calling is simplified to minimize thinking. Good thing it's a 1 PM kick. At night with those maniac cajuns, forget about it.

 

[gators4224]

I'd feel a lot better if this game was at home. Mac has not demonstrated that he's capable of preparing a team to perform well enough to win away from the swamp against a good team (often struggling against mediocre to bad teams). It will be exacerbated with all of the backups and youngsters playing. Hopefully Appleby's experience pays dividends here. Wishful thinking goes that they are too green to know any better and the play calling is simplified to minimize thinking. Good thing it's a 1 PM kick. At night with those maniac cajuns, forget about it.

Appelby has a strong enough arm and isn't a bad passer. I think we need to throw it a bit and take chances one on one utilizing callaways explosivness, and cleveland's and fulwood's size one on one. If we resort to that dink and dunk stuff only netting 3-4 yards a throw that isnt going to get it done. If we can throw downfield, our run game will do better than expected. Scarlett's a good back.

 

[LighthouseGator]

Appelby has a strong enough arm and isn't a bad passer. I think we need to throw it a bit and take chances one on one utilizing callaways explosivness, and cleveland's and fulwood's size one on one. If we resort to that dink and dunk stuff only netting 3-4 yards a throw that isnt going to get it done. If we can throw downfield, our run game will do better than expected. Scarlett's a good back.

I agree. He made some nice throws Saturday. Defenses were no longer respecting the long ball with LDR - they have to with Appleby - which helps out Scarlett and the O-line immensely. He certainly gives us a chance as long as good Appleby shows up. The zone read wrinkle was one of the "stops being pulled" I had hoped for ahead of SC's game (the reverse was nice too other than the stumble). Gives LSU something to think about, though the element of surprise is now gone, which is why it was so successful the first time Mac unveiled it.

 

[GatorBart]

Thompson fumbled in the redzone on the second series. I don't even think it was a forced fumble.

Thompson was being tackled and a defender came up from behind and popped the ball out as he was falling to the ground - he was almost down, but not quite. He's the last RB right now that should be seeing any PT.

 

[Zambo]

Appleby's 96.1 QBR was the highest for a Gator QB since Tyler Murphy recorded a 96.2 against Tennessee back in 2013.

 

[G8RATL]

It seemed like the offense played harder for AA. I saw WRs making moves and not going down on first contact, RBs making blocks in the backfield, O line dominating....didn't see this happening with LDR. I think the skill players just knew it was a lost cause with Dia Rio.

 

[rogdochar]

It has become my reluctant opinion that in many games, even most wins, we've endured
the lost cause of QB Luke Dull Rheostat.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Appleby's 96.1 QBR was the highest for a Gator QB since Tyler Murphy recorded a 96.2 against Tennessee back in 2013.

Thats depressing.