***OFFICIAL COTTON BOWL GAME THREAD: UF vs Oklahoma***; Houston talks trash

[aka]

How about this....we need the bowl money for Grantham's buyout. I like that better.

 

[GatorBart]

Didn't know where else to put this. It's a good one. The shoe throw will never get old.

 

[deuce]

ESPN pulled TAM's shorts down!

 

[RiverRat]

I know what a great Gator Trask is and it wont hurt me one bit to see him shred up another defense but at this point I think it would be good to put EJ in for the whole game to see him get ready for next year.

Give Trask the first quarter and let him come off the field and hand the ball to E.J. and the future of Fl football.

 

[jdh5484]

I guess I somehow thought the bowl season would be postponed a tad.

Three- four weeks of extra practice is one of the primary selling points. Even if we had fired Grantham Sat night/Sunday morning, there is no fixing the defense in 10 days.

Actually... our best D game was when the starters where all out and we called a "normal" defense. We would improve by at least 23% the minute he's fired.

 

[Concrete Helmet]

Three consecutive loses will over shadow all the good things the Gators
did this season. I give them credit for not opting out like so many other teams.
OU will be a tough gig. Top gun Pitts is gone. Trask and Toney may follow suit.
Have to find a way to post a "W" and end the season right.

We'll kick their asses....

 

[lagator]

So the game's about a week away which is pretty bizarre in it's own right. Do we know who's in and who's out? This would be a pretty intriguing matchup if all these bowls didn't feel so meaningless now, and especially so with Covid leading to even more opt-outs than a usual bowl season.

It looks like a fairly even matchup on paper. Both teams averaging a little over 40 points per game and around 500 yards total offense. We have a more productive passing attack, but both teams rely heavily on the forward pass. OK is averaging only about 35 more rushing yards per game than us which was a little of a surprise for me, but then again our numbers are skewed from earlier in the season and have been dropping the last few games. Unless EJ plays a significant portion of this game, I doubt we get it going real well in this one.

Mullen seems to put a lot of emphasis on winning bowl games since he wants to remain the NY6 Champion of Life so I expect (if Trask doesn't opt out) we will see very little EJ other than a few designed QB runs like all year. I hope I'm wrong because this would be a good chance to get EJ some significant PT.

For whatever reason I don't really feel any excitement for this game and it's not getting any hype even though it is probably one of the best matchups outside the playoff. Hopefully as it gets closer we will get more enthusiastic because right now it feels like complete blah.

 

[Detroitgator]

So the game's about a week away which is pretty bizarre in it's own right. Do we know who's in and who's out? This would be a pretty intriguing matchup if all these bowls didn't feel so meaningless now, and especially so with Covid leading to even more opt-outs than a usual bowl season.

It looks like a fairly even matchup on paper. Both teams averaging a little over 40 points per game and around 500 yards total offense. We have a more productive passing attack, but both teams rely heavily on the forward pass. OK is averaging only about 35 more rushing yards per game than us which was a little of a surprise for me, but then again our numbers are skewed from earlier in the season and have been dropping the last few games. Unless EJ plays a significant portion of this game I doubt we get it going real well in this game. Mullen seems to put a lot of emphasis on winning bowl games since he wants to remain the NY6 champion of Life so I expect if Trask doesn't opt out we will see very little EJ other than a few designed QB runs like all year. I hope I'm wrong because this would be a good chance to get EJ some significant PT.

For whatever reason I don't really feel any excitement for this game and it's not getting any hype even though it is probably one of the best matchups outside the playoff. Hopefully as it gets closer we will get more enthusiastic because right now it feels like complete blah.

Probably better than both the first round games...

 

[Musclepug]

 

[JDW]

Mullen said he expects “a couple more” more opt outs...wants to let them announce on their own

 

[Swamp Donkey]

very self-centered of me but I'd like to see him one more time.

hopefully dumbass won't have him running options or keepers.

I keep wondering if maybe he'll come back he's waited so long. and there's certainly no guarantees in the pros.

 

[Musclepug]

 

[Musclepug]

edgar with the stats!

 

[Homer J]

Tre Brown entering NFL draft, won’t play in Cotton Bowl

Tre Brown entering NFL draft, won’t play in Cotton Bowl

 

[destingator]

Florida:45
Oklahoma:17

 

[lizardbreath]

I have 0 confidence Mullen fires Grantham. Grantham will have to leave on his own

I have no choice but to agree, but forgive me if I can't force myself to like it.

 

[JDW]

38-27...kind of reminds me off the Orange bowl last year for some reason

 

[lizardbreath]

With Trask definitely playing, we should

very self-centered of me but I'd like to see him one more time.

hopefully dumbass won't have him running options or keepers.

I keep wondering if maybe he'll come back he's waited so long. and there's certainly no guarantees in the pros.

I'm intrigued by the "no decision on the draft yet" part of KT's tweet. I would love to see another year of big boy O before returning to a mix of off-tackle dives and the glorified "long hand off" passing game.

 

[Double Gator Dad]

edgar with the stats!

Is someone going to post all the articles that Edgar wrote during the last year regarding the recruiting violations at UF?

Didn’t think so.

 

[GBHOR]

Oh Todd Todd Todd

Todd Grantham responds to widespread criticism, says Gators are 6 points away from SEC title