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

[Sec14Gator]

you're the one whos always talking about how you believe napier is the guy, you think we are headed in the right direction, you believe the kids are buying in. you keep saying that drivel. most of the rest of us are just looking at the results.

so go ahead and tell us, because you're the one using them to form your position.
easily be 9-2... GTFOH. we could just as easily be 2-9. We are 6-5 exactly as I stated we were. Enough with the ifs and butts bullsht.

It would also appear different/more hopeful if our coaching did not appear to be one of the larger factors of our losing, whether that is game management, head pounding play calling of the same things over and over again (he is making Mac's third down and long, play action, TE 3 yard out seem like it was rarely called compared to the AR roll out right or the 1 yard WR screen), and defensive game plans.

Can we all agree, that regardless of your view on the WR screen game in football overall (varying from Donkey's hatred to Zaunbracher's near pornographic view of it), ole Billy's WR screens are the least productive use of plays we have witnessed across an entire season? They make Daz's Rainey/Demps dive plays look downright Bill Walsh-esque, yet we waste downs consistently with them and have not adjusted how we are running them.

That is the bigger issue I have with Nola's takes on these games. Yes, there are lots of outwardly positive OFF FIELD improvements. But, between the lines, it is hard to see a single noticeable improvement in any aspect of the three phases of the team. Penalties, I suspect, will be his retort. But, there is not a less impactful stat in the history of Florida football. Nearly every SEC Championship team at UF has been near the top of penalties per game.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

It would also appear different/more hopeful if our coaching did not appear to be one of the larger factors of our losing, whether that is game management, head pounding play calling of the same things over and over again (he is making Mac's third down and long, play action, TE 3 yard out seem like it was rarely called compared to the AR roll out right or the 1 yard WR screen), and defensive game plans.

Can we all agree, that regardless of your view on the WR screen game in football overall (varying from Donkey's hatred to Zaunbracher's near pornographic view of it), ole Billy's WR screens are the least productive use of plays we have witnessed across an entire season? They make Daz's Rainey/Demps dive plays look downright Bill Walsh-esque, yet we waste downs consistently with them and have not adjusted how we are running them.

That is the bigger issue I have with Nola's takes on these games. Yes, there are lots of outwardly positive OFF FIELD improvements. But, between the lines, it is hard to see a single noticeable improvement in any aspect of the three phases of the team. Penalties, I suspect, will be his retort. But, there is not a less impactful stat in the history of Florida football. Nearly every SEC Championship team at UF has been near the top of penalties per game.

agreed. i even said this past summer that if we go 6-6 but show steady improvement, showcase good fundamentals as the season progresses and get a great crootin class, then im good with his first year. the problem is of those conditions, only the crootin remains a possibility.

 

[NOLAGATOR]

The good news is, if we are playing St Mary’s School for Transgender Wayward Kids there’s a very good chance that the College Gameday crew would be there.
ESPN would promote the game so much that it would become a national story. It could even become such an event that Emmitt Smith would show up, in a brand new gator shirt with the tag hanging on it still.
Try to see the bright side of things.

 

[NOLAGATOR]

agreed. i even said this past summer that if we go 6-6 but show steady improvement, showcase good fundamentals as the season progresses and get a great crootin class, then im good with his first year. the problem is of those conditions, only the crootin remains a possibility.

Look I like Napier and you don't. We can agree to disagree.
He was loved at ULL...I know that's Sunbelt. His first year was not great.
I HATE the WR Screens
I am frustrated that Billy runs his system and is more concerned with the long game.
AR is a WORK in progress and though his talent is off the charts SO is his inaccuracy.
And brother, it is what it is. Things won't change much this year. I know we may go 6-6 maybe 6-7.

But if you watch the film breakdown, we are close. Time will tell if the execution is on the team, the coaches, or both.

I could be eating crow but it's too early for me to bail on Napier. I NEVER liked Mullen, he fooled me year 1 because I thought he changed. This crew is nothing like the last 3.

 

[RiverRat]

 

[jdh5484]

agreed. i even said this past summer that if we go 6-6 but show steady improvement, showcase good fundamentals as the season progresses and get a great crootin class, then im good with his first year. the problem is of those conditions, only the crootin remains a possibility.

That's pretty much how I viewed a successful year too (except beating UGa was on there too).

Recruiting and transfer portal remain the only possibilities.

 

[ThreatMatrix]

Dude, you don't have a clue what college football players respond too.

Ur mom knows.

 

[gardnerwebbgator]

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So he’s going to get the lead out of his vagina and run the ball?

 

[Durty South Swamp]

Look I like Napier and you don't. We can agree to disagree.
He was loved at ULL...I know that's Sunbelt. His first year was not great.
I HATE the WR Screens
I am frustrated that Billy runs his system and is more concerned with the long game.
AR is a WORK in progress and though his talent is off the charts SO is his inaccuracy.
And brother, it is what it is. Things won't change much this year. I know we may go 6-6 maybe 6-7.

But if you watch the film breakdown, we are close. Time will tell if the execution is on the team, the coaches, or both.

I could be eating crow but it's too early for me to bail on Napier. I NEVER liked Mullen, he fooled me year 1 because I thought he changed. This crew is nothing like the last 3.

Bro, I really don't care. Do you honestly feel the need to follow anyone around who may have at one point had a disagreement with you and continue to hammer your position? I was discussing thoughts with sofla. I intend to keep it that way.

 

[lagator]

So he’s going to get the lead out of his vagina and run the ball?

I would have gone with Pb. It reads a little confusing this way.

 

[Egor's Assistant]

 

[NOLAGATOR]

Bro, I really don't care. Do you honestly feel the need to follow anyone around who may have at one point had a disagreement with you and continue to hammer your position? I was discussing thoughts with sofla. I intend to keep it that way.

That's what you got from that?
I feel the same.
Sorry
But have a happy Thanksgiving.

 

[Back Alley Gator]

It's about time to see who we got sitting this one out with injuries and who we got starting. Any bets on Bowman starting because we have no one else?

 

[soflagator]

It's about time to see who we got sitting this one out with injuries and who we got starting. Any bets on Bowman starting because we have no one else?

I’m better than Bowman and would gladly suit up. But not for a Friday game. Pfftt. What am I, in the Mountain West?

 

[NVGator]

I’m better than Bowman and would gladly suit up. But not for a Friday game. Pfftt. What am I, in the Mountain West?

 

[LaylaGator]

If you look at the Friday schedule, there are games all day starting at noon and starting mid-afternoon. Then we're the only game in the 7:30 p.m. time slot. And then there's one more at 10:00 p.m. So at least we are the premier Friday game. For better or worse, the nation will be watching us.

 

[Back Alley Gator]

If you look at the Friday schedule, there are games all day starting at noon and starting mid-afternoon. Then we're the only game in the 7:30 p.m. time slot. And then there's one more at 10:00 p.m. So at least we are the premier Friday game. For better or worse, the nation will be watching us.

OH shi.... That means NFL scouts will be watching. Fuuuuuuuuuc!!!

 

[NVGator]

If you look at the Friday schedule, there are games all day starting at noon and starting mid-afternoon. Then we're the only game in the 7:30 p.m. time slot. And then there's one more at 10:00 p.m. So at least we are the premier Friday game. For better or worse, the nation will be watching us.

= Loss

 

[soflagator]

If you look at the Friday schedule, there are games all day starting at noon and starting mid-afternoon. Then we're the only game in the 7:30 p.m. time slot. And then there's one more at 10:00 p.m. So at least we are the premier Friday game. For better or worse, the nation will be watching us.

Pretty sure Basyside plays Valley as well. Not sure the kickoff time, but could interfere.

 

[oxrageous]

Any word on Pearsall? Not having him would be a pretty big blow, no question. He's a safety valve in the offense.