- Jun 12, 2014
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Had a few to drink last night, and decided to watch most of Q4 in what was one of the more entertaining games of a new era of Gator football. Several things stuck out to me on the last few drives that quite frankly show we aren't capable of without WG. We'll get to those in a minute. I wasn't as high on Grier as most of the board members early in the season, but boy did he win me over on these last two drives.
Drive 1- 17 play drive that cuts the lead to 6. Early in the drive we have a 3rd and 3. Drob runs a little drag.
Nothing complex whatsoever but Grier steps up hits his man for a modest 8 yard gain. Doesn't sound like much, but without the conversion we likely punt from our 28 with 8 minutes to go down two scores. Game over. Later on we convert two fourth down plays. The first an absolutely beautiful ball from Grier to Jake. Coverage was solid and he threw his man open where he could go up and get it close to the right sideline. Simply put TH can't make that throw , and likely doesn't even go with the ball there. Our next fourth down conversion comes on another drag this time by BP. Grier steps up in a decent pocket with rushers closing from the outside. The defender between him and BP has to make a choice. Chase Grier or cover Powell and let Grier run. The defender hesitates then takes a step toward Grier. Advantage gators as WG makes another good throw and a few shifty moves by BP takes it down to the 5 where we score two plays later.
Drive 2- Winner, winner, chicken dinner
-1st- Good call by Nuss on the screen to Taylor. Reeves Maybin (who is a hell of a player by the way) manages to slip behind a couple blockers after reading the play , and makes a nice tackle on taylor behind LOS.
-2nd and 14- Grier comes left on a 10 yard stop to Drob. Robinson has the football , but tries to make a defender miss him before securing it. Drop
-3rd and 14- This one is key here. Another play out of several that Treon probably doesn't make. Taylor is to Grier's left after the snap. Barnett bullrushes and whips the RT Halter closing in on #7. With one of the better DL in the SEC draped over him, WG manages to get rid of the football out of bounds near Robinson to avoid a grounding or obviously devastating sack. Again, a big play that at the time didn't seem like much, and one that TH probably doesn't make.
-4th and 14. I watched this one about 15 times. Wanted to see exactly what Nuss and Mac wanted to do here.
Play design, execution etc. All done beautifully. We go with four WR (NO Jake). Trips to the right (far side). Robinson to the left which is the top of the screen. I believe Taylor is to Grier's left. Thought this was surprising given the bull rush on the previous play by Barnett.The ball is snapped and Barnett instead of a bull rush this time goes for the speed rush. In an attempt to run around Halter. Halter does a good job here, and Barnett gets no help from his DL as Grier has a clean pocket to step into. We have Fulwood, Powell, and Calloway split wide to the right. 81 is at the bottom of the screen. Fulwood runs to the sticks and stops. Presumably to occupy the safety to that side of the field. Mac wants man coverage for Powell or 81. BP runs about 12 to 14 and darts to his right on the corner route. Calloway goes about 4 yards past the sticks and comes in on the square in. Grier reads it beautifully . The irony here is that Grier doesn't go for the home run ball. Which would've been the corner route to Powell. A tough throw even for an accurate QB like Grier with little margin for error. He goes for the sure thing, and when the ball leaves Will's hand he is likely thinking 1st down, Let's get the next play in , and beat these jokers. Instead Calloway secures the football and spins to his left (the right sideline where he knows he has help from his buddy BP). He secures the football in his right arm , like a seasoned veteran to keep away from a potential defender. He throws his left hand out as if to gesture to BP, Get in front of these guys and i'll trust my speed. That he did .Game over vols.
Drive 1- 17 play drive that cuts the lead to 6. Early in the drive we have a 3rd and 3. Drob runs a little drag.
Nothing complex whatsoever but Grier steps up hits his man for a modest 8 yard gain. Doesn't sound like much, but without the conversion we likely punt from our 28 with 8 minutes to go down two scores. Game over. Later on we convert two fourth down plays. The first an absolutely beautiful ball from Grier to Jake. Coverage was solid and he threw his man open where he could go up and get it close to the right sideline. Simply put TH can't make that throw , and likely doesn't even go with the ball there. Our next fourth down conversion comes on another drag this time by BP. Grier steps up in a decent pocket with rushers closing from the outside. The defender between him and BP has to make a choice. Chase Grier or cover Powell and let Grier run. The defender hesitates then takes a step toward Grier. Advantage gators as WG makes another good throw and a few shifty moves by BP takes it down to the 5 where we score two plays later.
Drive 2- Winner, winner, chicken dinner
-1st- Good call by Nuss on the screen to Taylor. Reeves Maybin (who is a hell of a player by the way) manages to slip behind a couple blockers after reading the play , and makes a nice tackle on taylor behind LOS.
-2nd and 14- Grier comes left on a 10 yard stop to Drob. Robinson has the football , but tries to make a defender miss him before securing it. Drop
-3rd and 14- This one is key here. Another play out of several that Treon probably doesn't make. Taylor is to Grier's left after the snap. Barnett bullrushes and whips the RT Halter closing in on #7. With one of the better DL in the SEC draped over him, WG manages to get rid of the football out of bounds near Robinson to avoid a grounding or obviously devastating sack. Again, a big play that at the time didn't seem like much, and one that TH probably doesn't make.
-4th and 14. I watched this one about 15 times. Wanted to see exactly what Nuss and Mac wanted to do here.
Play design, execution etc. All done beautifully. We go with four WR (NO Jake). Trips to the right (far side). Robinson to the left which is the top of the screen. I believe Taylor is to Grier's left. Thought this was surprising given the bull rush on the previous play by Barnett.The ball is snapped and Barnett instead of a bull rush this time goes for the speed rush. In an attempt to run around Halter. Halter does a good job here, and Barnett gets no help from his DL as Grier has a clean pocket to step into. We have Fulwood, Powell, and Calloway split wide to the right. 81 is at the bottom of the screen. Fulwood runs to the sticks and stops. Presumably to occupy the safety to that side of the field. Mac wants man coverage for Powell or 81. BP runs about 12 to 14 and darts to his right on the corner route. Calloway goes about 4 yards past the sticks and comes in on the square in. Grier reads it beautifully . The irony here is that Grier doesn't go for the home run ball. Which would've been the corner route to Powell. A tough throw even for an accurate QB like Grier with little margin for error. He goes for the sure thing, and when the ball leaves Will's hand he is likely thinking 1st down, Let's get the next play in , and beat these jokers. Instead Calloway secures the football and spins to his left (the right sideline where he knows he has help from his buddy BP). He secures the football in his right arm , like a seasoned veteran to keep away from a potential defender. He throws his left hand out as if to gesture to BP, Get in front of these guys and i'll trust my speed. That he did .Game over vols.
