Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2016 22:57:24 GMT -5
Jim McElwain is more diplomatic than I am. f-word you Coach Sean Luttrell and North Texas. That was as dirty of a play as I've seen in a while. UF QB Luke Del Rio is likely out for the season. There is no way his left knee wasn't blow out with the late low illegal hit:
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida coach Jim McElwain said starting quarterback Luke Del Rio is out for next week and “it doesn’t look great” going forward.
Del Rio was hurt late in the third quarter when North Texas defensive end Joshua Wheeler plowed low into the quarterback’s planted leg as he followed through on a pass.
Wheeler was penalized for roughing the passer and Del Rio stayed down on the field for several minutes in obvious pain.
Del Rio was eventually able to walk off the field on his own and waved to fire up the crowd before exiting through the tunnel.
“Luke is getting his leg looked at right now. It doesn’t look great, so you know what, we’ll do whatever,” McElwain said. “Somebody else will play, we’ll get some guys ready and go play next week.”
The low hit on Del Rio riled up the Gators.
McElwain had raced out from the sideline to share his frustration over the play and had to be held back by tight end DeAndre Goolsby and offensive lineman Fred Johnson. Left guard Martez Ivey then got ejected for a personal foul on the next play.
“I obviously took that low hit on Luke awful personal,” McElwain said. “I told him after the ballgame I’m sure his guy was just scrambling trying to make a play, but I really care about these players. I care about them more than just as football players, and when you see something like that … it’s my responsibility (to stand up for them).”
Del Rio, who was replaced by veteran backup Austin Appleby, finished 14-of-25 passing for 186 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception. He wasn’t able to follow up his breakout performance from the week before against Kentucky, but after the game the bigger concern was his health.
Appleby, who came to Florida this year as a graduate transfer, made 11 career starts at Purdue while passing for 2,777 yards, 19 touchdowns and 19 interceptions in 17 games overall.
He finished the game Saturday night 2-for-4 passing for 30 yards and helped orchestrate a scoring drive that Jordan Scarlett capped with a 1-yard touchdown run.
Appleby will be the guy next week at Tennessee and Florida will also get freshman quarterbacks Feleipe Franks and Kyle Trask more reps in practice.
McElwain said the Gators would not change the offense, though.
“We’ll play-action, we’ll throw it deep. All our guys have got good arms and we’ll stretch the field. The plan doesn’t change,” he said. “We’ll do what we need to do to get some guys downfield.”
As for the low hit that had him so fired up, McElwain said he did not blame the North Texas coaches.
“No bad blood there at the end at all,” he said, though still clearly frustrated. “I’m sure, like I said, their guy was probably just trying to make a play. They’ve been called on it a couple times in previous games, but it’s not something they coach, I know that.”
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida coach Jim McElwain said starting quarterback Luke Del Rio is out for next week and “it doesn’t look great” going forward.
Del Rio was hurt late in the third quarter when North Texas defensive end Joshua Wheeler plowed low into the quarterback’s planted leg as he followed through on a pass.
Wheeler was penalized for roughing the passer and Del Rio stayed down on the field for several minutes in obvious pain.
Del Rio was eventually able to walk off the field on his own and waved to fire up the crowd before exiting through the tunnel.
“Luke is getting his leg looked at right now. It doesn’t look great, so you know what, we’ll do whatever,” McElwain said. “Somebody else will play, we’ll get some guys ready and go play next week.”
The low hit on Del Rio riled up the Gators.
McElwain had raced out from the sideline to share his frustration over the play and had to be held back by tight end DeAndre Goolsby and offensive lineman Fred Johnson. Left guard Martez Ivey then got ejected for a personal foul on the next play.
“I obviously took that low hit on Luke awful personal,” McElwain said. “I told him after the ballgame I’m sure his guy was just scrambling trying to make a play, but I really care about these players. I care about them more than just as football players, and when you see something like that … it’s my responsibility (to stand up for them).”
Del Rio, who was replaced by veteran backup Austin Appleby, finished 14-of-25 passing for 186 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception. He wasn’t able to follow up his breakout performance from the week before against Kentucky, but after the game the bigger concern was his health.
Appleby, who came to Florida this year as a graduate transfer, made 11 career starts at Purdue while passing for 2,777 yards, 19 touchdowns and 19 interceptions in 17 games overall.
He finished the game Saturday night 2-for-4 passing for 30 yards and helped orchestrate a scoring drive that Jordan Scarlett capped with a 1-yard touchdown run.
Appleby will be the guy next week at Tennessee and Florida will also get freshman quarterbacks Feleipe Franks and Kyle Trask more reps in practice.
McElwain said the Gators would not change the offense, though.
“We’ll play-action, we’ll throw it deep. All our guys have got good arms and we’ll stretch the field. The plan doesn’t change,” he said. “We’ll do what we need to do to get some guys downfield.”
As for the low hit that had him so fired up, McElwain said he did not blame the North Texas coaches.
“No bad blood there at the end at all,” he said, though still clearly frustrated. “I’m sure, like I said, their guy was probably just trying to make a play. They’ve been called on it a couple times in previous games, but it’s not something they coach, I know that.”
