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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2015 14:31:58 GMT -5
I rewatched the Ole Miss game this morning. How awesome was the goal line stand in the second half when the D held Ole Miss to a FG? The Rebs had 1st and goal on the 1 yard line, but lost yardage on 3 successive running plays. Jarrad Davis made back to back outstanding plays shooting the gap to hit the ball carrier for losses. I can't remember a Gators goal line stand any better going back to the two goal line stands UF had against OU in the 08 BCSNCG. With the 1st and goal at the 1, this was probably better. There hasn't been much written about it, but that was awesome. The Gators stonewalled the Rebs.
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Post by lz2112 on Oct 5, 2015 14:53:47 GMT -5
Unfortunately, I can't watch GatorVision. The player only works in IE, and even then it crashes. Wish they'd post them on Youtube.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2015 17:44:46 GMT -5
Unfortunately, I can't watch GatorVision. The player only works in IE, and even then it crashes. Wish they'd post them on Youtube. This should be it in YouTube:
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2015 17:50:28 GMT -5
From Gatorzone:
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The phrase is one that has crept into the collective lexicon of the Florida Gators, courtesy of Coach Jim McElwain, who at age 53 and nearing three decades in the profession is all too familiar with the way things used to be.
"Restore the order."
“For a long time, there were the Gators. We were right up there at the top of the order,” McElwain explained Monday. “Yet, for some reason, the order has been skewed.”
The reasons, of course, aren’t that hard to figure out.
The “order” began with Steve Spurrier’s 122 victories, six Southeastern Conference titles and one national championship over 12 seasons. It took a step back under Ron Zook, but was awakened by Urban Meyer and his 65 wins, two league crowns and two national titles in six seasons before going dormant again with Will Muschamp on the sidelines the last four years.
If anyone had forgotten what the “Gator Order” looked like, it was on full display Saturday night in a 38-10 undressing of then-No. 3 Ole Miss, as the largest crowd to come to The Swamp in three years roared with delight. The game was a wire-to-wire dismantling of an opponent praised as a national championship contender. As such, the Gators (5-0, 3-0) rocketed 11 spots up in the polls and now get to see if their new-found prosperity travels when they take on Missouri (4-1, 1-1) Saturday night at Memorial Stadium.
The game will start a run of three straight games (plus an open date) that Florida will be away from home. The Gators don't come back to Ben Hill Griffin Stadium until Nov. 7.
Then again, if your place in the so-called "order" is a lofty one, venue should not matter.
“I grew up an Ohio State fan, so I remember getting beat by Florida in the [2006] national championship,” said fifth-year senior offensive tackle Mason Halter, who played the last four years at Fordham before coming to UF as a graduate-school transfer. “Florida’s a top-tier team to me and, obviously, for the past few years, it hasn’t been.”
This week, McElwain figures to remind his players that Missouri, the two-time defending SEC East Division champion, has had a starring role in reducing the Gators‘ relevance, both regionally and nationally.
In 2013, UF ventured to Columbia, Mo., for the first time and promptly surrendered 500 yards of offense to a Tigers team led by true freshman quarterback Maty Mauk. The Gators, meanwhile, gained just 151. Mizzou won easily 36-17.
In 2014, the Tigers came to Florida Field as UF’s homecoming opponent and needed about 15 seconds to reverse the roles. Mizzou returned the opening kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown. It later added an 82-yard punt return for a touchdown. Oh, and a 21-yard fumble return for a touchdown and 46-yard interception return for a touchdown. The Tigers managed -- get this -- just seven first downs and 117 yards of offense, yet handed the Gators an embarrassing 42-13 defeat that marked the program's most lopsided home loss in 35 years.
“We weren’t expecting things to play out like that, but they did,” junior safety Marcus Maye said. “This is a new year, a new team.”
Is it ever.
A week after missing some 25 tackles in a dramatic 28-27 home victory over Tennessee, the Gators reintroduced some basic, fundamental tackling drills -- stuff they do during two-a-days -- at practice in the run-up to facing Ole Miss. The results were astounding, as Florida completely stifled the Rebels, who came into the game leading the SEC in total offense and scoring by turning four turnovers into 19 points and leaning on a ferocious pass rush.
Offensively, UF got four touchdown passes against Ole Miss from redshirt freshman quarterback Will Grier, who engineered a unit that went 5-for-5 in the red zone (with three touchdowns), converted eight of 16 third-down opportunities and did not turn the ball over.
“We still have far to go,” McElwain said.
True that. The Gators rank 10th in the SEC in total offense (394.2 yards per game) and sixth in passing (253.6 ypg), but that’s lightyears ahead of the 117th and 120th, respectively -- out of 128 FBC programs -- the offense aggregately rated nationally during Muschamp’s four seasons.
But now that unit will go up against Missouri, noted for its inspired, on-point defense during Coach Gary Pinkel's tenure. The Tigers check in with a defense that rates No. 1 in the league in scoring (12.0 points per game) and total yards (263.6). Senior linebacker Kentrell Brothers leads the SEC in tackles with 59, while freshman lineman Walter Brady is tied for third in sacks with five.
Offensively, Mizzou suspended Mauk for last week’s game and turned to true freshman Drew Lock, who helped guide the Tigers to a 24-10 home win against South Carolina. Lock hit 21-of-28 passes for 136 yards and two touchdown. He'll be under center again this weekend.
Pinkel said Monday that Mauk remains suspended and that Lock will start against the Gators.
Collectively, the Tigers rate last in the league in total offense (322.4 yards per game) and rushing (119.4 ypg) -- compared to a Florida defense now fifth overall in the SEC (304.2) -- but Missouri’s defense is an opportunistic bunch. Its nine turnovers (3rd in the league) have helped a struggling offense with short fields.
Florida has shown its resiliency (in a 13-point comeback in the fourth quarter against Tennessee) and its ability to dominate (against Ole Miss), but both of those instances occurred at home. UF’s lone road trip in five games thus far was a toothache performance in a 14-9 escape act at Kentucky.
Whatever the Gators have earned to date will be put on the line this weekend in an unfriendly environment.
“It should be a fun week for us and yet, we’ll see how our guys handle the success ... what little success it is,” McElwain said. “See where we’re [at] as a program. This will be a great, great challenge. It will be a lot of fun. That’s why you come to the University of Florida, is playing games like this. We’ll see how they handle it.”
And thus see where the Gators fit in the order.
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Post by lz2112 on Oct 6, 2015 0:09:17 GMT -5
I rewatched the Ole Miss game this morning. How awesome was the goal line stand in the second half when the D held Ole Miss to a FG? The Rebs had 1st and goal on the 1 yard line, but lost yardage on 3 successive running plays. Jarrad Davis made back to back outstanding plays shooting the gap to hit the ball carrier for losses. I can't remember a Gators goal line stand any better going back to the two goal line stands UF had against OU in the 08 BCSNCG. With the 1st and goal at the 1, this was probably better. There hasn't been much written about it, but that was awesome. The Gators stonewalled the Rebs. Mac talked about it. And it was amazing. Each play they lost a little more than the previous one. I am surprised that didn't try to hit Tredwell at least once.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2015 8:46:22 GMT -5
I rewatched the Ole Miss game this morning. How awesome was the goal line stand in the second half when the D held Ole Miss to a FG? The Rebs had 1st and goal on the 1 yard line, but lost yardage on 3 successive running plays. Jarrad Davis made back to back outstanding plays shooting the gap to hit the ball carrier for losses. I can't remember a Gators goal line stand any better going back to the two goal line stands UF had against OU in the 08 BCSNCG. With the 1st and goal at the 1, this was probably better. There hasn't been much written about it, but that was awesome. The Gators stonewalled the Rebs. Mac talked about it. And it was amazing. Each play they lost a little more than the previous one. I am surprised that didn't try to hit Tredwell at least once. The Rebs have a good TE too. They could have faked the handoff and hit the TE over the middle like we did on our second TD in the 1st quarter. It would have worked as we sold out to stop the run. That was some strange play calling by the Ole Miss coaching staff.
Insofar as Laquon Treadwell is concerned. Quincy Wilson and Jalen Tabor owned Treadwell the whole game. Quincy got in his face a couple of times. I thought the refs were going to flag him for taunting, but they let it pass. I wish he wouldn't get in the habit of doing that. The refs probably won't ignore taunting on an opponents home field.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2015 10:54:47 GMT -5
Will Grier - Davey O'Brien QB of the Week:
daveyobrienaward.org/2015/10/floridas-grier-voted-quarterback-of-the-week/
FORT WORTH, Texas (Oct. 6, 2015) – After leading Florida to an upset win over No. 3 Ole Miss, redshirt freshman Will Grier has been named the Davey O’Brien Quarterback of the Week for week five of the college football season.
Grier, who battled the flu during the week, connected on a career-high four touchdown passes and had just five incompletions (24 of 29, 271 yards) in a 38-10 triumph over the Rebels. All four of his scoring strikes came in the first half as Florida built a 25-0 halftime lead.
The 38 points scored were the third-most ever by the Gators against an opponent ranked among the nation’s top three. It was the fourth time this season that Grier has thrown multiple touchdown passes, and was his second straight game with at least 250 passing yards.
The native of Davidson, N.C., currently ranks among the nation’s top 20 in three statistical categories–touchdown passes (T-15th, 10), points responsible for (T-17th, 72) and completion percentage (20th, .672).
He is the second freshman to win the Davey O’Brien Quarterback of the Week award this season, joining UCLA’s Josh Rosen (Sept. 9). In addition, Grier is the first SEC quarterback to take home the honor since Mississippi State’s Dak Prescott on Oct. 7, 2014.
All 128 FBS quarterbacks are eligible for the weekly award, which is determined by a subset of the Davey O’Brien National Selection Committee. The other “Great 8” quarterbacks in week five were: Kyle Allen of Texas A&M, Arizona State’s Mike Bercovici, Trevone Boykin of TCU, Western Kentucky’s Brandon Doughty, Blake Frohnapfel of UMass, Seth Russell of Baylor and Houston’s Greg Ward Jr.
The Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award winner will be announced on Dec. 10 during ESPN’s The Home Depot College Football Awards. The winner is not required to have won a weekly award during the season. A list of 16 semifinalists for the award will be announced on Nov. 2, while the three finalists will be named on Nov. 24.
2015 Week-by-Week Winners: Sept. 9 – Josh Rosen (UCLA) Sept. 15 – Matt Johnson (Bowling Green) Sept. 22 – Baker Mayfield (Oklahoma) Sept. 29 – Trevone Boykin (TCU) Oct. 6 – Will Grier (Florida)
–www.DaveyOBrien.org–
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2015 11:39:26 GMT -5
Florida coach Jim McElwain talks up Missouri Tigers
By Robbie Andreu Staff writer
Published: Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at 12:08 p.m.
It has become clear this week that a big part of Florida’s motivation for Saturday’s game with Missouri has to do with the recent history of the brief series. In the past two seasons, the Tigers won both games by a combined score of 72-30. Some of the UF players talked about it Tuesday.
UF coach Jim McElwain referred to it Wednesday on the SEC coaches’ teleconference with a comment that obviously is intended to motivate the Gators.
“I want to see how engaged and kind of the framework for where we are at as far as going into this game,” McElwain said. “Obviously, against a team on the road that’s a two-time defending (Eastern Division) champ. Based on history, I’m sure they’ve got pretty good confidence that they’ll put it on the Gators.
“It’s one of those deals where I’m sure, based on that history, they feel pretty good about us being their homecoming (opponent).”
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2015 21:11:48 GMT -5
I can't stand the thought of playing Miami. Why can't this game be a nice intersectional matchup like Texas or Oklahoma?:
The Florida Gators and Miami Hurricanes are close to signing a deal to open the football season in Orlando’s Citrus Bowl in 2019, the Orlando Sentinel has learned.
Although the deal has not yet been signed and a last-minute snag in negotiations is always a possibility, it certainly appears the Gators and Hurricanes will renew their once-annual rivalry for the first time since 2013.
Florida-Miami would also be another premier neutral site game for the Citrus Bowl, which will host Florida State-Ole Miss next season and Alabama-Louisville in 2018. Florida Citrus Sports is also apparently in negotiations to bring a marquee college football match-up to the Citrus Bowl in 2017.
“While we won’t comment on this report, we’re always exploring future scheduling options,” UF spokesperson Steve McClain told the Orlando Sentinel. Miami athletics director Blake James told the Sun Sentinel there have been conversations with Florida and he’s always been open to the idea of playing the Gators again, but there is no contract yet.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2015 21:23:14 GMT -5
By Robbie Andreu Staff writer
Published: Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at 7:58 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at 7:58 p.m.
For a team that’s just gone through a rugged stretch of three consecutive SEC games, the Florida Gators are in remarkably good health heading into Saturday’s game at Missouri.
The only starter expected to miss the game is outside linebacker Alex Anzalone, who has been out the past three games after injuring his shoulder in the East Carolina game.
UF coach Jim McElwain said Anzalone is making good progress toward a return.
“Anzalone is doing better,” he said. “Obviously, still in the sling, the difference in having to put duct tape on it instead of gorilla glue. That’s a good thing.”
McElwain said tight end C’yontai Lewis (hand) got some reps in practice Wednesday, but probably is doubtful for Saturday’s game. Linebacker Jeremi Powell (foot) is questionable and safety Marcell Harris is probable.
Freshman defensive back Chris Williamson pulled a leg muscle Wednesday and his status is uncertain for Saturday, McElwain said.
Offensive linemen Travaris Dorsey and Kavaris Harkless are expected to return next week. McElwain did not reveal their injuries.
McElwain credits the overall good physical shape of the team to Mike Kent and the strength staff, along with the work put in by the players in the offseason.
“There are a lot of things that go unnoticed and I think one of those is how quickly our guys adapted to coach Kent and his staff,” McElwain said. “The position-specific conditioning that we do that pertains to them being successful to play their position and more so their investment in it. The way that they have attacked.
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