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Post by bamorin on Nov 1, 2015 7:39:21 GMT -5
Y'all are looking for that rubber match against LSU......ain't ya
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2015 8:30:38 GMT -5
Congrats to UF on a thorough win. You wonder what might have been had uga's receivers been able to hold onto passes (I counted at least 3 1st half drops, and thought for being thrown into a fire that their qb threw well), but the gator d scored a td, set up a couple others, and was relentless all day long. Impressive. I think the poodles left a certain TD on the field. Beyond that, I don't think the other drops would have mattered the way the UF defense was playing. UF PK woes continued as Austin Hardin missed a field goal and had an extra point kicked so low that it was blocked. If UF makes its kicks and UGALY hits that TD pass, this was a 31-10 game with the Gators having a +4 turnover margin, 5 to 1. That's about what the stats reflect.
I've got to compliment Mark Richt. He came in with a plan that didn't involve any shenanigans. It didn't work, but he did the best he could with his Chubbless offense. Nick Chubb has been the difference in what UGALY was before his injury to imploding like they did yesterday.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2015 8:41:42 GMT -5
Y'all are looking for that rubber match against LSU......ain't ya
I don't think it matters to UF who gets to Atlanta from the West. The Gators have to take one game at a time and get better from day to day and week to week to have a chance to win whether its a rematch with LSU or Ole Miss or a familiar SECCG faceoff with bama. The key will be QB Treon Harris not hitting a ceiling. The Gators haven't performed as well offensively with him at the controls as when Will Grier was playing. With Harris, it's like UF is getting ready to play its 3rd game of the season offensively. The following from Gatorzone explains it about as accurately as you will find anywhere:
By SCOTT CARTER GatorZone.com Senior Writer
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The unexpected season marches on.
The trudge Saturday took the Gators on a familiar path, one with a few speed bumps and tricky turns.
And yet for the seventh time in eight games, Florida navigated its way to a victory in the first season of head coach Jim McElwain.
The Gators just keep finding ways to win, defeating Georgia 27-3 here Saturday at EverBank Field. When it was over, the red-and-black side of the stadium was mostly empty.
Meanwhile, the orange-and-blue side yelled its approval as the No. 11-ranked Gators knocked off the Bulldogs for a second consecutive season. It felt a little like old times when the Gators dominated this border rivalry under Steve Spurrier and Urban Meyer and often used a victory over Georgia as a late-season boost toward something bigger down the road.
The Gators (7-1, 5-1) need only to defeat Vanderbilt next Saturday at The Swamp -- the Commodores lost 34-0 Saturday at Houston -- to clinch the SEC East title.
Yes, their first East crown since 2009, a trip to Atlanta that ended with a loss to eventual national champion Alabama with McElwain calling plays for the Crimson Tide in a coaches booth at the Georgia Dome.
Florida fans are grateful McElwain is now in charge of the Gators and truth be told, he has made a bigger difference in Year 1 than probably anyone had a right to expect.
Florida won 11 games in two seasons before McElwain was lured from Colorado State to take over a program that needed fresh blood.
The Gators matched last season's win total with Saturday's dominant performance over Georgia, and by now, no one should be surprised if the Gators match their number of victories over the last two seasons by season's end.
The turnaround has turned McElwain into a national Coach of the Year candidate and the Gators into potential playoff participant should they continue to pull out wins regardless of style points.
"The guys grew from it,'' junior cornerback Vernon Hargreaves III said of the 11-13 record his first two years on campus. "It actually helped us a lot. I'm glad we went through it actually because I think it's kind of turning up this year. We've still got a lot to finish, but ultimately, I think it helped us."
The formula for victory Saturday included an early break when defensive back Nick Washington recovered a muffed punt by Georgia's Reggie Davis in the end zone.
Both offenses struggled to do much but Washington's score gave Florida a 6-0 lead on the final play of the first quarter.
"For us, getting off to a fast start is key,'' McElwain said. "We seem to feed off that."
Sophomore quarterback Treon Harris making his second consecutive start against Georgia, did not get off to a fast start. He completed his first two passes of the game, but then missed nine in a row.
The streak ended when Harris scrambled from the pocket and lofted an across-the-body pass over the head of Georgia safety Johnathan Abram into the hands of Antonio Callaway.
Callaway raced to the end zone for a 66-yard touchdown and 13-0 Gators lead. The Gators scored again less than three minutes later after Hargreaves' interception set up Kelvin Taylor's 3-yard scoring run.
Suddenly, Florida entered the locker room at halftime with a 20-0 lead and Georgia never seriously threatened to get back into the game.
The Florida defense finished with four interceptions, Taylor rushed for a season-high 121 yards, and Harris did just enough (8 of 19 for 155 yards, one touchdown, 39 yards rushing) to improve to 2-0 against Georgia in his career.
Once again, the Gators won a game in whatever fashion they had to win it. That's a sign of good coaching and a confident team.
"Our guys believe,'' McElwain said. "They invest and they are doing it the right way."
Since the day McElwain arrived, his message has been the same to the players: take care of the small details and the big things take care of themselves.
Not even the midseason suspension of starting quarterback Will Grier seemed to shake McElwain's belief in his team.
Still, saying it and doing it are two completely different beasts. Eight games into his tenure the players are clearly doing it, even if McElwain apologizes such as Saturday for the way it looked.
"It wasn't fancy by any stretch of the imagination,'' he said.
The Gators are staying in the moment, focused on those little details. The process is one McElwain mentions often. Real often.
It starts on Sunday night when the team holds its family dinner, carries over into Monday meetings and practice, and repeats itself until they show up on Saturday for a game.
"We just talk about the day,'' senior defensive lineman Jonathan Bullard said. "We don't talk about the next game, the next game. We talk about getting better now to win Saturday. When it works guys buy in fast."
Take Taylor as an example. He rushed for just 25 yards on 15 carries in a 35-28 loss at LSU two weeks ago. He spent last week focused on doing his part to help the Gators win Saturday. He wanted to run more physical, hit holes when they opened, and finish off runs strong.
In other words, the little things that can perhaps make a big difference as the team's primary ball carrier.
"I feel like I'm a really good running back,'' he said. "It was time for me to start making plays."
He did. So did the Gators.
That's been the story of the season.
McElwain dumped Georgia from his mind as soon as he walked off the field Saturday. He now has Vanderbilt between the ears.
The process gets rebooted that fast.
"We can't fall off,'' McElwain said.
You think Taylor has bought in?
"The guy is a wonderful coach,'' he said.
For those who haven't been paying close attention as Florida's surprising season marched toward November's stretch run, they are now.
Responding to a question, McElwain said Saturday he believed the Gators could make it to Atlanta in his first season, adding he didn't show up to lose. But to get there, the message at Sunday's dinner must be the same. And then followed.
Stay in the moment. The rest will take care of itself.
"As soon as you start looking down the road, you run a stop sign,'' McElwain said. "That's when you get blasted."
Florida's unexpected season marches on. One moment and one step at a time.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2015 10:34:37 GMT -5
It would be interesting to see the Gainesville Sun run this poll again during FSU week:
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2015 12:00:55 GMT -5
Vanderbilt at Florida next weekend will be televised at noon ET on ESPN. By 3:15 ET, the Gators will officially be SEC East champion with its ticket punched for the SECCG in the Florida Dome in Atlanta:
Gators Football Verified account @gatorsfb Just announced: Vanderbilt at Florida next week will be at noon ET/11am CT on @espn #VANDYvsUF
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2015 9:18:18 GMT -5
Final results of the Gainesville Sun poll:
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Post by mscott59 on Nov 2, 2015 10:21:16 GMT -5
no offense, but why is tennessee on that list? i didn't even think that game registered for either fan base beyond the normal importance of league/division except for the days of manning/wuerffel.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2015 12:27:04 GMT -5
Final results of the Gainesville Sun poll:
no offense, but why is tennessee on that list? i didn't even think that game registered for either fan base beyond the normal importance of league/division except for the days of manning/wuerffel. UT shouldn't have been a pick. When a team loses 11 straight to the other team, it's no longer a rivalry. In the 90s, quite a few Gator fans would have voted for Tennessee when the SEC East came down to UF or UT every year.
LSU being UF's permanent cross over opponent is a big game too, but not a rivalry.
For most Gators, UF has 2 rivals, UGALY and FSU.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2015 12:48:37 GMT -5
Florida's Depth Chart for Vanderbilt:
1. 55 Thomas Holley 6-3 - 320 RFR adds depth at DT 2. 23 Jeremi Powell 6-0 - 224 RJR adds depth at LB - Injured his leg against UGA, but I haven't seen an injury update.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2015 15:24:44 GMT -5
Injury Update:
1. Jeremi Powell is good to go 2. David Sharpe is in a boot and will probably miss this week 3. Martez Ivey has a swollen knee, will have an MRI when the swelling goes down and is maybe out this week
The significance of Sharpe and Ivey is they are the left side starters on the OL. Mac just said man down, man up. Building OL depth has been ongoing since last spring so I think the Gators will shift some players around and add someone into the mix.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2015 15:27:22 GMT -5
Florida at South Carolina will be a second straight noon ET game with it to be decided if the game will be on ESPN or ESPN2:
The SEC Office on Monday announced the start times and television networks that will televise its games of Saturday, November 14. Florida will travel to South Carolina for a noon kickoff with the TV network still to be determined.
SEC Football Schedule - Nov. 14, 2015 DATE TIME (ET) GAME (NETWORK) Sat., Nov. 14 12:00 p.m. North Texas at Tennessee (SEC Network) Sat., Nov. 14 12:00 p.m. Georgia at Auburn (CBS) Sat., Nov. 14 12:00 p.m. Florida at South Carolina* (ESPN or ESPN2) Sat., Nov. 14 3:30 p.m. or 7:15 p.m. Arkansas at LSU# (CBS or ESPN or ESPN2) Sat., Nov. 14 3:30 p.m. or 7:15 p.m. Alabama at Mississippi State# (CBS or ESPN or ESPN2) Sat., Nov. 14 4:00 p.m. Kentucky at Vanderbilt (SEC Network) Sat., Nov. 14 7:00 p.m. Western Carolina at Texas A&M (ESPNU) Sat., Nov. 14 7:30 p.m. Brigham Young at Missouri, in Kansas City (SEC Network)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2015 15:56:14 GMT -5
Antonio Morrison is SEC Defensive Player of the Week:
University of Florida linebacker Antonio Morrison has been named the Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Week, the league announced on Monday.
Morrison led the way for the Gator defense on Saturday with six tackles, four of those being unassisted. The senior linebacker anchored the defensive unit that only allowed the Bulldogs to gain 223 yards of total offense. Defensively, UF held Georgia to only three points in the contest, which was the fewest since 1984.
The Bellwood, Ill. product was also honored with the SEC Defensive Player of the Week after UF’s 38-10 victory over Ole Miss on October 3.
Up next, the Gators host the Vanderbilt Commodores at Florida Field on Saturday at noon. The Florida Homecoming matchup with be broadcasted on ESPN.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2015 14:37:37 GMT -5
The Florida Football team returns to The Swamp for Homecoming this week, hosting the Vanderbilt Commodores on Saturday at 12:00pm ET. The game can be seen live on television, online, and via mobile devices, and the audio broadcast is also available in multiple formats.
TV ESPN
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Pre-Game Coverage Begins at 9:00am Gator IMG Sports Network (Station List)
Sirius Ch. 83 | XM Ch. 190
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AudioNow Listen via phone call; synch with TV broadcast. More info.
TV Replays Mon. 11/9 – 12:30pm – SEC Network
Tues. 11/10 – 12:00am – SEC Network
Thurs. 11/12 – 3:00am – SEC Network
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2015 16:07:19 GMT -5
Will Grier filed his appeal of his suspension with the NCAA this morning. It would be a big deal to have the suspension reduced to just the games in the 15 season. The sky is the limit with Will back at QB to open the 16 season:
Written by Nick de la Torre, November 4, 2015
Will Grier’s appeal of a year-long suspension for violating the NCAA’s policy on performance-enhancing drugs has been filed, a source told GatorCountry.com.
Grier’s suspension was announced on October 12 and the redshirt freshman quarterback quickly sought representation through Morgan & Morgan as well as Clay Townsend — a graduate of the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law — to help him through the appeal process.
Grier is facing a 12-month ban from intercollegiate sports for his positive test, a suspension that would keep him off the field for the remainder of this season as well as the first six games of the 2016 season.
The NCAA performs year-round testing for student-athletes and the nature of the testing is done in a way to make it unpredictable and hard for an individual to cheat. Each test is done with little or no advance warning.
Upon testing positive, the athlete has 45 days to file documents that will be used in the appeals process. Hiring outside counsel, which Grier did, typically sets back the process as the athlete and their representation gather all of the necessary paperwork and documentation needed to argue their appeal to the NCAA committee.
Sources told Gator Country that the University of Florida, Jim McElwain, Jeremy Foley and the UAA have been behind Grier since the beginning of this process and continue to support him throughout the appeals process.
Athletes can appeal a suspension on two grounds; they can question how the test sample was collected or appeal based on knowledge grounds, stating that the athlete didn’t know that what he was taking was banned or contained a banned substance in it.
In October, a somber Grier admitted to taking a supplement. That takes the first argument off the table and Grier’s approach will be on knowledge grounds. This means that Grier will need to show that he did not know nor did he have a reasonable expectation of knowing that somebody else was giving him the banned substance, or that a school official incorrectly told him it was acceptable.
Grier will argue that he was given information that the supplement he took was indeed cleared by the NCAA and hope to have his suspension mitigated, enabling him to play at the beginning of the 2016 season. His attorneys have hired experts to help aid them in proving that Grier had no knowledge that the supplement he took contained a banned substance. Additionally, Grier and his representation will argue that the policy that the NCAA holds student-athletes — which is congruent to the standard that Florida adopts — to is too harsh.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2015 16:57:05 GMT -5
Look for Vandy and future opponents to put a spy on Treon Harris. They can't afford to let Treon get out of the pocket and extend plays. This from Gatorzone:
Wednesday November 4, 2015 Harris Quickly Stabilized Gators when Opportunity Arrived
By SCOTT CARTER GatorZone.com Senior Writer
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – In the past three weeks Treon Harris has gone from the bench to potentially leading the Gators to an SEC East title on Saturday when Vanderbilt stops by.
Harris is rarely a picture of perfection when he drops back to pass, but if we’ve learned anything about the sophomore from Miami during his UF career, never count him out.
You never know what’s going to happen as a play unfolds with Harris gripping the ball.
“He is doing a wonderful job of extending plays,’’ Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason said Wednesday. “We’re going to look to cage the rabbit the best we can.”
Georgia had Harris caged for much of the first half last weekend until Harris drifted from the pocket and hit Antonio Callaway in stride for a 66-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter. Florida’s offense was as stagnant as a covered swimming pool when Harris took the snap.
He had missed nine consecutive passes and the game’s only score to that point was Gators defensive back Nick Washington’s recovery of a muffed punt in the end zone.
And then Treon did what Treon does. As Callaway darted from his position in the slot and turned outside and then upfield, Harris lobbed a perfectly placed spiral into Callaway’s arms.
The Gators never looked back in their 27-3 win as Harris improved to 2-0 against the Bulldogs.
“Treon’s got a great understanding of where guys are going to be,’’ Florida coach Jim McElwain said. “It’s been a positive for us obviously and we hope it continues.”
Despite the midseason quarterback change as a result of Will Grier’s suspension for testing positive for a substance banned by the NCAA, the Gators quickly stabilized when Harris took over. Florida lost at LSU in Harris’ first start – he threw for a career-high 271 yards – but the game was competitive and came down to the final moments.
Harris finished 8 of 19 for 155 yards and a touchdown in the victory over Georgia, causing Florida fans angst as he missed those nine consecutive passes early. Still, he made enough plays to make a difference.
That is the Harris Way. He has completed 44 of 78 attempts for a less-than-ideal 56.4-percent completion rate. However, of his 44 completions, 12 have gone for 20 or more yards (27.3 percent).
Harris’ big-play ability is derived primarily from his elusiveness and ability to run.
“The guy trusts his legs,’’ teammate Kelvin Taylor said. “He's a very mobile quarterback and he knows how to throw on the run.”
Harris also avoids turnovers. He lost a fumble against Georgia, but Harris has thrown five touchdowns and no interceptions.
That trait could be his most important as Florida (7-1, 5-1), No. 10 in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season unveiled Tuesday night, tries to keep the magic alive.
Harris has impressed McElwain with his decision-making to avoid costly mistakes.
“In our case, he has been using his feet as his check-down, which has been very effective for us,” McElwain said. “As time goes on and people get us on film, maybe applying an extra guy or spy to him will help us on the outside create some throwing lanes.”
“We are kind of developing as we go with him behind center. I’m going to say this: He’s been playing really good, he’s confident in what he’s doing, and he’s done a really good job of learning the plans. Harris enters Saturday’s game against the Commodores with a 6-3 record as Florida’s starting quarterback.
As Harris and Grier battled for the starter’s job in preseason camp, the Gators already knew what it took McElwain and the new coaching staff to learn.
“He never complained, never doubted himself,’’ junior cornerback Vernon Hargreaves III said. “He always knew he was going to get his shot and he's taking full advantage of it.”
The Gators hope the best is yet to come.
“The more he plays, the more he gets to evaluate and see on film and make some tweaks here and there,’’ McElwain said. “We’ll continue to grow with him and our team believes in him, and that’s something that is invaluable, especially with the quarterback position.”
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