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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2016 12:02:21 GMT -5
UF is wearing all orange today. It's the same combo worn at LSU two weeks ago.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2016 12:06:48 GMT -5
Nick Washington has been upgraded from doubtful to a game time decision. Without him, UF won't be able to play the nickel.
Jarrad Davis is going to try to play. At the least, he should be able to give a breather to our Baby Gators.
Cyontai Lewis was listed as doubtful, but he was running around the Florida Dome yesterday.
Getting two defensive starters back would be huge. Lewis has been more productive than Goolsby since Goolsby came back from injury so that is a big deal too.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2016 14:14:55 GMT -5
2 more D Gators not mentioned above with Davis and Washington will be active today, Bryan Cox Jr. and Daniel McMillian. If these guys can give 85%, this could be a better game than most people think possible. These are the most Gators on D since before the at Arkansas game:
With the SEC championship on the line and a tough opponent ahead, Florida needs as many of its injured players on the field as possible. Count these three defensive players in. According to Graham Hall of the Gainesville Sun, linebackers Jarrad Davis and Daniel McMillian, as well as defensive lineman Bryan Cox Jr., will be active for the Gators on Saturday against Alabama.
It was known Davis would be active after Florida coach Jim McElwain announced the good news for the linebacker on Friday. McMillian’s status was day-to-day as he dealt with a shoulder injury. Cox was also dealing with an ankle injury. According to another report from Hall, Florida may also have starting safety Nick Washington active for Saturday’s game. The Gators’ defense has a tough task ahead with Alabama’s offense. The two teams are set to kick off in Atlanta at 4 p.m. ET on CBS.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2016 9:34:49 GMT -5
Bryan Cox Jr. didn't play. Nick Washington didn't play. Duke Dawson didn't play.
Daniel McMillian played. Jarrad Davis played, but he was a shell of himself. He hurt his ankle again in the 2nd half. I hope it doesn't keep him out of the bowl game.
On the bowl game, I keep hearing a match with Nebraska in the Outback.
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Post by trnyerheadncough on Dec 4, 2016 22:04:00 GMT -5
and to add my 2 cents worth, if not for all those injuries to starters, lsu would NOT have been a nail biter , the noles would have had their hands more than full and Bama would have to bring their A game to Atlanta. Jus' sayin'. 100% agree with that too. The debacle at Arkansas wouldn't have happened and who knows what would have happened at UT had Luke Del Rio not been injured. Up until his injury, Del Rio was showing good QB skills. So many Baby Gators got their baptism of fire in the piggie game. Trn said 7-5, 8-4 being overly optimistic, and UF would lose every big game. Well, we beat UGALY, beat LSU in Red Stick, and won the East so there is that. The Gators didn't lose every big game. Congratulations on the rest of the SEC East sucking ass? You guys are what you were last year.
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Post by lz2112 on Dec 5, 2016 1:47:44 GMT -5
100% agree with that too. The debacle at Arkansas wouldn't have happened and who knows what would have happened at UT had Luke Del Rio not been injured. Up until his injury, Del Rio was showing good QB skills. So many Baby Gators got their baptism of fire in the piggie game. Trn said 7-5, 8-4 being overly optimistic, and UF would lose every big game. Well, we beat UGALY, beat LSU in Red Stick, and won the East so there is that. The Gators didn't lose every big game. Congratulations on the rest of the SEC East sucking ass? You guys are what you were last year. Congrats on sucking less than we did. But we did make it to a CG. If the SEC happens to kick ass in bowls, I'm guessing you will be no where to be found. But since you choose to rub it in in the Gator thread, I suspect I will seek you out should it occur.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2016 10:48:32 GMT -5
100% agree with that too. The debacle at Arkansas wouldn't have happened and who knows what would have happened at UT had Luke Del Rio not been injured. Up until his injury, Del Rio was showing good QB skills. So many Baby Gators got their baptism of fire in the piggie game. Trn said 7-5, 8-4 being overly optimistic, and UF would lose every big game. Well, we beat UGALY, beat LSU in Red Stick, and won the East so there is that. The Gators didn't lose every big game. Congratulations on the rest of the SEC East sucking ass? You guys are what you were last year. A simple I was wrong on the 7-5 prediction would have been sufficient and a proper acknowledgment to the fact of the matter concerning the 8-3 season record which would have been 9-3 had our scrimmage game with Presbyterian not been cancelled. I knew the SEC East sucked and said so when I stated UF wasn't going to finish second or third in the East as projected by the so called experts and you, not even a so called expert. I noticed when you got quieter and quieter as the FSU season tanked from the nolies being a projected top 4 playoff team to just an also ran in conference and in the nation. You were wrong on your UF/FSU predictions X2. To put a cherry on top of the cake, you finished below the Mendoza Line and went 0-8 in your championship week picks. Things couldn't be rosier on the prediction from this morning.
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Post by trnyerheadncough on Dec 5, 2016 11:40:58 GMT -5
Congratulations on the rest of the SEC East sucking ass? You guys are what you were last year. Congrats on sucking less than we did. But we did make it to a CG. If the SEC happens to kick ass in bowls, I'm guessing you will be no where to be found. But since you choose to rub it in in the Gator thread, I suspect I will seek you out should it occur. Nowhere to be found? Holy shit. When have I ever not been here to eat crow when it was warranted? You can't argue that the SEC East was worth a damn this year. You can't argue that UF isn't basically the same team they were last year. Great defense, no offense. I said at the outset of the year that you didn't have any playmakers at wide out other than Callaway. I was wrong there as I think Cleveland is a great player and will be great for you guys in the future. I said you were good at tight end. You were. I said you had a bunch of guys at runningback, but no playmakers. I guess you could argue that Scarlett has been better than just a guy, but the rest of them haven't been anything better than decent. I chose to point it out in the Gator thread because...if you look who I quoted, it was ET who mentioned my name and my prediction. I said 7-5 or 8-4. Your finish was 8-3, but I think we can agree that you'd beat the patsy you cancelled on, so you all would have been 9-3. ET said 10-2 with an outside shot at 11-1. You guys were a helluva lot close to 8-4 than you were to 10-2. This is what I said about you before the year: "QB will be Will Grier level or better and with depth" -- ET's prediction "Disagree. You have better depth insofar as after Grier, you guys had nothing last year, but nobody on the roster right now has Grier's talent except maybe Franks, and he isn't ready. We shall see, but if the guy who starts for you were as good as Will Grier, he'd be starting at the place he transferred in from, not riding the pine as a backup and deciding to transfer to UF." -- My response. So who was right? No doubt...me. Del Rio was average at best, and Appleby wasn't in the same zip code as Grier. Neither was Del Rio. "RB is the strength of the offense" -- ET's prediction "That isn't saying much. Scarlett and Cronkrite are solid, but nothing flashy. 78 carries total last year between the two of them for 338 yards. Nearly 20% of that total came on a 60 yard run by Scarlett against Georgia. Even with the 60 yard run, that's 4.3 ypc. That would be good for 75th in the country in ypc last year. Respectable, but nothing that is gonna scare the hell out of other teams." -- My response. So who was right? I don't know...probably both of us were both right and wrong. RB was the strength of your offense, such that it was, IMO. You averaged just under 130 ypg this year. Good for #113 in the nation. Passing offense was #84 in the nation, with 215 ypg. You average 8 more passing yards per game this year than last year. 8. You average 3 more yards per game rushing the ball this year than last year. 3. Scarlett has 795 yards on the ground this year, and barring a monster bowl game, he isn't going to make 1000. Perine is a good player too, but above average at best, IMO. That's respectable, but nothing that's going to scare the hell out of other teams."OL is deeper, more talented, and more experienced than a year ago" -- ET's Prediction "It has to be deeper, you guys were down to using waterboys after last season. As for talent, I like Ivey, and I think Sharpe is solid, but beyond that...again, not impressed. You guys were dead last in sacks allowed last year. 45. Looking at your depth chart, the right side has a couple of new sophomores. I think you'll be better because it would be hard to be worse." -- My response. I think ET was more right here than I was. You cut down on sacks allowed...25 this year as opposed to 45 last year. You've had a bunch of tough injuries this year too, I think. So you definitely were better, but I wouldn't say that this unit is anything better than average, and is probably below average. WR is at least as good and probably better - Demarcus Robinson is addition by subtraction I would probably agree with this. Getting Callaway back is big. I've never been big on Fulwood...he seems like just a body. Powell is decent. This is a tougher one to answer. I don't think Callaway was anywhere near as dynamic this year as he was last year, and he's had some head scratching boneheaded plays this season. Still a dangerous weapon. Fulwood was the body we expected, and Powell had a few moments, but again, decent. However, I will freely admit that the slight step back for Callaway this year was more than made up for by Cleveland. Kid is a good player, and the deep threat you need. TE is loaded out to 3 deep with playmaking experience Agreed....I like Goolsby. I think your TEs were underutilized this year, IMO. Granted, that could be because of weakness at the QB position. You had more production last year with McGee, Goolsby, and Lewis. More yards, more touchdowns in 2015. It all starts with having a QB(s) who can get the ball into the right hands quickly. That was something UF couldn't do after the Grier suspension. I think it'll take more than that. Trying to run the ball with a short pass game will beat the patsies on the schedule, but isn't going to beat any team with a decent defense. Will Grier had how many 300 yard games last year? Zero. I think you're giving yourselves way too much credit as if you're going to come out and light it up this year. You guys simply don't have the talent yet under center, and the depth on offense. Well, what do we think here? The only team you beat with a decent defense was LSU, although statistically it looks like Georgia was a good defense too. Great win. One more half yard and you'd be 7-4. But your defense made a great play and you're at 8-3. You had 1 single 300 yard passing game this year. The defense will be at least as good as last season. UF was thin at DT and LB last season. When Joey Ivie missed the last 3 games and Jonathan Bullard was playing at reduced capacity due to injury, it showed. Disagree that you'll be at least as good. Bullard and Ivie are gone, and outside of Brantley, you're relying on a couple of RS sophs who haven't played much. If Brantley gets hurt, you're in deep shit. How many times have you lamented the notion of not having enough DTs. You don't have enough DTs. You're thin if nobody gets hurt. You're screwed if someone does. Well, it turns out you didn't have enough DTs. Your defense was statistically better than they were last year, but I think that is a little misleading. Again, just my opinion. Last year, you held FSU to fewer yards, and 2-14 on third down. This year, we converted nearly 65% on third down. This wasn’t a situation where the game was tight until you wore down in the 4th and the score looked bad because of late heroics of Dalvin Cook. Cook had over a hundred yards in the first half. As soon as we made it 17-6, I never thought for a moment we’d lose. This season is a repeat at DT, but LBer is the best depth I can remember in a long time. Yes, you guys are set at linebacker. Bright spot on the team, IMO, outside of kicker. Davis is a beast and is an All-American and he deserves it. Anzalone before he got hurt, was right there with him. Tabor and Wilson are future NFL CBs and UF safeties are talented, experienced, and have depth. The most depth UF has it at DE, absolutely loaded with quality players. One of those guys may have to help the DTs out. I expect the defense to be slightly better than last season. Time will tell. Last year your defense was top 10, and you still had a handful of games that came down to the last minute or two that you were able to pull out.
I’ll eat a little crow on this one as your defense was as good statistically this year as last year. Could just be me, but I just felt like there were chinks in the armor this year. Teams were able to move the ball. What you didn't mention is special teams which is the third phase of the game. UF now has a PK, Eddy Pineiro, who is capable of making FGs from out to 60 yards. Last season, extra points were missed too often and FGs were missed way more often than not. Johnny Townsend is one of the best punters in the nation and he is back for his RJR season. Antonio Callaway is one of the best punt returners in the nation. UF has several guys who can take it the distance on kickoff returns. Both are Brandon James types if you recall that kid from the Urban Meyer era. Yes, your ST will be improved. I (unfortunately) don't see kickoff returns being as much of a factor in college football going forward, but I digress. We agree on Pineiro. Kid brings a spark to the team. Townsend is great…I wish we had him. Callaway didn’t return kicks this year, did he? Thompson did, and he wasn’t great. Just decent. Did you have any kick returns for a touchdown this year. Callaway has had some major mistakes at the PR position. Overall, UF is a better team than the team that went 10-4 last season. The record may not be better, but I have high confidence that the record won't slide down to 7-5 or 8-4. I'm thinking a repeat of 10-2, maybe 11-1 with extreme good luck. IMO, it's not a UF normally strong schedule in that the cup cakes and open dates are well spaced. It provides time for healing if you have injuries. Time will tell which of us is right.Time will definitely tell, but I don't see you as appreciably better than you were last year. You caught a ton of breaks against mediocre teams. You recovered a fumble inside the redzone at the end of the game to hold on against ECU. You grabbed an interception after Kentucky drove to midfield with a minute to go to win by 5. We don't need to discuss Tennessee. You kicked a field goal with just over 2 minutes to go to come from behind to beat Vandy 9-7. FAU took you to overtime. Neither ET or I were right. But, I was a half yard from being right. The moment you guys got your dick knocked in the dirt by Arkansas, the writing was on the wall on ET’s 10-2 prediction. You beat 3 teams with winning records this year. Kentucky, 7-5, Georgia 7-5, and LSU, 7-4.
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Post by trnyerheadncough on Dec 5, 2016 11:45:28 GMT -5
Congratulations on the rest of the SEC East sucking ass? You guys are what you were last year. A simple I was wrong on the 7-5 prediction would have been sufficient and a proper acknowledgment to the fact of the matter concerning the 8-3 season record which would have been 9-3 had our scrimmage game with Presbyterian not been cancelled. I knew the SEC East sucked and said so when I stated UF wasn't going to finish second or third in the East as projected by the so called experts and you, not even a so called expert. I noticed when you got quieter and quieter as the FSU season tanked from the nolies being a projected top 4 playoff team to just an also ran in conference and in the nation. You were wrong on your UF/FSU predictions X2. To put a cherry on top of the cake, you finished below the Mendoza Line and went 0-8 in your championship week picks. Things couldn't be rosier on the prediction from this morning. As I said to Lz, maybe it would have been nice to point out that your own 10-2, 11-1 prediction was equally incorrect, instead of merely pointing out the fact that I was off by a half yard in the LSU game. I haven't been quiet. I've been duking it out on the other board, but I'll freely admit this season wasn't nearly what I thought it would be for the Noles. We were significantly worse on defense than I thought we'd be, although our offense is about what I expected. Francois has been a very nice surprise in his first year. Dalvin Cook is one of the best, if not the best in FSU history. Our offensive line has been...well, offensive. Yeah, I can't believe the epic collapse on the last week of the season. I had two such strong weeks and I thought I might be able to stay above the water line...only to tank the last week of the season. C'est la vie.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2016 9:51:23 GMT -5
Geoff Collins, UF DC, will be named Temple's new head coach:
I'll be surprised if Randy Shannon isn't named the new UF DC. I think he already carried an associate head coach title. There would be no drop off, changes, or affects on recruiting with that move.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2016 12:42:36 GMT -5
UF's 2017 Football Schedule:
I like this schedule a lot thanks to LSU's stupidity. Go ahead and pencil in the SECCG. Nobody in the East is going to beat us and we get both West foes, LSU and aTm, in The Swamp. I like Northern Colorado before Tennessee, the bye week before UGALY, and UAB before FSU. This is a really good schedule with two top ooc teams, Michigan and FSU.
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Post by trnyerheadncough on Dec 29, 2016 23:46:23 GMT -5
Congratulations on the rest of the SEC East sucking ass? You guys are what you were last year. Congrats on sucking less than we did. But we did make it to a CG. If the SEC happens to kick ass in bowls, I'm guessing you will be no where to be found. But since you choose to rub it in in the Gator thread, I suspect I will seek you out should it occur. We're at the halfway mark and I'm here to chat about the SEC's dominance this bowl season if you still wanted to...
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Post by lz2112 on Dec 30, 2016 1:50:04 GMT -5
Congrats on sucking less than we did. But we did make it to a CG. If the SEC happens to kick ass in bowls, I'm guessing you will be no where to be found. But since you choose to rub it in in the Gator thread, I suspect I will seek you out should it occur. We're at the halfway mark and I'm here to chat about the SEC's dominance this bowl season if you still wanted to... It ain't looking too good so far is it. And since you once again chose to rub it in, I have some extra "can be a dickhead" stock cached. Even if it's not this year. You've known me for 10 years or so, and I rarely do the braggart bullshit, but if the situation arises, I can make an exception for you.
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Post by trnyerheadncough on Dec 30, 2016 7:11:55 GMT -5
We're at the halfway mark and I'm here to chat about the SEC's dominance this bowl season if you still wanted to... It ain't looking too good so far is it. And since you once again chose to rub it in, I have some extra "can be a dickhead" stock cached. Even if it's not this year. You've known me for 10 years or so, and I rarely do the braggart bullshit, but if the situation arises, I can make an exception for you. Nor do I. I make it a point to call'em as I see'em and give credit where it is due...even when it is my team that is on the wrong side of a rear end spanking. I chose to rub it in on this occasion since you so pleasantly decided to call me out for.....calling it as I saw it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2017 10:07:41 GMT -5
Good article from floridagators.com summarizing the 30-3 Outback win over Iowa - even with the large amount of injuries, it was a good 9-4 season that would have been back to back 10 win seasons except for the hurricane:
TAMPA, Fla. – It's not too difficult to imagine even the most enthusiastic Gator fan contemplating turning the game off and going outside to perhaps chop down a tree the way Monday's Outback Bowl started for Florida.
First drive, an Austin Appleby pass down the middle is deflected into the air and intercepted. Second drive, an Appleby pass is batted into the air and bounces into the arms of Iowa All-American cornerback Desmond King, who just happened to be down on the ground when the ball fell from the sky.
You had to wonder where this game was headed.
"It was really, really good for our offense not to panic early,'' Appleby said. "And I don't think we did. I'm really thrilled by the way nobody flinched."
Despite the ominous beginning, at the end of a hot January afternoon at Raymond James Stadium, second-year Gators coach Jim McElwain was all wet from a Gatorade bath. The No. 20 Gators (9-4) stormed back to beat No. 21 Iowa (8-5) and avoid another three-game losing streak to end the season.
Finishing strong was much of Florida's focus prior to the 30-3 victory over the Hawkeyes.
The Gators opened the McElwain era with 10 wins in his first 11 games. However, quarterback turnover, rampant injuries and elite competition changed the tone, starting with losses to Florida State, Alabama and a beating from Michigan a year ago in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl.
Florida faced the same scenario Monday coming off losses to Florida State and Alabama. Only difference, this time it was big-and-physical Iowa that stood in the way of a much-needed reversal of storyline.
In the end, the Gators were just better than the Hawkeyes and made more big plays.
Appleby rebounded from the shaky start to throw for 222 yards and two touchdowns, the defense turned in another goal-line stand, kicker Eddy Pineiro kicked three field goals and freshman safety Chauncey Gardner picked off a pair of C.J. Beathard passes, returning one for a 58-yard touchdown.
McElwain, who is 19-8 with a pair of SEC East Division titles in his first two seasons in Gainesville, was clearly pleased at what transpired amidst chatter among fans and media that Iowa cared more about the game than the Gators. The players, too.
"It felt great proving a lot of people wrong,'' sophomore running back Jordan Scarlett said.
"For us to give up two interceptions early in the game like that and hang in there, that says a lot for our resolve,'' McElwain said. "And then to be able to get a couple there late in the game, I think that was really good."
Perhaps most impressive is the way Florida's defense rose to the challenge and prevented Iowa's ground attack from taking charge. The Hawkeyes finished with only 226 yards of total offense – 171 coming on the ground – but kept both 1,000-yard rushers LeShun Daniels Jr. and Akrum Wadley out of the end zone.
They did it without injured linebackers Jarrad Davis, Alex Anzalone and David Reese, without injured safeties Nick Washington and Marcus Maye, and with a limited Bryan Cox at defensive end. Starting linebacker Kylan Johnson also was injured early in Monday's game.
Young players such as Gardner, named the game's MVP, and freshman linebacker Vosean Joseph (career-high seven tackles) and walk-on Cristian Garcia (five tackles) made the difference. The Gators hope they continue to make a difference in the future for a team that is set to lose plenty of talent off the country's No. 6-ranked defense.
"We answered a lot of questions,'' junior safety Marcell Harris said. "A lot of young guys stepped up. They've got great talent. We wanted to finish this season with a statement. We wanted to start 2017 out right. It's a new year."
The Gators enter the offseason with a jolt instead of a thud.
"You know, this was a – still is – a heck of a building process,'' McElwain said. "We're headed toward building it, but we're building it right."
Juniors Caleb Brantley, Quincy Wilson and Teez Tabor are expected to announce their NFL Draft intentions soon, which will impact the rebuild if all three leave. Meanwhile, in his first and last bowl game, Appleby's departure opens the door for new questions at quarterback.
Will Luke Del Rio enter spring came as the projected starter, or will freshmen Feleipe Franks and Kyle Trask move up the depth chart?
More than anything, McElwain knows he must stabilize the quarterback position for continued success. The Gators have used four different starting quarterbacks in his two seasons and need one to build around.
But before those questions are answered, the Gators bused home soaking in a victory.
"It hasn't hit me yet that I'm done being a Gator,'' Appleby said. "It was a roller-coaster of a year. It was an unbelievable year. It was a trying year, but it couldn't end any better. The Gator program is in very, very good hands with these young guys."
Senior defensive tackle Joey Ivie capped his college career with five tackles and one tackle for loss. Like Appleby, Ivie sees a program on the rise despite the constant criticism of the offense.
The reason: all the young players who produced in the clutch in their first bowl game.
"This bowl game is huge, not for the season, but for the guys coming back,'' Ivie said. "They set the tone for next year, and as of how they played, I don't think there is going to be much of a drop-off."
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