lol... a 25 yard field goal means you have the ball at the 8 yard line....
That is not average, that is terrible!
Funny thing is 21-20 Tennessee down the stretch is what I had been thinking, only I have hoped for a late TD pass to push it out to 28-20 to prevent Sturgis from beng able to win it. I guess, in your dream, unlike mine, our last TD pass was knocked down, and we shanked a FG attempt, to lead to your GW drive.
If that's how you feel, bro. I said it was my bad.
Key words *should*. I think our corners are pretty good, but that's based on the competition we've played so far. I never said it would be a cakewalk. :good!:
His analysis was copied and pasted from a Gator Board; I read those same bs comments over there this morning. Damn OP, if you're going to plagarize, at least copy off someone who knows what the hell they're talking about! :crazy:
I'm not good at trash talk, and I'd rather discuss football than get banned on a rival board. So, I'll chalk up my thoughts of this game, keys for a victory on either side and hopefully this will stir up some civil discussion.
Some Friendly thoughts:
This game is going to play out like the games of old, but with the roles reversed. (weird, huh?) Tennessee comes in with a high powered offense, one of, if not the best QB/WR skill players in the SEC and reminds me of a fun'n'gun style offense. I'm still not sure how your defense will look, and from the look of the past 2 games your LBers *may* be a little suspect.
Florida comes in as a hard nosed, grind'em out type of team that reminds me of Fulmer's Vols of the 90's. Gilly has been nothing short of superb and leads the SEC in rushing so far this season. The passing attack, while not great, has been very good. Driskel has 0 turnovers and completes a high percentage of passes. We also have a new OC from Boise State (who also coached Kentucky a while back if you remember). He has not opened up the playbook 100% just yet primarily because of the young QBs. I still don't think we'll open it up 100% for you guys, but we'll see more plays, trick plays, etc.
If the stats plays out this year, the team with the most rushing yards should win the game. I'm not sure how your run game is just yet considering the competition you played. If Gilly is able to play through his groin injury, we should be able to limit the number of possessions you have. In the same token, UT should take advantage of some big plays in the passing game. I think defense will dictate who wins this game.
Keys for Tennessee:
1) Limit turnovers. Bray has 0 turnovers. Which is good because he can't afford any if you expect to beat Florida, especially if we are able to establish the run game. You can't expect to score on every possession.
2) Remain healthy. I want this to be a clean, injury free game. You can't afford to have one of your key playmakers go down with an injury this game.
3) Play lights out defense. Contain Gilly, or whoever is our RB for the game. This ideally should be the #1 key.
4) Establish the run. Marlon whatshisname (sorry, name escapes me at the moment) needs to have the game of his life.
Keys to a Florida win:
1) We continue to be a disciplined team. No turnovers or silly penalties.
2) We come out to play for a full 4 quarters. Our defense can't afford to spot UT an entire half. We are more than capable of containing their WRs. TAMU has the potential to have an outstanding offense and we will soon see this in SEC play. Shutting them down in the second half was unbelievable. We need the same output from the D the entire game.
3) Gilly. It looked like he had a groin injury from his last TD run. I hope he'll be fine, but he will be a key to winning. Without him, Brown and Jones will really need to step it up.
4) Continue to open the playbook up for Driskel. I think we can all agree that the offense looked lightyears better than the last 2 years. We need to continue to open it up. I'd like to see some 5 yard slants and maybe some screens thrown in this week.
5) Limit the sacks. Whether it's on the OL or Driskel, we can't afford to have Driskel on his back.
6) Keep their offense off the field by winning the time of possession stat. This will be huge for us if we can limit them to 7 or 8 possessions for the game, or less.
This game will go either way and will be close. It will come down to defense, conditioning and depth. This is why I think Florida will ultimately win. Tennessee will hold a lead going into the half and through the 4th quarter, but our last drive we kick a game winning field goal.
Final Score:
Florida- 23
Tennessee - 21
Not anymore....BRODUS IS THE KICKER!!!epper:
18 of the last 20 winners in our series had the most rushing yards. How hard is that to understand? The media harps on this every game since I was a student at UF. Other factors are going to be introduced when we play. It's never as simple as one single stat. But again, 18 of the last 20 winners, we'll get told time and time again by the commentators, have won the game.
At least you have the gonads to come on here. So you got a bad stat; big deal. If Bray had 4 picks I could see where you might think you have the edge; not this time. If you can establish the run then good on you but that eats up the clock. Bray has been scoring about every minute and a half. We don't have to throw the bombs to win but you guys are going to be doing a whole lot of running which should open up some running room for us. We don't have to win the run game, just keep you honest. You can't score as fast as we can. I think your offense is suspect. I don't think the score is going to be that close; UT by at least 21.
I figured I would make a few predictions
1) We will go deep more than once (deep defined by a pass or end around of more than 50 yards
2) Florida will struggle mightily to make big plays in the passing game
3) Our kicking game will not be great - at best average as in no missed XP and no makes beyond 25 yds
4) Our short yardage running game will be poor or non-existent
5) We will be outrushed by Florida
6) Tennessee will still win the game
Really? Because you "contained" A&M's Fr QB and his 3 Fr WR's? Remember this. You "contained" an O that replaced 80% of its offensive production from last year primarily with Freshmen. Also remember they outgained you 334 to 307.We are more than capable of containing their WRs.
Maybe. But Fr playing in their first SEC game should not have looked as good as they did against your D even for one half.TAMU has the potential to have an outstanding offense and we will soon see this in SEC play.
No it wasn't. It is what you should have expected the whole game from a team facing THAT O who returned basically everyone from the year before.Shutting them down in the second half was unbelievable.
No. Not really. You had 307 yds vs a team that avg'd allowing 378 last year then lost 5 of its top 10 tacklers and had a complete coaching and system change. Maybe you mean the 365 yds you put up against BGSU... which was a whopping 7 yds more than Idaho put on BGSU. Driskel had what?... 114 yds on them?4) Continue to open the playbook up for Driskel. I think we can all agree that the offense looked lightyears better than the last 2 years.
I think you shouldn't post this since this is the dumbest opinion of your "blog" I ever read & you need to corrections Bray's int which he haven't be picked off yet. Vols is the one who has 4 INTS against NCST. Read stats before you post it....
This is the 1st time i've ever heard a UF fan say that they like Rocky Top..Well for that matter, any rival team's fans.
I see what you're saying, and I agree with some of it. The BGSU game was treated as tryout if you will. There were so many substitutions, it was hard to establish any rhythm. Driskel started the 1st quarter, then the 2nd half. That's a tough game to point and say your offense sucks.Really? Because you "contained" A&M's Fr QB and his 3 Fr WR's? Remember this. You "contained" an O that replaced 80% of its offensive production from last year primarily with Freshmen. Also remember they outgained you 334 to 307.
BGSU's leading receiver against you? A Freshman who avg'd over 10 ypc.
You may shut UT's passing game down... but that would be one of the most surprising things to ever happen in this long series. Odds are it will come down to whether you can keep up.
Maybe. But Fr playing in their first SEC game should not have looked as good as they did against your D even for one half. No it wasn't. It is what you should have expected the whole game from a team facing THAT O who returned basically everyone from the year before.
No. Not really. You had 307 yds vs a team that avg'd allowing 378 last year then lost 5 of its top 10 tacklers and had a complete coaching and system change. Maybe you mean the 365 yds you put up against BGSU... which was a whopping 7 yds more than Idaho put on BGSU. Driskel had what?... 114 yds on them?
Idaho's QB was 30 of 37 against them for 352 yds. That's IDAHO as in the WAC team that got beaten by an FCS school in the first week.