With QB injury, McElwain will play Gen. Neyland football

[Jax_Vol]

Thanks man, supposed to be "Reptile" but I screwed that up, apparently.

And no idea how, or if, I can correct it. Will look around and see.

Thank you.

I am familiar with you from gatorsports.


Retile is an appropriate spelling.


It is called a Freudian Slip

 

[Power T-Rev]

He's gameplanning for our average of nearly 4 fumbles per game. He believes his defense can provide all the points Florida needs to win this game.

His field goal kicker has great range.

Our average starting position will probably be inside the 20 yard line.

That was perhaps the most disturbing part of the game this past week. No way we put the ball on the ground 5 times against Florida and are lucky enough to recover them all. Ball security is going to be paramount

 

[Power T-Rev]

Hope you're right Rev!

May be wishful thinking on my part. One thing that I noticed is a liability with his lateral speed from sideline to sideline. He seems to have issues when teams stretch he field horizontally. No question he knows the defense, but I'm hoping he can cover guys in space

 

[volsdeepinva]

One thing Gator fans were thankful for is that coming in to this season, the backup QB was NOT Treon Harris, who literally had no throw-game at all, short of heaving it and hoping someone made a play. Del Rio and Appleby were locked in a pretty tight battle during camp, with Del Rio ultimately winning because of his experience in the system and knowledge of the offense, in addition to good play.

Appleby is not Treon Harris. He's a big, strong kid (6'5" 240) with a ton of big-time college football experience. He's a grown man, not a 19 year-old kid still trying to figure things out. He's played on the road in venues such as Michigan's Big House, Ohio State's Horseshoe and at Penn State. One thing where he actually is decidedly better than Del Rio is he's a better scrambler/runner. I wouldn't go as far to call him a dual-threat, or mobile, but he's not afraid to take off and has better than expected wheels. Of course Gator fans would rather see Del Rio play v UT, but they're also not preparing for a Will Muschamp type of game; run the ball 80% of the time, field possession and turnover battles, and hope to win 10-9.

Appleby replacing Del Rio definitely adds an unknown dimension to this game, because not even Gator fans know what to expect. We've seen Appleby in the Spring game where he was impressive, and we saw him battle intensely with Del Rio in Fall Camp. We have no clue what Mac is planning Saturday.

ACTUALLY, Appleby never played at any of those places

The only comparable road game he saw action in was @Nebraska in 2014 where he threw two picks in a loss

Austin Appleby Game By Game Stats and Performance - Florida Gators - ESPN

 

[alexbond45]

If Spurrier was coaching, the Gators' first play from scrimmage would be a play action pass, looking for a quick score to stun the Tennessee crowd. But I don't think McElwain will feel the need to silence the crowd with one play, nor put his backup QB centerstage in the largest, loudest arena and biggest game of his career.

I expect McElwain will come in here attempting to out-Neyland Neyland. He'll run the ball, play for field position, and look to generate points from his team's strengths--defense and the kicking game.

McElwain will feel confident this Gator team can leave Tennessee with a 9-7 or 13-10 win. If they can grind out a couple of first downs on the ground, he'll gladly flip the field on us and wait for us to commit a turnover on our end of the field.

I believe McElwain is already dreaming about citing the General's maxims at the post-game press conference. He will wait for his Spurrier moment, to crow that he came to Neyland Stadium and beat us with our namesake's game.

Meanwhile, another coach already had his Spurrier-moment back in May. He may be having nightmares about eating crow at a losing, post-game press conference, having to answer to his own words: “We’re going to stop the run. Nobody will run the football on the ‘Orange Swarm.’ Nobody will run the football on Tennessee.”

Whatever the outcome, one Tennessee coach will be vindicated Saturday.

I'm not sure it's possible to out-defense arguably the greatest defensive mind in college football.

 

[Backwards K]

Look for Florida to run the ball early with an occasional play action pass over the top. Once, they figure out how much cushion the Vols are giving on the outside, look for quick slants in the middle of the field. Vols will then hope for "Red Zone Efficiency" once the Gators get inside the 20.

Kirkland and Maybin's absence will be very evident this week as the Gators attack the middle of UT's DL with the running game. If the Gators are successful there, they will exploit the Vols' DBs in the intermediate passing game across the middle because the safeties will have to come up hard in run support.

 

[RollerVol]

You must be related to the Jumpers. :loco::lolabove:

we all are...it's the orange blood...

GO COLTON AND GO VOLS!

 

[IndianaVolunteer]

This thread smells gross

 

[RowdyRetile]

ACTUALLY, Appleby never played at any of those places

The only comparable road game he saw action in was @Nebraska in 2014 where he threw two picks in a loss

Austin Appleby Game By Game Stats and Performance - Florida Gators - ESPN

You're right, and I had to go re-check that. How in the world Purdue went the entire 2015 and 2016 seasons without playing Michigan or Ohio State is confusing, must be a Big 10 thing. At any rate, he did play at Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois and a few other places with decent home crowds. While not playing, he's been at Notre Dame, Michigan State, Wisconsin and others.

My overall point is, he's no rookie, he's a 5th year graduate transfer who has seen a ton of college football in a bunch of venues, 23 years old. Neyland will be a challenge for sure, but I'd rather have Appleby than some true Freshman making his first road trip. Which, by the way, is exactly what UF will have backing up Appleby. Not many have discussed this, but after Appleby, it's your choice of two talented, but GREEN true Freshmen.

 

[ALGator]

So.... you're saying the Gators are going to Ball out, Oskie, Cover and Put on steam?

 

[photovol]

McElwain apparently has absolutely no respect for UT's pass defense, or lack therof

 

[IndianaVolunteer]

Purdue sucks lol

 

[VolunteerTitan3]

2nd half, Ohio's last TD, the quick pass over the middle. If that wasn't Jumper's man to cover, I stand corrected.

I think they said on the post game radio show it was actually supposed to be the safetys man i do believe..