Week 1 Thread

[Mdot21]

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[medinabuckeye1]

Wow, what an inauspicious start for Rhule.  I flipped the game on just in time to see Nebraska's TD then I saw their FG and they looked great.  Then they did what Nebraska has been doing for a number of years now and found a creative way to lose a close game.  Too bad for them.  

Question for @OrangeAfroMan or anyone else who watched the Florida/Utah game.  My phone says that Florida outgained Utah 346-270 and . . . lost by 13.  What happened, did they get rocked by turnovers?  

[Cincydawg]

Florida offense flounders in loss at No. 14 Utah: College football media reacts to Gators' miscues (247sports.com)
Florida offense flounders in loss at No. 14 Utah: College football media reacts to Gators' miscues (247sports.com)

[utee94]

I really, truly, honestly hate to say this, but Florida looks extremely poorly coached.  I haven't seen a team that lost and directionless since Charlie Strong was on the sideline in Austin.

Yes, Florida looks Charlie Strong-bad.  That's... a really bad place to be.

I don't wish Charlie Strong levels of incompetence on ANY team.  Well, except the sooners and ags of course.

[Cincydawg]

The lack of discipline was obvious, and key.  They did often look lost, to me.  Maybe that reflects massive turnover in players, I don't know, but they need to start looking more "composed" soonish.  It's one thing to get outplayed, on the road, against a ranked team, OK fine, but looking that bad is ... a problem.  And folks said they looked horrible in their spring game, which is tough to do.

[847badgerfan]

Shoulda kept Dan Mullin. Oops.

[847badgerfan]

Question for @OrangeAfroMan or anyone else who watched the Florida/Utah game.  My phone says that Florida outgained Utah 346-270 and . . . lost by 13.  What happened, did they get rocked by turnovers? 

I was in and out for that game. Mostly watched the Goophs and UNL.

UF had 346 total yards, yes.

333 through the air!! Lots of penalties. Mertz got beat up - 5 sacks.

That's how you lose.

Florida just sucks right now.

[Cincydawg]

They had some really critical penalties, not just ordinary ones.  They passed pretty well overall, couldn't run at all, could barely protect Mertz.

[Mdot21]

Florida is a poorly coached team with atrocious special teams and a truly god awful OL. That's a holy trinity for sucking ass at football.

I thought Florida's defense played pretty well all things considered- aside from that busted coverage by RJ Moten to start the game (btw you're welcome for him Florida). Utah's back-up QB was pretty mid- had a weak arm and forced a lot into tight coverage- should've had multiple picks. Utah's 3rd string QB is basically a running back who cannot throw the football for shit- dude looks like a midget with baby hands and he coughed the ball up a couple times- and was fortunate to have Utah recover- but boy is he fast and shifty as hell.

Florida probably loses by 30 if Cam Rising was healthy starting the game.

[Mdot21]

Shoulda kept Dan Mullin. Oops.

Florida keeps hiring and firing not giving any coach time to build a program. They've had 4 coaches in the 12 years since Urban left. It's about to be 5 coaches in 13 years because they are going to throw Napier in the trash after the 2-10 season he's about to have.

[Cincydawg]

On the other hand, had Florida cleaned up a few bad mistakes, they might have won (maybe).  The special teams double number penalty hurt a lot.  The two false starts on 3rd and 1 obviously were critical.  Clean up a few things and possibly win on the road?  Not terrible.  If they cleaned it up.

[Mdot21]

Wow, what an inauspicious start for Rhule.  I flipped the game on just in time to see Nebraska's TD then I saw their FG and they looked great.  Then they did what Nebraska has been doing for a number of years now and found a creative way to lose a close game.  Too bad for them. 

I don't think there was anything creative about it. Jeff Sims just sucks at playing QB. Pretty freaky athlete with great size though.

[Mdot21]

On the other hand, had Florida cleaned up a few bad mistakes, they might have won (maybe).  The special teams double number penalty hurt a lot.  The two false starts on 3rd and 1 obviously were critical.  Clean up a few things and possibly win on the road?  Not terrible.  If they cleaned it up.

And if my aunt had a dick she'd be my uncle.

Florida is a poorly coached team with bad special teams and a horrible OL. And they did exactly what poorly coached teams with bad special teams and horrible OLs do....

[847badgerfan]

Florida keeps hiring and firing not giving any coach time to build a program. They've had 4 coaches in the 12 years since Urban left. It's about to be 5 coaches in 13 years because they are going to throw Napier in the trash after the 2-10 season he's about to have.

I'd go down the road a bit and grab Gus from UCF.