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This might be a problem for us...

I'm no expert, but the Swamp has really good drainage.  

I don't miss those practices in HS with a sopping-wet field and your cleats are immediately 7 lbs heavier.  The players are lucky it's not going to be rainy and 95 degrees, lol.

Florida's defense is good, but we lost our starting CB for the year and if Banks isn't healthy, I'm not sure what the point is.  There is no reason this should be a close game.  

https://twitter.com/JoshPateCFB/status/1973142480637108574

actually UT is now 92 ranked in third down conversions

so they are headed in the right direction

I guess we have a chance if Billy doesn't feel obligated to pass the ball a bunch.  Our RB is legit and our OL is great 50% of the time and useless the other 50%.

I don't think Lagway's issue is an injury.  It's a lack of volume against live defenses.  Going back to January to August, no throwing.
August comes around, he's doing practice stuff, probably a lot of 7-on-7, drills, and then gets hurt for a while.  

I'm not saying he doesn't have many reps compared to zero, but compare him to another random QB who had spring practice, a spring game, all the reps in preseason,.....Lagway is WAY behind.

I think coddling him, whether prudent or not, has hamstrung him.  So he plays vs Long Island, which was not any kind of useful experience at all.  
So vs USF was his first 11-on-11 in 9 months, except any in practice, which isn't a lot.  
He has a bunch of new WRs, and even the most experienced holdover was hurt most of last year.

He didn't forget how to play QB, but you need reps against a real, live defense and he's thrown in vs Miami and LSU after one shit game vs USF.  

Thanks, that was a surprising game.

This is the Florida we expected from the start of the season.  I think on the first drive, which is scripted, it was like 80% runs.
We can run the ball when we commit to it.  The OL played great, as we thought they would all year.

Our defense is fun to watch, even without our best DT in there.  To shut Texas' running game down AND put a ton of pressure on Manning was great to watch.

When your first SEC road game is in the Swamp......stuff happens.