It was uninspiring, hard to watch, unfathomable: Florida’s offense last Saturday against Miami (OH). No one would have guessed that they would fumble eight times, 14 botched snaps, a measly 26 yards of total offense going into the fourth quarter, 212 total yards for the day. Thank God for defense. The defense had four interceptions on the day that helped the offense immensely and also had key stops that allowed for good field position for an inept offense. QB John Brantley has looked good all spring and everyone was expecting another high-octane offense from this Urban Meyer team, but that was not the case.
Michael Pouncey (center) accepted responsibility for the miscues that happened: “It just kept slipping out of my hands, so I moved my hands up further on the ball so I can just grab it better and throw it back there,” he commented after the game. Going forward, he said that him and Brantley have been working on the snaps and feel confident going into this week’s game against USF.
I’m sure Saturday’s production was not a good thing for Meyer’s health, but I’m this plays right into what he wants. Nobody is talking about the Gators; everyone is giving press to Boise State and other high-profile Week 2 games, no one is talking about Florida but that is fine with Meyer. If you think, what you saw on Saturday will continue then you are out of touch. Meyer will have the offense (especially) and defense humming for the next game and their conference slate that includes games against Alabama, Georgia, LSU to name a few. You can bet if they have the same amount of miscues against one of those teams, they would lose no question about it.
There are a lot of expectations on the Gators to continue to have success without Tebow and this team will be just fine. Every year, they have a top five recruiting class and Meyer loves recruiting speedy players. Meyer’s goal is to get to the SEC championship and play for the national title, so for now, he is not concerned about his team. If these woes continue into late October then there will be a cause for concern. However, you get this sneaky feeling that Florida will have one big game that will have the nation talking about them and this team will ride that momentum to finish the season.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Life after Tebow...not what we expected
It was uninspiring, hard to watch, unfathomable: Florida’s offense last Saturday against Miami (OH). No one would have guessed that they would fumble eight times, 14 botched snaps, a measly 26 yards of total offense going into the fourth quarter, 212 total yards for the day. Thank God for defense. The defense had four interceptions on the day that helped the offense immensely and also had key stops that allowed for good field position for an inept offense. QB John Brantley has looked good all spring and everyone was expecting another high-octane offense from this Urban Meyer team, but that was not the case.
Michael Pouncey (center) accepted responsibility for the miscues that happened: “It just kept slipping out of my hands, so I moved my hands up further on the ball so I can just grab it better and throw it back there,” he commented after the game. Going forward, he said that him and Brantley have been working on the snaps and feel confident going into this week’s game against USF.
I’m sure Saturday’s production was not a good thing for Meyer’s health, but I’m this plays right into what he wants. Nobody is talking about the Gators; everyone is giving press to Boise State and other high-profile Week 2 games, no one is talking about Florida but that is fine with Meyer. If you think, what you saw on Saturday will continue then you are out of touch. Meyer will have the offense (especially) and defense humming for the next game and their conference slate that includes games against Alabama, Georgia, LSU to name a few. You can bet if they have the same amount of miscues against one of those teams, they would lose no question about it.
There are a lot of expectations on the Gators to continue to have success without Tebow and this team will be just fine. Every year, they have a top five recruiting class and Meyer loves recruiting speedy players. Meyer’s goal is to get to the SEC championship and play for the national title, so for now, he is not concerned about his team. If these woes continue into late October then there will be a cause for concern. However, you get this sneaky feeling that Florida will have one big game that will have the nation talking about them and this team will ride that momentum to finish the season.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment