Initial thoughts on Game 1 - Miami (Ohio)
by FlaGators on Sep 4, 2010 3:47 PM EDT
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PrintOffensive Thoughts:
Why so many screen/outlet passes? I think that with about 6 minutes to go in the 1st quarter that play was overdone.
Moody still is horrible. No hands and can't run. Why did we allow this guy to transfer here?
John Brantley looks okay at best,some of the fumbles are his fault. Omarius Hines looks good.
Mike Pouncey doesn't look good. But then again the whole OL looks horrible.
12 total yards of offense at the half. Pathetic. Actually, that is beyond pathetic.
Play-calling questionable again but that is nothing really new.
Pouncey at center, isn't working out. Time to move him.
17 total yards with 6 minutes to go in the 3rd quarter. I don't even know what to say.
4 minutes to go in the 3rd and the Gators fumble for the 395th time. Absolutely ridiculous.
Start of 4th, 25 yards of offense. Unreal.
Jeff Demps takes things into his own hands. 72 yard TD run. Very nice.
Who is really calling the plays? Addazio or Loeffler?
Deonte Thompson makes a nice catch on 3rd and 4.
Omarius Hines is looking like our #1 pass catcher on offense.
Mike Gillislee is our second best RB, and it is not even close.
Defensive Thoughts:
A couple of INT's. This defense is trying to be a ball-hawking defense.
Jaye Howard does really good one play (tackle for loss) then the next one, can't line up properly.
I can see that just like last year, long drives are going to be a problem again.
Pretty solid tackling overall. Some missed tackles but really nothing to be alarmed at so far (start of 3rd Quarter).
Man coverage is not this defenses strong suit.
Late hits/Roughing the passer. This is not FSU. Lawrence Marsh and Janoris Jenkins I'm looking at y'all.
Changed my mind again. Jaye Howard is having the best DL day.
Above average pass rush throughout the game. Very nice to see.
Ahmad Black is still a big hitter. Love it.
Nice to see Jeremy Brown making some plays (especially that INT), kid deserves it.
Special Teams:
Just for future reference, Matt Elam, you are allowed to advance a PR. Just grab it and run. The ball will not bite you.
Aside from the fake punt, they looked like your average Urban Meyer special teams. Solid as usual.
For the first time in his career, Chas Henry will be depended upon. His first punt was just plain bad.
The best special teams play of the game was Gillislee's return halfway through the 3rd Quarter.
Really Caleb. A missed FG and a miss on an extra point. Geeeeez.
Kickoff return coverage could use some work.
Player Grades on Offense:
QB: John Brantley C-
RB: Jeff Demps A-, Chris Rainey C-, Mike Gillislee B-, Emmanuel Moody F, Trey Burton B-
WR: Deonte Thompson C+, Chris Rainey C-, Jeff Demps D+,
TE: Omarius Hines A-
Player Grades on Defense:
DL: Jaye Howard A-, Justin Trattou B+, Duke Lemmens C-, Lawrence Marsh D-, Ronald Powell B
LB: Jonathan Bostic A-, Brandon Hicks B, A.J. Jones A-
DB: Ahmad Black A-, Janoris Jenkis B+, Matt Elam B+, Josh Evans B+, Jeremy Brown B+
Player Grades on Special Teams:
K: Caleb Sturgis D-
P: Chas Henry F
KR: Jeff Demps B-, Mike Gillislee A-, William Green C
PR: Matt Elam INC, Chris Rainey B
Random Thoughts:
A lot of empty seats. Very sad to see.
That was a safety, score should have been 21-8 Gators at one point.
The Gators deserve to be dropped 15 spots or more in the Polls.
And the amount of empty seats grow as the fans leave at the start of the 4th.
Please be kind and use good grammar.
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what about shariff floyd
he’s a beast this guy was stopping people in the backfield
Mike Gillislee #23 ''THE BEAST''
Agree about Floyd.
Also, attendance was listed at 90,178, which is past the Swamp’s stated capacity.
It sure as heck didn’t look like it on the TV. Every time they showed the stands, there was a massive amount of empty seats. And also, they get those figures from seats sold, not if they actually show up or not.
The Once and Future King
Attendance is people in the building plus tickets sold. Including players, coaches and stadium staff. All colleges do this, especially Tennessee and Michigan in their battle to be the school with the most attendance. Pro sports teams do attendance by tickets sold.
mlmintampa
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Right. That is exactly the point I was making. There wasn’t (unless they were hiding) 90,000 plus people at the game. Not a chance.
The Once and Future King
Yeah, I agree. I was going to mention Floyd, but I was just so frustrated that I forgot. So that’s my bad.
The Once and Future King
be patient ( i dont care if i spelled that wrong)
Look I picture this was gonna happen, but not that bad, but I still I knew we was gonna make alot of mistakes. I know that because changing an offense and the playbook it takes time to adjust , just look at the last quarter of that game we finally figure it out and we got some yards. Just read my Offensive Line article I said that Mike didnt play center last year over his brother cus he was bad at shotgun snapping like you saw yesterday, and dont blame the offense too much cus they was missing two of the three best offensive linemans Xaxier Nixon and Carl Johnson so the offensive line was basically vunerable cus the guys that started for them were only good pass blocking not run blockers why you think we was -28 rushing yards and Brantley didnt get sacked once so chill wait till we get all of our men back then talk and why the hell you give janoris jenkins a B+ he was beasting on the field he deserve an A+ and the hell we dont deserve to drop 15 spots we won by more than 20 without best players so just stay patient
Mike Gillislee #23 ''THE BEAST''
Janoris Jenkins while playing fantastic had a dumb penalty called on him. Probably should have gone with an “A-” you are right about that.
The Once and Future King
We were playing Miami of Ohio
a team without a single player good enough to garner interest by the University of Florida. To say that we struggled so much because we were missing a couple top lineman is laughable. Our fifth string should have been pushing that team all over the field. Instead we looked terribly unprepared and more like a team that will finish 7-5. We seriously need to improve by leaps and bounds in next week’s game to get back on track.
I think everyone anticipated a little rust and adjustment, but nobody expected us to be netting 25 yards in the 4th quarter. The offense was supposed to be this team’s strength.
Seriously
Our O-line looked like chumps. The Redhawks were just having their way with them, and the sad thing is, Florida was never called for holding. Who’s teaching these kids? If you’re not called for holding as a line at least once, then we know you’re not trying your hardest.
At least we know Jon Bostic knows how to block, the way he pan caked their RB in the endzone, hard enough to enrage the RB to stupidly punch his helmet and get ejected from the game. Maybe Bostic should be playing Center and Pouncey can ride the pine while the offense out there, jk.
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@skigator93
you are really overreacting 7-5 , wow you gator fans have really been spoiled by Tim Tebow , Look you gonna have your up and down , your gonna have your good and bad days , it happens to everybody , even Tim tebow look at last year Alabama , he was surely having a bad day he couldnt throw the ball accurately at all but he still won us two national championships. Im 14 , I been on a lot of bad teams and good teams and I learn the hard way not to get spoiled with success just keep striving to win more and dont let up on anybody even if they suck ass. I dont care if Miami ( OH) suck and we only beat them by 22 , Miami just felt good that day they were not scared , they came in that stadium with that mind set that we have nothing to lose lets just play our hardest because the pressure is on Florida not them , and Florida was probably like you guys ‘’ oh they miami of ohio , they sorry we’ll whooped them easily like its nothing ’’ , I dont care what you say if you let up on a team even if they sorry your gonna either lose or your be close to losing till you got a wake up call that the team is not joking with you miami of ohio was not scare at all and i notice it when they went for the punt fake twice in they own territory. You can look at the Michigan vs Appalachian state in 2007 , michigan was #5 in the country and they lost to a cupcake FCS school because they let up on them , thinking they scared of you, and they lost , just look at the Ole Miss game this week.
Mike Gillislee #23 ''THE BEAST''
I agree with you on not letting up
But what I said was “we looked terribly unprepared and more like a team that will finish 7-5.” It would be hard for you to argue that if we play the entire season like we did last weekend, that at least 5 teams on our schedule won’t beat us. Looking back I think 7-5 was too generous.
I don’t think I have been spoiled by Tebow- he was still crapping his diapers when I was a student at UF. We wouldn’t have stood for that type of effort back in the late 80s, and we surely shouldn’t now!
I do agree with you that our team needs to take every game seriously and stop thinking that we will win merely by showing up. I hope last week served as a wake up call.
BTW, Michigan was obviously extremely overrated to start the season in ‘07. They were just riding momentum from the previous year’s campaign. Remember they followed up the Appy State loss by getting trounced by Oregon the next wek.
thats true about michigan
but still you cant lose to appalachain state
Mike Gillislee #23 ''THE BEAST''
UF offense
Along with most of the fans of Florida football, I was a bit shocked at the lack of production against a weak opponent. Just as we saw last year there seemed to be a reluctance on the part of the offensive coaches to make necessary changes during a game. The Miami defense pursued the run very effectively and the Florida run blocking was abysmal. Instead of using more counter plays or allowing Brantley to loosen up the defense by peppering the seam and working the sidelines, they elected to run into a brick wall over and over again. The game was run more like a practice than a game. I was reminded of the SEC championship game against Bama where UF’s offense was paralyzed by fear. The season has begun, let it rip. The Gators do not have an over powering running game. They have a collection of speedy backs, not punishing ball carriers. I think speed and “trickeration” will have to be the keys that open up the field for this year’s team. Given the same set of tools, Spurrier would have put 70 on the board yesterday.
Your crazy, Moody is very good.
Tebow, Demps, Rainey all fumbled last season. It happens. Moody actually had a couple good solid runs.
"When you argue correctly, you're never wrong."-Nick Naylor
Really? Mooody is good? Was he planning on showing us anytime soon? It’s been a long time of waiting. I guess Tom Petty was right, in that the waiting is the hardest part.
The Once and Future King
I was always a Moody fan
but I have just about run out of patience with him. I think Gillislee is much better than him right now in every facet of the game. We can’t afford fumbles on a simple toss sweep on 4th down.
I used to like Moody
He had “potential”
That ugly word that drives coaches, fans, and management crazy. Especially when they show you glimpses of “potential consistency”.
Moody looked great at Tennessee one year, that year has passed and so too has my thoughts on his “potential”.
If every year he’s going to drop the ball … I say we are waisting a scholarship then. I’m just glad he was there to help Jeremy Brown.
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Janoris's
Late hit was iffy, he was already in mid-air and the ball hadn’t even left the qb’s hand yet. Replay had that one pretty clear. His helmet hit the qb’s chest pad not his helmet, so imo it shouldn’t have been called. The Redhawks coach has been yapping at the refs cuz we had cleaned his qb’s clock a few plays before that, greasy wheel gets the oil.
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Oh and another Janoris thing
He was by far and away the best defender we had, player of the game.
He was all over the field, and if it wasn’t for him in that first half I believe we only win 20 to 12 at best.
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The best play on defense to me was A.J. Jones. He didn’t have an INT or a INT TD, but he was flying all over the field, putting pressure on the QB almost every time he was on the field.
Good stuff by the defense all around though. No doubt about that.
The Once and Future King
AJ
He was playing like a leader. I enjoyed watching him too. I was also impressed with General Powell even though he didn’t get a sack, I thought he made his prescence known. Him and Floyd. Great young players. oh and just another atta boy for Omar Hunter finally being a good factor in the middle of the field, he showed a few Warren Sap-esque plays.
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