Was Florida's offense sloppy or out-of-sync?
by mlmintampa on Sep 7, 2010 2:51 PM EDT
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PrintMike Pouncey's struggles aside, it was not a good day for the Florida offense. The 60 or so yards lost due to chasing down snaps would have made UF around 300 yards of total offense, at least. That said, even on clean plays, UF did not look good.
Emmanuel Moody was stuffed on 4th and 1 and every rush, John Brantley looked to dump it to Chris Rainey and Jeff Demps too much, and the offensive line was not solid (no sacks, however). Not only that, if Demps got outside, there was no blocking from T.J. Pridemore, Carl Moore (who is like Lou Murphy, minus the talent) and my brother Omarius Hines, who otherwise played well. Granted, all of this could be traced back to Pouncey's snaps throwing off the timing for every play.
When UF started the game struggling, I originally thought they were sloppy. The Gators were running a basic plan that, if executed, still works. While the Tennessee game is usually the first time the Gators truly look crisp, I expected more from UF in game one. As the game progressed, I thought Pouncey's problems became the team's problem. Since everything in UF's offense is based on timing, Brantley leaning too low or to the side for a snap, throws off everything from when a handoff is made and when the receiver's window is open. If you assume like I did, you'll come to the conclusion that UF was out-of-sync. Fix Pouncey and you fix the team.
But I'm a bit of a bleeding heart when it comes to this edition of the Gators. What do you think? And if you think the Gators were sloppy, can they fix it?
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Lets get this straight. it was the first game with quite alot of changes. Despite all the errors the talent of this team showed! Gatornation will be among the elite by seasons end. Any other team would have fallen apart if they would have commited the errors Florida made. Fianlly there is only one word that counts- “SCOREBOARD”!
I think it was a bit of both
The snaps and early offensive play was just downright sloppy. I think as the game wore on, they got better and more in tune, but then the snaps and pour over from the start of the game affected the rest of the game. I think if they had started out fine, no fumbles or bad snaps but still a lil sloppy, they would have cruised. UGA had that type of game. They were sloppy in the first half, but no big mistakes. The fumbles and bad snaps held the gators from scoring early, and if they had scored just one TD in the first quarter, we are looking at a 41-9 (ish) win where no one doubts the gators. I think this week’s practice will be hell for all of them. Plenty of improvement to go around. And seriously, Meyer needs to sit down and have a talk with Adazzio, the Gators imply don’t have the refined talent this year that they did last year to be running a poorly planned offense.
Brantley will get better too, he just needs to shake off the fear of going down field. I’m sure Tebow will help him through some of this, and Leak too. It is probably just a confidence thing. Brantley is so money he doesn’t even know it. haha
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Addazio needs a really good talking too. I’ve had issues with the Gator play-calling ever since Meyer got here. But it is kind of hard to argue with the success he has had, but seriously though, that was one of the worst offensive play-calling games I’ve ever seen. Horrible, just horrible.
As for Brantley throwing down-field, I don’t think it has anything to do with “fear” at all, I think it has more to do with play-calling and the lack of down-field options (Deonte “Stone Hands” cannot do it all by himself) because nobody has shown that they are willing to step-up as of yet.
The Once and Future King
Fix Pouncey and Fix the Offensive Line
The only reason Moody is getting stuffed in the backfield is because the O-line is getting blown up, up front. And that also probably would’ve sprang Gillisee again and Rainey or Demps.
But if the snap betweeb Pouncey and Brantley is in sync (fixed) that will improve the team by 100%. It’ll be like a new team.
Get out of my House!
Moody was getting stuffed in the backfield all last season when we had a very good OL. It isn’t the OL. He just sucks.
The Once and Future King
Hmmm?
So you are saying he should have somehow magically avoided that defender that came in unblocked and was able to dive tackle just after he got the ball? All he could do was jump/dive for the line well short of where he should have.
Urban must see something in Moody. I’m just saying, that those 3rd and short runs were failures because the O-Line and the receivers didn’t block anybody or even push em off the line and that’s a bad omen.
Get out of my House!
I’m just saying he isn’t very good. Whether he has magic or not, I don’t care.
The Once and Future King
lol
Why can’t we recruit more wizards or superheroes for our team? Dang it Moody you just don’t measure up to the Flash (Demps) or Superman (Tebow). Seriously, don’t quit your day job … oh wait.
Get out of my House!
He averaged like 8 YPC last season, that's sucks?
He has the speed and power combo that the other RB’s lack. We need him.
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by Hook85 on Sep 9, 2010 6:28 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
It was 6.5 yards per carry. And throwing out his 14 yards on 8 carries and 2 TD’s in the Sugar Bowl…he scored one TD.
We don’t need him.
The Once and Future King
No offense but if a RB gets stuffed in the back field, it's kind of hard to blame him.
But any way, Moody was great last season when he he actually played.
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by Hook85 on Sep 9, 2010 6:43 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Well, they say it right on the PA every game...
… nobody likes a Sloppy Gator.
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I agree
The bad snapping really screwed any hopes of getting in sync. How many fumbles were in that game? We were lucky to get a few of them back, and one of them wasn’t even called a fumble but they called it dead.
Thank goodness we were playing such a crappy team. Hopefully we just got our one bad game out of the way.
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by Hook85 on Sep 9, 2010 6:35 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
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