Back at the hotel after the game…here are the thoughts from my sons and I after what we saw.
Great college football environment.
Utah fans were polite and friendly. It’s nice going to a non-SEC away game.
Great road trip and had a blast with my 3 sons (15,13,10). They will remember this forever, despite the loss.
As for the Gators…
I like Napier, but he isn’t endearing himself to the fan base with these losses, the way we’re losing them.
Gator fans around me are quite frustrated, and when you lose the people who travel across country to watch the team, you’re in trouble. These are not the ignorant fans.
This team looked very poorly coached.
Zero excuse for that penalty on the punt. Zero excuse whatsoever.
Clock management in 4th Q was abysmal
Play-calling on 3rd and 4th down was alarming
Defense played well, minus a few plays, but looked slow to get signals in (not set at snap)
Offense was slow getting ball snapped - too much cutesy motions
Offensive play calling was rough to watch (inside shovel to a TE? For real?). Time for an OC?
OL is a disaster. 3 massive penalties by 76. Slaughter looked lost at times.
Run game was shockingly bad - again, the OL sucked.
We killed ourselves with drive killing penalties.
We self-destructed repeatedly.
Edit to add after seeing stats not available to me during the game:
1 for 13 on 3rd down. What?!?! Holy crap, that is bad.
I wanted to add in RZ offense was abysmal, but this is even worse.
Now, all that said…
We really did beat ourselves.
The offense flashed at times.
Mertz looked good, when Slaughter wasn’t getting him murdered.
Defense held Utah to 274 yards.
Aside from 1 big play, Utah only had 1 true TD drive.
Our WRs looked good. Very good.
Defense gives me some hope because we actually saw some adjustments.
Offense will rise and fall with OL play - hopefully they figure it out
I like Napier. I want him to succeed. We truly can’t afford for him to fail. But some people around here need to pump the brakes on him and this team. Too many people knocked fans for not being sold on all the supposed improvement. Tonight proved the skeptics right. Off the field planning means jack squat if the team looks like crap on game day. We see him repeatedly praised for culture and recruiting and organization, and all that is seemingly true - but the on the field results are lacking. I don’t mean just wins and losses, I get that it takes some time - but this team looks no different at all from last year - same dumb mistakes, same lack of discipline. We need him to figure this deal out, and quick.
I’m not mad tonight, I’m really just disappointed. I didnt even expect a win, but I expected to see some progress. I didn’t see it. I really hope we some huge improvement by the time the SEC schedule starts.
Go Gators!
Great college football environment.
Utah fans were polite and friendly. It’s nice going to a non-SEC away game.
Great road trip and had a blast with my 3 sons (15,13,10). They will remember this forever, despite the loss.
As for the Gators…
I like Napier, but he isn’t endearing himself to the fan base with these losses, the way we’re losing them.
Gator fans around me are quite frustrated, and when you lose the people who travel across country to watch the team, you’re in trouble. These are not the ignorant fans.
This team looked very poorly coached.
Zero excuse for that penalty on the punt. Zero excuse whatsoever.
Clock management in 4th Q was abysmal
Play-calling on 3rd and 4th down was alarming
Defense played well, minus a few plays, but looked slow to get signals in (not set at snap)
Offense was slow getting ball snapped - too much cutesy motions
Offensive play calling was rough to watch (inside shovel to a TE? For real?). Time for an OC?
OL is a disaster. 3 massive penalties by 76. Slaughter looked lost at times.
Run game was shockingly bad - again, the OL sucked.
We killed ourselves with drive killing penalties.
We self-destructed repeatedly.
Edit to add after seeing stats not available to me during the game:
1 for 13 on 3rd down. What?!?! Holy crap, that is bad.
I wanted to add in RZ offense was abysmal, but this is even worse.
Now, all that said…
We really did beat ourselves.
The offense flashed at times.
Mertz looked good, when Slaughter wasn’t getting him murdered.
Defense held Utah to 274 yards.
Aside from 1 big play, Utah only had 1 true TD drive.
Our WRs looked good. Very good.
Defense gives me some hope because we actually saw some adjustments.
Offense will rise and fall with OL play - hopefully they figure it out
I like Napier. I want him to succeed. We truly can’t afford for him to fail. But some people around here need to pump the brakes on him and this team. Too many people knocked fans for not being sold on all the supposed improvement. Tonight proved the skeptics right. Off the field planning means jack squat if the team looks like crap on game day. We see him repeatedly praised for culture and recruiting and organization, and all that is seemingly true - but the on the field results are lacking. I don’t mean just wins and losses, I get that it takes some time - but this team looks no different at all from last year - same dumb mistakes, same lack of discipline. We need him to figure this deal out, and quick.
I’m not mad tonight, I’m really just disappointed. I didnt even expect a win, but I expected to see some progress. I didn’t see it. I really hope we some huge improvement by the time the SEC schedule starts.
Go Gators!
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