Vanderbilt @ Florida...

[Gator Fever]

It appears our starting center will be out again and Barber and Etienne are likely out also. Being banged up would explain how Barber has played since the Charlotte game. Vandy has a weak defense but you never know with this Gators team. Hopefully we sling it down field some and exploit that secondary like other teams have done.

Our defense needs to get back on track and limit this Vandy offense to 20 points or less. They don't have nearly the rushing attack they had last season. They have a couple of decent WRs though.

 

[sadgator]

If we lose to Vanderbilt…we’re fvcked.

 

[Gator Fever]

If we lose to Vanderbilt…we’re fvcked.

It would be crazy. I think he can probably keep a good class together even if we went 5-7 but the noise another loss to Vandy would cause would be crazy.

 

[Nicktheslick]

We ain’t losin’ to Vandy again.

 

[Tatton]

It will be closer than comfortable, say 24-17 or 20-17, but playing at home in a must win situation the Gators will prevail. Remember that we’re also without our most athletic deep threat Caleb Douglas. Fortunately we’re getting back Tre Wilson and Marcus Burke. But,

• Will Billy Napier call for deep shots against the Commodores’ weak secondary?
• If Barber is out, can Lyndell Hudson adequately protect Mertz? At least Graham much prefers rolling to his right.
• Will the Gator defense a) get a pick or more, b) cause a fumble or two, and c) produce multiple sacks?
• Does Billy have anyone on staff who can consistently count to 11 when deploying players on defense and ST units?

 

[Gator Fever]

It will be closer than comfortable, say 24-17 or 20-17, but playing at home in a must win situation the Gators will prevail. Remember that we’re also without our most athletic deep threat Caleb Douglas. Fortunately we’re getting back Tre Wilson and Marcus Burke. But,

• Will Billy Napier call for deep shots against the Commodores’ weak secondary?
• If Barber is out, can Lyndell Hudson adequately protect Mertz? At least Graham much prefers rolling to his right.
• Will the Gator defense a) get a pick or more, b) cause a fumble or two, and c) produce multiple sacks?
• Does Billy have anyone on staff who can consistently count to 11 when deploying players on defense and ST units?

Hopefully Napier opens it up on this weak secondary and Mertz pulls the trigger more instead of settling for check downs too often. If you have a nice single coverage situation down the field let the ball go and give the receiver a chance.

 

[TEBOW TIME]

Florida releases new hype video for Vanderbilt game, 2023 homecoming

This hype video ahead of Florida's homecoming game will gets fans excited.

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TEBOW TIME

 

[Gator Fever]

Go Gators !!!

 

[Gator Fever]

Great SECN is black screen.

 

[Gator Fever]

Easy TD...

 

[Gator Fever]

Fricking Marshall...

 

[NavigatorII]

WTF was THAT? Yeah, just stand there, give up on the play and watch.

 

[steven orr]

The gator Cb sees his guy catch the ball and just stops and watches him run. Good god this is just a team that can’t get out of its own way.

 

[NavigatorII]

The gator Cb sees his guy catch the ball and just stops and watches him run. Good god this is just a team that can’t get out of its own way.

But but but......ref, he pushed off on me! I'm going home! Wah!

 

[Gator Fever]

Same joke passing game so far.

 

[steven orr]

Special teams. One guy go to the goalline to pin the ball inside the 5. Coach your players!!

 

[NavigatorII]

Special teams. One guy go to the goalline to pin the ball inside the 5. Coach your players!!

Yeah, let's just watch the fake eyes of the returner instead of looking for the ball in the air. Special teams coach is a joke too.

 

[steven orr]

It’s like this team just doesn’t want to win.

 

[NavigatorII]

But but but......ref, he pushed off on me! I'm going home! Wah!

Okay. Marshal got face masked. But never just give up on a play.

 

[NavigatorII]

It’s like this team just doesn’t want to win.

These players are not horrible. But there is a terrible chemistry and lack of discipline that's showing cracks in a big way.

 

[steven orr]

Do our players know the rule book?

 

[NavigatorII]

Do our players know the rule book?

We suck. No discipline. Even more pressing need an offensive coordinator badly. I'm not putting this failure on Mertz either.

 

[steven orr]

Gator players you can’t jump the punt shield. You can’t use hands to the face to block or get off of a block. After the QB has thrown the ball you can’t go hit him.

These things should’ve been covered in August but apparently our really smart coaching staff neglected to teach you this.

 

[TEBOW TIME]

I'm not putting this failure on Mertz either.

You cant cause he's the best player on the team so far this year

 

[GordonGecko]

Vandy is a Q4 team. We need a niceQ3.

 

[NavigatorII]

You cant cause he's the best player on the team so far this year

We've got 2 great running backs and a wide receiver that are going to be completely wasted this year. Not Mertz fault though.

 

[steven orr]

We wrong shouldered the pulling guard!!
Hallelujah

 

[steven orr]

Our defense coaches read our message board!!!

 

[gatorRAD]

Mertz needs 1 second to max 2 second plays ONLY!!! He’s gonna get cranked by a defender and the season is over! Let’s go GOOD PLAY CALLS PLEASE!!!!? And Go Gators!!

 

[Gator Fever]

Nice to see Wilson and Boardingham becoming involved.

 

[steven orr]

Run the ball to get down there then 3 straight throws.

 

[TEBOW TIME]

Hayes: Gators need an attitude adjustment. Is Billy Napier capable of delivering one?

Billy Napier's sideline demeanor is stoic by nature. Football teams sometimes need more passion, energy, heck, visor-throwing anger from their head coach.

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[ocalaman]

Mertz was efficient, Boardingham and Johnson had a great game. But the banged up offensive line wasn't very good. Got an absolute must win against an inferior team and next week's game at South Carolina is HUGE.

 

[TEBOW TIME]

Mertz was 30-36 with 254 yards and 3 TD's. Take that all day long like I said before the season started. I know it wont happen every week but I will take it. Get the offensive line better and the running game going and maybe we can have some success.

3 takeaways from Florida’s dominant win over Vanderbilt

3 takeaways from Florida's win over Vanderbilt.

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[GatorNation79]

Mertz was efficient, Boardingham and Johnson had a great game. But the banged up offensive line wasn't very good. Got an absolute must win against an inferior team and next week's game at South Carolina is HUGE.

Our offensive line is not very good, said it weeks ago. It's the weakest part of our team.. Penalties are ridiculous and we can't recover from them on offense. Boardingham, Wilson III and Webb are some good looking freshman on Offense

 

[Gator Fever]

Our passing offense is not good and I don't see us even beating SC or Arkansas unless defense is on that game or we can run all over them.

 

[gatordad3]

Only way to win at SC is to get all day pressure on their ugly ass albino quarterback. His O line has been getting him killed all season.

 

[Countygator1]

Our passing offense is not good and I don't see us even beating SC or Arkansas unless defense is on that game or we can run all over them.

Our oline might be the worst in the league. Watching the GA qb stand back there with all the time in the world. Meanwhile we can't even give our guy 2 seconds.

 

[Gator Fever]

Our oline might be the worst in the league. Watching the GA qb stand back there with all the time in the world. Meanwhile we can't even give our guy 2 seconds.

He had more than 2 seconds on a lot of plays counting scrambling. The main issue to me is we just do too much dinking and dunking and that isn't going to cut it when the other team is scoring. When Mertz buys that time he needs to be more confident to go after plays when we have a chance down the field. Arkansas offense does look pretty bad against Ole Miss so far but I think most teams remaining will require us to do some real productive passing to win and it's hard to picture that based on the season so far.

 

[TEBOW TIME]

What Billy Napier said after Florida’s win over Vanderbilt

Billy Napier said he admired Gators quarterback Graham Mertz's toughness against the Commodores.

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