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[instaGATOR]

The fastest way out of the iG's starting lineup is interceptions and/or fumbles.
I Look for a UF +2 in TO's vs UU....

Note: This is another of the reasons that the iG likes Brown:
P - 41 TD's to 4 Ints
R - 20 TD's to 1 LPF
I like the 61 TD / 5 TO's (12 to 1) ratio.

Keeping in mind that Int's can be either the QB's or the receivers fault, with the OL being a contributing factor....
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Why I was not, and am not, overly impressed with the 2 incoming WR FNG xfers is this guy:

Veteran Whittemore Primed for Bigger Role​

Whittemore emerged as more of a factor last season, hauling in 19 receptions for 210 yards and a score. But his most notable contributions came when he turned from receiver into passer, rekindling memories for those who saw him play quarterback at Buchholz. He completed three of his four attempts, two for touchdowns: -- A nice article can be found here.

Carter's Corner: Veteran Whittemore Primed for Bigger Role - Florida Gators

Trent Whittemore has waited his turn and developed into a potential go-to receiver in 2022.

floridagators.com

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Week 8-21 >> 8-27 -- Begin to finalize the game 1 starters and 2-3 depth charts.

Week 8-28 >> 9-2 ---- Install the Game Plan for the Utes...

Sept 3rd, strap it up and getter-done...

 

[ghost_of_ukalum1988]

Rough road: The 12 toughest September schedules​

2. Florida​

The games: S3 vs. Utah; S10 vs. Kentucky; S17 vs. USF; S24 at Tennessee
The buzz: Florida plays six of its first seven at home under new coach Billy Napier. But the first two games are against ranked teams, including the opener against defending Pac-12 champ Utah. And the one road game in that stretch will be against Tennessee, which – like Game 2 opponent Kentucky – thinks it can finish second in the SEC East. It’s not an easy first-month schedule for a new coach. And given that the Gators play two games against SEC East opponents, they’re either going to be in good shape in the division race or out of it at the end of the season’s first month.
https://www.on3.com/news/college-football-toughest-september-schedules-2022/

I ordered a month's suppy of Twinkies & CupCakes - guess I better check on that order !

You guys definitely have a challenging schedule to start the season. Other than the game against UK I wish you the best of luck.

 

[Jeff from Jax]

From The Utah Prospective

A lot of eyes will be on that showdown at The Swamp. The Utes checked in at No. 7 in the Associated Press preseason poll — the program’s highest preseason ranking ever.

Meanwhile, Utah coach Kyle Whittingham and his staff are busy trying to finalize the depth chart. Among the position battles still undecided includes backup quarterback behind Cam Rising. Ja’Quinden Jackson and Bryson Barnes are battling for that spot. Whittingham said a decision could come after Saturday’s scrimmage.

The Utes held their first scrimmage on Aug. 13.

“I thought there were a lot of positives,” offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig said about the scrimmage. “We generated some explosive plays and we took care of the football. We’re on track. We’ve got a lot of work to do, but we’re on track.”

Running back Micah Bernard described the scrimmage as “amazing. The offense, you’re going to be happy to see what we do down in Florida. … We’re more explosive. It’s crazy to say because last year we were very explosive. In the scrimmage, we showed who we are. That’s nice to see with a couple of weeks away from game day.”

https://www.deseret.com/2022/8/18/2...paring-for-florida-gators-swamp-season-opener

 

[Jeff from Jax]

If the Utes are going to beat Florida, first they’ll have to beat the heat​

I was incredibly stupid with my first comments on how our weather would not affect Utah.

Some more intelligent thoughts from Salt Lake City.
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Almost every practice over the last few weeks has started at 2:30 p.m. and that’s not because it’s a convenient time for Kyle Whittingham.

When Utah opens its season Sept. 3 at the University of Florida, the Utes will be leaving the high desert of Salt Lake City for the infamous late-summer heat and humidity of Gainesville.

How — or better yet — can Utah prepare for what will be an extreme shift in weather ahead of arguably the biggest, most important opener in the history of the program?

“There are some things that we’re putting in place …” Whittingham said before camp started.

To start things off, right at 2:30 p.m., the coach has made sure the Utes are on the field during the hottest part of the day, during the hottest summer ever recorded here. But even that can’t replicate what the Utes might be walking into early next month.

“The thing that I would be truly concerned with would be the humidity,” said Dr. Ben Buchanan, a sports medicine physician with Intermountain Healthcare. “… If they’re practicing up in the mountains, with relatively dry heat, they can dissipate heat a lot easier and a lot faster. Once you get down to Florida and the humidity and that level of sweating, you’re just not able to get it off of you and get cool faster. I would be more cognizant of players and they’re acclimatization.”

Buchanan placed a heavy emphasis on Utah’s ability to acclimatize to the conditions in Gainesville. Full acclimatization would take 1-2 weeks, Buchanan noting that world-class athletes could probably get there in about a week.

Utah’s traveling party does not have one week, or even half that, on the ground in Florida, but there are plans in motion to help mitigate the issues.

For starters, Utah will travel to Florida two days before the game on Sept. 1, instead of the day before the game as is the norm. That means the Utes will have roughly 48 hours of acclimatization ahead of the game.

In fairness, the fact Utah is flying a day early has nothing to do with battling the heat and humidity. Per an athletic department spokesperson, Utah’s standard protocol when playing in the Eastern time zone is to fly two days ahead of the game. Sept. 3 will mark the program’s first game in the Eastern time zone since a 26-10 win at the University of Michigan on Sept. 20, 2014.

There may not be much difference in the average temperatures of Salt Lake City and Gainesville, but the humidity could very well be a factor.

The average humidity during the month of September in Salt Lake City is 46%, with a given day during that month peaking at a touch of over 60%. Conversely, average humidity in Gainesville in September is 78%, with many days during the month getting up over 80% in recent years.

Wasn't there & don't know how accurate this is; when you compare it to other meterological data; the humidity the article claims seems a bit over-the-top.
https://weatherspark.com/h/m/16986/...ber-2021-in-Gainesville-Florida-United-States
For Florida’s season-opener last year against FAU, on Sept. 4, the temperature peaked at 88 degrees in the afternoon. Shortly after kickoff, at 7:30 local time, the temperature was 76 degrees with 96% humidity. That number never dropped below 90% throughout the game.

https://www.sltrib.com/sports/utah-utes/2022/08/18/if-utes-are-going-beat-florida/

Even if weather is only "average" both teams will be gassed !

 

[Gator Fever]

From The Utah Prospective

A lot of eyes will be on that showdown at The Swamp. The Utes checked in at No. 7 in the Associated Press preseason poll — the program’s highest preseason ranking ever.

Meanwhile, Utah coach Kyle Whittingham and his staff are busy trying to finalize the depth chart. Among the position battles still undecided includes backup quarterback behind Cam Rising. Ja’Quinden Jackson and Bryson Barnes are battling for that spot. Whittingham said a decision could come after Saturday’s scrimmage.

The Utes held their first scrimmage on Aug. 13.

“I thought there were a lot of positives,” offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig said about the scrimmage. “We generated some explosive plays and we took care of the football. We’re on track. We’ve got a lot of work to do, but we’re on track.”

Running back Micah Bernard described the scrimmage as “amazing. The offense, you’re going to be happy to see what we do down in Florida. … We’re more explosive. It’s crazy to say because last year we were very explosive. In the scrimmage, we showed who we are. That’s nice to see with a couple of weeks away from game day.”

https://www.deseret.com/2022/8/18/2...paring-for-florida-gators-swamp-season-opener

So we have others besides Diabate talking about what they can do in the Swamp. My guess is their defense having issues is why their offense was that explosive.

As far as Diabate if he hasn't learned from last year you just have to run some misdirection and he will be out of position almost every time. We should copy what LSU and SC did to us on the ground a little and hopefully expose Diabate.

 

[instaGATOR]

The sad thing for the Ute's is that Diabate, a Gator reject, is the best player on their mostly Soph's (8) defense.

I think that the Gator Offense lights them up, and it only gets worse as the game goes on into the evening...

 

[Jeff from Jax]

Florida football sells out season-opener vs. Utah Utes​

Florida football has officially sold out its season-opening game against the Utah Utes on September 3, according to a press release from the program on Saturday morning. However, a few hundred tickets remain available as part of season-tickets packages offered by the university, but nonetheless, the Gators Nation should prepare itself for a packed house that Saturday evening.

There will be some crowd noise to greet Utah on Sept 3rd

https://gatorswire.usatoday.com/2022/08/20/florida-football-utah-utes-season-opener-sellout/

 

[Jeff from Jax]

Florida will try to out-Utah the Utes to win the opener - David Wunderlich​

Anthony Richardson is too good a runner to leave him in the pocket all of the time, but he will run less than Jones did. The new offense just isn’t built to have the quarterback carry the ball that much.

In other words, UF will probably employ Richardson much the same way Utah does Rising. Both teams will also try to win with their strong defenses.

Can this end well for Florida? Utah is a good team that’s been doing this sort of thing forever. UF will be in its first game in new systems. That usually doesn’t bode well for the team that lacks continuity.

There are two potential mitigating factors.

First, Florida will have more talent and athleticism. That does not clinch anything, to be sure. Utah’s rank last year in the Team Talent Composite was about the same as that of Kentucky, which BEAT Florida in 2021.

Plus, Utah nearly beat Ohio State. The Buckeyes have more talent than Florida does.

Gators had sooo much talent & our recruiting rankings were so much better - that we ended up 6-7 last year with a loss to UCF in the Gasparilla Bowl.

Damn it all Fever, you have to make those UCF folks understand - the numbers on the scoreboard (29-17) don't mean anything.

We had more talent than UCF, we had more players go to NFL training camps than UCF therefor, we were the better team - we just didn't win the game !

The reason I still count it here is that athleticism can erase mistakes. Maybe a play breaks down on offense, but Richardson uses his enormous gifts to pick up a first down despite the chaos. Maybe someone misses an assignment on defense, but they can use their speed to make a play anyway. Or Gervon Dexter and Brenton Cox meet up and sack Rising to make the missed assignment moot.

The other factor is, of course, the weather. There was a report last week that Utah was trying to use noise, heat, and humidity in their practice facility to simulate the Swamp.

They can try that all they want, but nothing will match the actual conditions. There really isn’t anywhere that Utah has played recently that will be like Gainesville in September. Four straight quarters of 85% humidity or more, even after dark for a night game, can be just demoralizing.

We can talk about the average weather condition in September in G'ville, but we won't know until kick-off.

Depending upon the weather for a victory is a long shot.

Though I would love to be wrong, I do not think the Gators will beat Utah. I see Utah winning a close game.

https://www.gatorcountry.com/feature/florida-will-try-to-out-utah-the-utes-to-win-the-opener/

 

[instaGATOR]

"Can this end well for Florida? Utah is a good team that’s been doing this sort of thing forever. UF will be in its first game in new systems. That usually doesn’t bode well for the team that lacks continuity."
Spurrier says hello....

Could you give me Utah's away game results for 2021. No, here I'll help.
Utah 17 - 26 @ #19 BYU
Utah 31 - 33 @ #25 SDSt
Utah 34 - 42 @ NR OreSt
Were any of those away games in a place like the SWAMP?

Utah won 3 away games against very weak teams with losing records.
@ 4-8 USCw, @ 3-9 Stanford, and @ 1-11 AZ
Utah beat #22 Ore twice, @ home and @ neutral site for the PAC12-C
Utah had ZERO wins in away games vs Top 25 teams, and they lost 1 to an unranked 7-6 OreSt.
Utah 45 -48 Bowl #6 tOSU, with tOSU missing 24 players due to injury or ED's to the NFL.
Utah had zero wins at away game vs Top 25 teams, and their highest ranked opponent was their loss @ #19 BYU.

How many times AR runs will depend on how often Utah's young untested defense opens big holes for him to run through, when he isn't killing them with his arm. I'd be shocked if AR doesn't get at least 1 rushing TD, while Rising is going to be eating turf all day....

UF lost to UK by a TD, by committing 15 stupid undisciplined penalties, which won't be happening vs Utah.

As to talent levels, last 4 combined recruit class rankings: #12 UF vs #35 UU.
That's a talent chasm, not a talent gap....

UF's 2021 6-7 cluster team won't be playing 10-4 Utah on Sept 3rd.
What either 2021 team did last season won't matter, because they won't be playing.

You and some others are not just wrong on who wins, you're all FoS imoho....
Please, go ahead and bet the farm on your sure win Utah.... 😂

 

[Gator Fever]

"Can this end well for Florida? Utah is a good team that’s been doing this sort of thing forever. UF will be in its first game in new systems. That usually doesn’t bode well for the team that lacks continuity."
Spurrier says hello....

Could you give me Utah's away game results for 2021. No, here I'll help.
Utah 17 - 26 @ #19 BYU
Utah 31 - 33 @ #25 SDSt
Utah 34 - 42 @ NR OreSt
Were any of those away games in a place like the SWAMP?

Utah won 3 away games against very weak teams with losing records.
@ 4-8 USCw, @ 3-9 Stanford, and @ 1-11 AZ
Utah beat #22 Ore twice, @ home and @ neutral site for the PAC12-C
Utah had ZERO wins in away games vs Top 25 teams, and they lost 1 to an unranked 7-6 OreSt.
Utah 45 -48 Bowl #6 tOSU, with tOSU missing 24 players due to injury or ED's to the NFL.
Utah had zero wins at away game vs Top 25 teams, and their highest ranked opponent was their loss @ #19 BYU.

How many times AR runs will depend on how often Utah's young untested defense opens big holes for him to run through, when he isn't killing them with his arm. I'd be shocked if AR doesn't get at least 1 rushing TD, while Rising is going to be eating turf all day....

UF lost to UK by a TD, by committing 15 stupid undisciplined penalties, which won't be happening vs Utah.

As to talent levels, last 4 combined recruit class rankings: #12 UF vs #35 UU.
That's a talent chasm, not a talent gap....

UF's 2021 6-7 cluster team won't be playing 10-4 Utah on Sept 3rd.
What either 2021 team did last season won't matter, because they won't be playing.

You and some others are not just wrong on who wins, you're all FoS imoho....
Please, go ahead and bet the farm on your sure win Utah.... 😂

I doubt Rising will be eating turf all day as he was only sacked like 6 times in 11 starts. I would like him eating some turf after small gains or having to throw the ball away when he is flushed out of the pocket though.

 

[LizardGrad89]

Florida will try to out-Utah the Utes to win the opener - David Wunderlich​

Anthony Richardson is too good a runner to leave him in the pocket all of the time, but he will run less than Jones did. The new offense just isn’t built to have the quarterback carry the ball that much.

In other words, UF will probably employ Richardson much the same way Utah does Rising. Both teams will also try to win with their strong defenses.

Can this end well for Florida? Utah is a good team that’s been doing this sort of thing forever. UF will be in its first game in new systems. That usually doesn’t bode well for the team that lacks continuity.

There are two potential mitigating factors.

First, Florida will have more talent and athleticism. That does not clinch anything, to be sure. Utah’s rank last year in the Team Talent Composite was about the same as that of Kentucky, which BEAT Florida in 2021.

Plus, Utah nearly beat Ohio State. The Buckeyes have more talent than Florida does.

Gators had sooo much talent & our recruiting rankings were so much better - that we ended up 6-7 last year with a loss to UCF in the Gasparilla Bowl.

Damn it all Fever, you have to make those UCF folks understand - the numbers on the scoreboard (29-17) don't mean anything.

We had more talent than UCF, we had more players go to NFL training camps than UCF therefor, we were the better team - we just didn't win the game !

The reason I still count it here is that athleticism can erase mistakes. Maybe a play breaks down on offense, but Richardson uses his enormous gifts to pick up a first down despite the chaos. Maybe someone misses an assignment on defense, but they can use their speed to make a play anyway. Or Gervon Dexter and Brenton Cox meet up and sack Rising to make the missed assignment moot.

The other factor is, of course, the weather. There was a report last week that Utah was trying to use noise, heat, and humidity in their practice facility to simulate the Swamp.

They can try that all they want, but nothing will match the actual conditions. There really isn’t anywhere that Utah has played recently that will be like Gainesville in September. Four straight quarters of 85% humidity or more, even after dark for a night game, can be just demoralizing.

We can talk about the average weather condition in September in G'ville, but we won't know until kick-off.

Depending upon the weather for a victory is a long shot.

Though I would love to be wrong, I do not think the Gators will beat Utah. I see Utah winning a close game.

https://www.gatorcountry.com/feature/florida-will-try-to-out-utah-the-utes-to-win-the-opener/

If you recall, the team barely practiced before the bowl game and we only had about half of a coaching staff to boot. If Utah thinks they are going to kill us because of the UCF game, well, good. Let them be overconfident.

 

[instaGATOR]

Fever, how many SEC quality defenses did Risling/Utah play in 2021?
How many wins did they get vs Top 20 teams, playing anywhere?
Risling is a decent QB, but can you give me an update his top two projected LT's?
It's a good thing that he a mobile QB, because he's going to be running for his life most of the time.

You can also give us a look at Utah's receivers vs the Gator DB's.
I'm interested in what you find out.... (do you even know how to look?)
I'm guessing that Billy is going to load the box to shut down their running game.
Their dink & dunk junk passing game is not going to be able to carry them for long drives.
They'll hit a play here and there, but they are going to drown in the SWAMP.

I of course don't really know chit about how the game is going to go, I'm just WaG'ing and speculating outta my butt as an old, old time fan, but my moneys on the Gators to show out in game 1. I almost feel sorry for the Utes....

Look for the 1st quarter to be their best, then going down hill for the next 3 quarters....
Go review Spurrier's 1st game vs Houston. I'm not saying it will be that big of a spread, but I'd be disappointed if the Gators don't win by at least double digits....

 

[sadgator]

The heat index across the state was almost unbearable today. sadgator went outside at 10:30 p.m. and it was literally hard to breath…at 11:51 pm the heat index in Melbourne is making it feel like 95 degrees…lol…

still the hottest two weeks of summer to cook left…

just sayin’…

 

[sadgator]

Man, sadgator wishes he was going to this one…

 

[ocalaman]

Interesting takes by the Vegas crowd. While we might not agree, the Vegas oddsmakers are in it for the money and care nothing about any of the teams.

College Football Predictions: NCAAF Odds, Picks & Preview (Week 1)

Get the College Football predictions, NCAAF picks, NCAAF spreads, and NCAAF Vegas odds for all of week one.

www.vegasodds.com

 

[gatorbuilderorlando]

The sad thing for the Ute's is that Diabate, a Gator reject, is the best player on their mostly Soph's (8) defense.

I think that the Gator Offense lights them up, and it only gets worse as the game goes on into the evening...

Not sure I expect the O to "light them up" but if we dont' turn the ball over I think our D is going to be really hard to beat game 1.

lmao - the closer we get to the game the more confident I am haha

 

[sadgator]

Interesting takes by the Vegas crowd. While we might not agree, the Vegas oddsmakers are in it for the money and care nothing about any of the teams.

College Football Predictions: NCAAF Odds, Picks & Preview (Week 1)

Get the College Football predictions, NCAAF picks, NCAAF spreads, and NCAAF Vegas odds for all of week one.

www.vegasodds.com

“This game’s line is generous to Florida, perhaps because of their home-field advantage.”

Lol. This game is one where sharps simply can’t rely on their power rankings. Nobody’s gonna legitimately argue that Florida should be power ranked above Utah…but the entire environment is going to be brutal…and Florida (which is more talented than the public realizes) actually has something to play for…

a lot of people are gonna lose money on this one…

 

[jimbo1313R]

My friends. You can speculate all you want but the fact of the matter is, WE are Playing at home with a coaching staff that is goIng to be pushing the team from the get go. We have a solid team with an excellent Q.B. and I see no reason we shouldn't win by 10 or more. Keep the faith and hope for no injuries to key players. Talk to you about the game after it is over.......jim

 

[sadgator]

The atmosphere when those gators start swimming around on that video board is gonna be all-time electric….sadgator is jealous of those who will get to witness it…

sadgator is going to look for the exact moment that the Utah players realize that this is not the PAC-12 nor bowl “season.”

 

[Gator Fever]

Interesting takes by the Vegas crowd. While we might not agree, the Vegas oddsmakers are in it for the money and care nothing about any of the teams.

College Football Predictions: NCAAF Odds, Picks & Preview (Week 1)

Get the College Football predictions, NCAAF picks, NCAAF spreads, and NCAAF Vegas odds for all of week one.

www.vegasodds.com

Lol 44-17... I understand we looked like crap last season but for that to happen we would have to fall apart with Richardson turning the ball over multiple times. I have more faith in him than that. If we were still running Grantham's garbage defense I could see us falling apart though. We are lucky catching Utah where we get all camp to focus on stopping their running game as that will be the key to beating them.

 

[Jeff from Jax]

Interesting takes by the Vegas crowd. While we might not agree, the Vegas oddsmakers are in it for the money and care nothing about any of the teams.

Ocala,

DAMN !

I expect Utah to win a close game.

NO WAY do they beat us 44-17 in The Swamp, in September !

 

[instaGATOR]

Interesting takes by the Vegas crowd. While we might not agree, the Vegas oddsmakers are in it for the money and care nothing about any of the teams.

College Football Predictions: NCAAF Odds, Picks & Preview (Week 1)

Get the College Football predictions, NCAAF picks, NCAAF spreads, and NCAAF Vegas odds for all of week one.

www.vegasodds.com

They set odds and game score prediction, not on reality, but on what it will take to get fairly even bets on both sides. They had to give Utah that kind of an off-set to give them some hope and get them to lay down some bet money.

College Football Predictions:​

Utah 44, Florida 17 ----- Utah -2.5


Utes by +27??? 😂 🤣 😂


I doubt that spread, even if they were playing with last years teams and coaching....
If that happens, then we can officially throw recruit class rankings out the door forever.... 🤓

 

[Gator Fever]

They set odds and game score prediction, not on reality, but on what it will take to get fairly even bets on both sides. They had to give Utah that kind of an off-set to give them some hope and get them to lay down some bet money.

College Football Predictions:​

Utah 44, Florida 17 ----- Utah -2.5


Utes by +27??? 😂 🤣 😂


I doubt that spread, even if they were playing with last years teams and coaching....
If that happens, then we can officially throw recruit class rankings out the door forever.... 🤓

I could see almost 44 pts by Utah if Grantham was still running the show. The offense they run is custom made to exploit that style Grantham played.

 

[ocalaman]

Ocala,

DAMN !

I expect Utah to win a close game.

NO WAY do they beat us 44-17 in The Swamp, in September !

Well, the 27 point score differential was from the guy who wrote the article. One man's opinion. The actual spread as put forth by the 6 outfits he lists that actually take bets on the games has Utah favored by either 2 or 2.5 points. That seems more realistic. I do think this game will be a huge test for the Gator run defense and that is, by all indications, the part of the Florida team that is most questionable and unproven starting the season.

 

[instaGATOR]

I could see almost 44 pts by Utah if Grantham was still running the show. The offense they run is custom made to exploit that style Grantham played.

That's just stupid, even for a feveredbrain....
2021
#1 NC Ugly 34 Pts
#2 Runner Up UA 31 Pts
UCF 29 Pts
FSU 21 Pts
UK 20 Pts
TN 14 Pts
LSU exploited them for 49, but UU ain't no LSU...

 

[instaGATOR]

Just a FYI, make of it what you will....

Utah's Rushing depth chart:
1) RB Tavion Thomas 6-2 238 Jr xfer
2) RB Micah Bernard 6-0 202 rsSo
3) RB Jaylon Glover 5-7 207 Fr
4) RB Chris Curry 5-11 220 rsJr xfer
5) QB Cameron Rising 6-2 218 rsJr TX xfer

Gator Rushing depth chart:
1a) Nay'Quan Wright 5-9 202 rsSo
1b) Montrell Johnson Jr 5-11 218 So Sun Belt Fr PoY xfer
3) Lorenzo Lingard 6-0 209 rsJr 5-star Miami xfer
4) Trevor Etienne5-9 217 Fr - brother of CU/Jags RB
5) QB Anthony Richardson 6-4 238 4.4/40 So

Question being, which team runs for more yards on Sept 3rd?

Utah's OL Starters:
LT Braeden Daniels 6-4 297 rsJr
LG Sataoa Laumea 6-4 308 rsSo
OC Paul Maile 6-2 304 Jr
RG Keaton Bills 6-4 313 rsSo
RT Jaren Kump 6-5 309 So
Average - 6-4 306 rsSo

UF's OL Starters
LT Richard Gouraige 6-5 308 rsJr
LG Ethan White 6-4 331 Jr
OC Kingsley Eguakun 6-3 301 rsSo
RG O'Cyrus Torrence 6-5 347 Jr 1st Team All Sun Belt ULL xfer
RT Michael Tarquin 6-5 320 rsSo
Average - 6-4 320 Jr

 

[ocalaman]

The sports guy on Channel 20 Gainesville said that Coach Napier, in his press conference after their 2nd scrimmage, said that he's pleased with the team's progress but that everybody needs to understand that 96 of the 114 players on the roster are freshmen or sophomores and many of them have not seen meaningful action in a college football game. He said the team is very young, but working hard to get better every day. I didn't hear the press conference - am just re-stating what the TV guy said.
He, also, said that backup QB Miller will probably miss the first 2 games and that Kitna & Brown are the next guys up on the depth chart.

 

[Gator Fever]

That's just stupid, even for a feveredbrain....
2021
#1 NC Ugly 34 Pts
#2 Runner Up UA 31 Pts
UCF 29 Pts
FSU 21 Pts
UK 20 Pts
TN 14 Pts
LSU exploited them for 49, but UU ain't no LSU...

Utah was much better after their first few games than the mediocre 2021 LSU.

 

[Gator Fever]

The sports guy on Channel 20 Gainesville said that Coach Napier, in his press conference after their 2nd scrimmage, said that he's pleased with the team's progress but that everybody needs to understand that 96 of the 114 players on the roster are freshmen or sophomores and many of them have not seen meaningful action in a college football game. He said the team is very young, but working hard to get better every day. I didn't hear the press conference - am just re-stating what the TV guy said.
He, also, said that backup QB Miller will probably miss the first 2 games and that Kitna & Brown are the next guys up on the depth chart.

Not sure what the scholarship numbers are but you will have more of that now with people transferring knowing they won't get a starting job and with the early NFL guys. I think this roster is better set up for this season than 2023.

 

[Jeff from Jax]

Question being, which team runs for more yards on Sept 3rd?

Insta,

FWIW
Led by Thomas, Utah rushed for

3034 Yards

5.6

37 TD

Their opponents

1696 yds

3.7

11 TD

Utah Returning Rushing

Tavion Thomas RB	13	204	1108	5.4	21
Cameron Rising QB	13	74	499	6.7	6
Micah Bernard RB	14	87	523	6.0	2

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/teams/UTAH/utah-utes/stats/regular/

Utah returns 2,130 rushing yards & 29 TDs
Utah returns Cameron Rising - 2,493 passing yds & 20 Tds

13

320

204

63.8

2493 yds

20 TDs

5 INT

How did the Gators do rushing ?

2713 yds

5.5

26 TD

Their opponents

2131 yards

4.5

19 TD

Gators top 3 rushers - Jones, Pierce, & Davis are gone - that eliminates
1,819 yds and 22 TDs leaving just 894 rushing yards & 4 Tds
Returning Passing - Anthony Richardson

7

64

38

59.4

529 yds

6 TDs

5 Int

Returning Rushing

Anthony Richardson QB	7	51	401	7.9	3
Nay'Quan Wright RB	12	76	326	4.3	1

Lorenzo Lingard RB

5

11

43

3.9

0

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/teams/FLA/florida-gators/stats/regular/

Utah's returning offense - running & passing=4,623 yds & 49 Tds
Florida's returning offense - rushing & passing=1,423 yds & 10 Tds

No one knows how well Montrel Johnson will transition from ULL to the SEC.

Utah RB - T.J. Pledger turns rookie minicamp invite into an NFL contract with Arizona Cardinals​

https://www.deseret.com/2022/5/16/2...inicamp-invite-nfl-contract-arizona-cardinals
Insta, throwing out stats like this makes you look Brilliant !

 

[sadgator]

Those poor Mormons have no idea that they are about to learn what the term “bourbon-fueled” means…

that’s a hard lesson….

 

[GatorNation79]

Not sure I expect the O to "light them up" but if we dont' turn the ball over I think our D is going to be really hard to beat game 1.

lmao - the closer we get to the game the more confident I am haha

First game of the year...there is always a lot of hope. Right now we are undefeated lol

 

[instaGATOR]

Jeff, Utah played the #47 SoS to get their game stats.
They lost to every top 20 team that they played.
And their highest ranked opponent was #19 BYU.
They went 3-3 in away games, with the 3 wins coming against teams that combined to go 8-28...
They played chump PAC-12 Defenses that haven't had a NC in decades.

While UF's schedule included the two teams that played for the NC.... (but I'm pretty sure that info will never sink in for you, or the fact that neither of the 2021 teams will be playing each other on Sept 3rd).
But the 2 teams that will be playing have the #12 and #35 averaged ranked recruiting classes.

Jeff the troll believes that Utah will win on the basis of faulty statistical information that when combined, adds up to squat.... (but of course, that's just this senile old fans warped homer opinion, so no matter...) 😉

 

[instaGATOR]

Those poor Mormons have no idea that they are about to learn what the term “bourbon-fueled” means…

that’s a hard lesson….

Speaking of missed lessons. Sadly mistaken, as usual. BYU is the mormons.
Utah University is the Utes.

Here's the tip-off BYU = Brigham Young University.
Brigham Young University is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by Mormon religious leader Brigham Young,

Ute are the Indigenous people of the Ute tribe and culture among the Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin. They had lived in sovereignty in the regions of present-day Utah and Colorado in the Southwestern United States for many centuries until European settlers (pillagers) colonized their lands. The state of Utah is named after the Ute tribe.
~ Pillagers as in robbers, plunderers despoilers, looters, marauders, raiders, robbers buccaneers, corsairs, freebooters, pirates, rovers privateers, well, you get the idea....

 

[Jeff from Jax]

The new Florida defense will be ______________.​

“A work in progress.”

Set the expectations low, Florida fans. I know, I know. You love Ventrell Miller, Gervon Dexter, Brenton Cox and Rashad Torrence. You’re optimistic about Patrick Toney, who is considered one of the top up-and-coming defensive minds in the sport after 3 consecutive years with defenses that ranked in the top 1/4 in scoring. You can’t wait to see what things look like in a post-Todd Grantham world.

I get all of that. It’s still a group lacking depth that ranks No. 99 in percentage of returning defensive production and didn’t exactly add a bunch of reinforcements in the portal. That’s troubling. I agree that Miller’s return will be immensely important. His absence was felt probably as much as any defensive player in the conference in 2021. But that speaks to why I’m still a bit skeptical of Florida’s defense with Toney in Year 1.

QBs on 1st four teams we play on davey O'Brien watch list.

Florida starts the year facing the likes of Cameron Rising, Will Levis, 2021 Baylor starter Gerry Bohanon (now at USF) and Hendon Hooker. We’re gonna find out what Florida’s defense is capable of in a hurry. It’s OK if Florida’s defense is a work in progress.

More Predictions - since they basically agree with me; I'll post them

2022 projection: 7-5 (4-4), 5th in SEC East​

1-3 in 1st four games; See article below -

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/florida-football/sds-crystal-ball-florida-2022/

So what difference does it make if Napier has a 6- or 7-win season? Will that make or break his time in Gainesville? Absolutely not.

In Year 1 at their current jobs, Nick Saban and Kirby Smart lost to Louisiana-Monroe and Vanderbilt, respectively. Neither was in contention for a division title in Year 1.

What they did in that first year was establish the foundation. How they ran their staffs, their practices and how they recruited all became program pillars.

Napier recruiting much better than I hoped / expected !

Our schedule a nut-cracker ! No cupcakes.

 

[Nicktheslick]

Speaking of missed lessons. Sadly mistaken, as usual. BYU is the mormons.
Utah University is the Utes.

Here's the tip-off BYU = Brigham Young University.
Brigham Young University is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by Mormon religious leader Brigham Young,

Ute are the Indigenous people of the Ute tribe and culture among the Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin. They had lived in sovereignty in the regions of present-day Utah and Colorado in the Southwestern United States for many centuries until European settlers (pillagers) colonized their lands. The state of Utah is named after the Ute tribe.
~ Pillagers as in robbers, plunderers despoilers, looters, marauders, raiders, robbers buccaneers, corsairs, freebooters, pirates, rovers privateers, well, you get the idea....

This is what I love about this site. You get pictures of lovely women, history and science lessons and even some sports mixed in. 👍

 

[sadgator]

Speaking of missed lessons. Sadly mistaken, as usual. BYU is the mormons.
Utah University is the Utes.

Here's the tip-off BYU = Brigham Young University.
Brigham Young University is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by Mormon religious leader Brigham Young,

Ute are the Indigenous people of the Ute tribe and culture among the Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin. They had lived in sovereignty in the regions of present-day Utah and Colorado in the Southwestern United States for many centuries until European settlers (pillagers) colonized their lands. The state of Utah is named after the Ute tribe.
~ Pillagers as in robbers, plunderers despoilers, looters, marauders, raiders, robbers buccaneers, corsairs, freebooters, pirates, rovers privateers, well, you get the idea....

Utah still has a high percentage of Mormons…it’s like 36%…sadgator knew some of those Ute chicks years ago…they were all super hot and repressed….

https://dailyutahchronicle.com/2019...roportion-of-latter-day-saints-over-15-lower/

 

[ocalaman]

Update on the current status of Florida’s QB room | GatorCountry.com

www.gatorcountry.com

 

[Gator Fever]

The new Florida defense will be ______________.​

“A work in progress.”

Set the expectations low, Florida fans. I know, I know. You love Ventrell Miller, Gervon Dexter, Brenton Cox and Rashad Torrence. You’re optimistic about Patrick Toney, who is considered one of the top up-and-coming defensive minds in the sport after 3 consecutive years with defenses that ranked in the top 1/4 in scoring. You can’t wait to see what things look like in a post-Todd Grantham world.

I get all of that. It’s still a group lacking depth that ranks No. 99 in percentage of returning defensive production and didn’t exactly add a bunch of reinforcements in the portal. That’s troubling. I agree that Miller’s return will be immensely important. His absence was felt probably as much as any defensive player in the conference in 2021. But that speaks to why I’m still a bit skeptical of Florida’s defense with Toney in Year 1.

QBs on 1st four teams we play on davey O'Brien watch list.

Florida starts the year facing the likes of Cameron Rising, Will Levis, 2021 Baylor starter Gerry Bohanon (now at USF) and Hendon Hooker. We’re gonna find out what Florida’s defense is capable of in a hurry. It’s OK if Florida’s defense is a work in progress.

More Predictions - since they basically agree with me; I'll post them

2022 projection: 7-5 (4-4), 5th in SEC East​

1-3 in 1st four games; See article below -

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/florida-football/sds-crystal-ball-florida-2022/

So what difference does it make if Napier has a 6- or 7-win season? Will that make or break his time in Gainesville? Absolutely not.

In Year 1 at their current jobs, Nick Saban and Kirby Smart lost to Louisiana-Monroe and Vanderbilt, respectively. Neither was in contention for a division title in Year 1.

What they did in that first year was establish the foundation. How they ran their staffs, their practices and how they recruited all became program pillars.

Napier recruiting much better than I hoped / expected !

Our schedule a nut-cracker ! No cupcakes.

If we were really lucky when it comes to injuries I think a top 2nd DT may be the only thing we are weak on in defense as far as starters though Burney seems to get lost at times.

 

[Jeff from Jax]

ESPN releases bowl projections for every game and College Football Playoff​

Making the predictions are ESPN college football reporters Kyle Bonagura and Mark Schlabach.

Utah returns to Rose Bowl vs Michigan

Gators vs Canes in Gator Bowl -

College Football Playoff

CFP National Championship Presented by AT&T
Bonagura: Alabama vs. Ohio State
Schlabach: Alabama vs. Ohio State

CFP Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
Bonagura: Alabama vs. Clemson
Schlabach: Alabama vs. Clemson

CFP Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl
Bonagura: Ohio State vs. Georgia
Schlabach: Ohio State vs. Georgia

Allstate Sugar Bowl - Oklahoma leads series 19 - 12
Bonagura: Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma
Schlabach: Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma

Rose Bowl Game
Bonagura: Michigan vs. Utah
Schlabach: Michigan vs. Utah

TaxSlayer Gator Bowl - Jacksonville - Miami leads series 29 - 27
Bonagura: Miami vs. Florida

AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Schlabach: Florida vs Kansas State

A clash between Florida and Miami seems like the better option for everyone involved, but Napier and Co. are hoping to shock everyone and land a New Year’s Six bid. That might not be possible given the strength of the two giants atop the SEC right now, but it’s the goal.

https://www.on3.com/news/espn-relea...ate-buckeyes-clemson-tigers-georgia-bulldogs/