Coming off the sideline our defense can’t get the right people/personnel on the field. This coaching staff has a lot of soul searching to do. It’s junior high stuff.
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The defensive review will be brutal. My guess is coaches doing dumb crap with DBs and edge rushers and LBs lacking discipline as usual.
Probably wouldn't have made any difference in the outcome, but I think Napier made some in0game mistakes. On the first drive, kick the field goal and take a lead on the road. Late in the 2nd quarter, when you only have 1 timeout left and UT is backed up deep with a 3rd and 10 and letting the clock run, don't call a timeout. They converted on the next play and used their 3 timeouts to drive down the field in under 90 seconds and take a halftime lead. Also, when you have a chance to cut the deficit to 10 by kicking an extra point with 6 minutes left in the game, don't go for two.
Overall, the offense played well, but our defense absolutely sucks - and there's no Todd Grantham to blame!
Overall, the offense played well, but our defense absolutely sucks - and there's no Todd Grantham to blame!
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I hope Richardson got over the sour hump. I think he was pretty damn good today.
Curious to see what happened with the DBs. These were the same starters from last seasons game. Wouldn't be surprised if coaches weren't adapting to what was happening in addition to the DBs being lost on some plays.
Ocala,
Total agreement !
But It was obvious our defense was overmatched & I think we converted 4 of 5 4th down plays we had to try because we couldn't stop them.
Fever,
With
Corey Raymond on staff,
We are still DBU right ?Think we can sell Cormani McClain on early playing time ?
I’m numb though, God, why cant we finally be balanced on both sides of the ball instead of leaving us with 0 fingernails left EVERY GAME? I realize you gave us Tebow with a great defense but it’s been well over a decade. Help us God..
Its going to take time to build back the Grantham defense,
Those 2 blown coverages were key.
ARs fumble was big.
Those 2 blown coverages were key.
ARs fumble was big.
If you make that then you could try a field goal the last 7 seconds of the game
Some people are claiming Dean was not picking up his responsibily quite a few times in this game.
He played like a champ. Great work by t he e offense. If the offense continues to play like that, outside of Georgia, there's nobody on our schedule we can't beat....defense...holy hell!?!
ESPN college football half game show just threw Billy under the bus for not kicking the field goal early and going for 2 twice.
Yep no chart whatsoever would say go for 2 to make the deficit 9.
Agree. That was right out of the Les Miles playbook. Except Miles would have connected on a TD pass with no time left on the clock. 😂
Billy is gonna have to learn that coaching in the SEC is different than that other league he came from. Points are a premium at all times. You notice Heupel took the 3 early and didnt have to chase points all day.
Billy Napier explains aggressive play-calling after tough loss to Tennessee: 'It was required'
Billy Napier explained some of his coaching strategy.
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We are on track for a 6-6 year guys. The offense showed strides finally. The defense needs major overhaul though. Growing pains are a bitch but........
TRUST. THE. PROCESS.
TRUST. THE. PROCESS.
Tebow,
At 1st I felt the same anger; especially with the 1st FG opportunity - but upon further review, I cooled off & I think Napier realized our defense just couldn't stop them; he really had no choice - he had to go for broke on every offensive series to try to stay in the game.
Trading FGs for TDs won't win many games.
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Although in hindsight coach missed a couple of calls on the FG and 2 pt. conversions. He did everything possible to keep the offense on the field. It took some stones to go for those 4th downs in your own territory early on.
Tebow,
See your point; but as always hindsight is 20/20.
If you could know then what you know now your decision process is always better.
How could Napier know that AR & our offense would give him those OPPORTUNITIES ?
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You never ever pass up on points and I mean never ever. Like I said earlier, Heupel took the the 3 early on cause he knows points are a premium in the SEC. Whatever that junior high league that Napier came from might be different cause all those teams suck. And then on the second 2 point conversion you are trying to cut the game to 9. NO points chart ever says get the game to 9. And I much rather trade a FG for a 0.
I can live with the 4th down calls but that 2 point try was just boneheaded
Fever,
Tenn has what looks like a Spurrier roster - 14 WRs.
FWIW - I like the way Yahoo Sports break their roster down by position groups. https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/teams/ttd/roster/
Think you are right about our DBs; but what about Tenn's WR - are they the same ?
Bru McCoy - didn't play for UT last year - 2019 5* WR from Palos Verdes Estates, CA - multiple transfers & had to sit out for a year.
but he exploded in today's game
McCoyYTD- 8 REC - 109 yds - 1 TD - 13.6 YPC
UF game - 5 REC - 102 yds - 1 TD - 20.4 YPC
We couldn't cover him.
Wrs did good. They not only got separation, but made some great catches. The d-line was serviceable.
This game was lost by the coaches and almost non-existant secondary.
Lots of people, even non-florida people, are pointing out the obvious coaching blunder in the first half with the field goal.....but nearly all game long there was a coaching blunder or something that reflected badly on the staff. .
Whether it be about time-outs, predictable play-calling, players just "lost", etc....AR 15 and the offense couldnt overcome UT, our own so-called secondary, and Napier and coaching staff.
AR and the offense deserves a lot of praise to step up in this game....and its à shame that they didn't get much help. This game aggrivated me just as much, if not more, than à Mullen and Grantham game.
This was a very winnable game.
Took some stones to go for it on 4th early on? But thats not necessarily a good thing. Thats exactly the catalyst why the UGA game got out of hand last year with Mullen trying to be cute and going for it on 4th down and 14 about a minute from half time.
.....sure, a few coaches can reliably do that with a good chance of success, but even when Les Miles did it, he needed to rely on trickery(which we didn't do).
It worked well tonight. As a rule of thumb. Obviously you don't want to go for it a lot on 4th down but we had no chance of stopping those guys when they got rolling. I didn't like going for it when we were inside the 30 and the fourth quarter but it ended up working out. Have we punted those guys are going to score? Touchdown.
How does giving up à garunteed fieldgoal at the 20 yard line(which would have been very influential later in the game) by going for it on 4th down work out well for UF?
Hindsight is 20/20, but even when it happened people were calling it out. At this time there was no garuntee that UT would have an offense that couldn't be stopped. UT played two of the creamiest cream puffs and an average Pitt team. It wasn't like we were facing off against à known offensive juggernaught.
Napier made some really bad decisions, and also made a couple of gutsy calls. AR played amazing. Vols D is not very good but they have a veteran offensive line. We hung with them. Let's see how the season plays out.
Florida Gators fall at Tennessee as Billy Napier blames himself
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — When first-year coach Billy Napier breaks down the No. 20 Florida Gators’ 38-33 loss at No. 11 Tennessee on Sunday, he expects to see a dozen or so plays where the Gators beat themselves. “When you think about that, you think about coaching, right?” Napier said. “That’s my...
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Let's not forget the non-moving statue offensive line play on third down while the play was active.
We laughed....à lot....when FSU did it years ago. Now here we are....
Even the announcers were calling the play half-baked.
We laughed....à lot....when FSU did it years ago. Now here we are....
Even the announcers were calling the play half-baked.
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