sadgator has no objective reason for this pick…
but he is convinced that Florida is going to be ready to play….
Florida 42
Utah 24
but he is convinced that Florida is going to be ready to play….
Florida 42
Utah 24
IT…IS…GATOR…FOOTBALL…WEEK! Let’s pick the Utah game…
- Thread starter sadgator
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Close game! I think Utah has a very good team so certainly wouldn’t be surprised if we lose. I’m hoping home field advantage makes the difference.
UF - 31
Utah - 27
UF - 31
Utah - 27
King,
Agree !
But my head
Utah 31
UF 27
But I hope like hell we're both wrong !
Much is being made of Utah having won the weak PAC-12 conference now minus the L.A. schools. It will be even weaker this year. Utah gets up for the traditional powerhouses (i.e. Alabama 2010 {W}, Ohio State 2022 {L}); however, there's no pressure on this Gators squad this year. Which means they will play free and loose Saturday. That's a good thing BTW.........AR-15, the one to lookout for!
UF 44
UU 30
UF 44
UU 30
Much as I would love to be wrong -
"...The challenge starts, as tight end Dante Zanders noted, with the experience the Gators' opponent brings to the table.
The Utes return 17 starters and nine All-Pac-12 honorees from their successful 2021 season, boasting far more members of their No. 41 nationally-ranked offense (431.4 yards per game) and No. 27 defense (343.4 yards allowed per game) of a year ago than new contributors on the team's Week 1 depth chart."
https://www.si.com/college/florida/...understand-tough-task-utah-utes-tenure-opener
"...The challenge starts, as tight end Dante Zanders noted, with the experience the Gators' opponent brings to the table.
The Utes return 17 starters and nine All-Pac-12 honorees from their successful 2021 season, boasting far more members of their No. 41 nationally-ranked offense (431.4 yards per game) and No. 27 defense (343.4 yards allowed per game) of a year ago than new contributors on the team's Week 1 depth chart."
https://www.si.com/college/florida/...understand-tough-task-utah-utes-tenure-opener
Bayou,
Hope you're right !
FYI - USC & UCLA are still in the PAC-12. Utah beat both of them last year - USC (42-26); UCLA (44-24).
Utah won "the weak PAC-12" while we went 2-6 in the SEC & lost to UCF in the Gasparilla Bowl.
Makes Utah look pathetic.
UF owns the longest-active home-opener win streak in the FBS with 32-straight wins (last loss, 1989: 24-19 vs. Ole Miss)
What's odd is they return all of these starters, but on defense they lost their top 4 tacklers...so I am not sure how they come up with these returning numbers.
I will take it but I think we only had one opponent in that 32 years in opening home games that was given a decent chance to beat us.
Yea, that stat is incredibly misleading. I looked all the way back untill 2000(didn't want to go further) but aside from Miami, UF played teams like Toledo and FAU.
I mean, most teams do too so that's not unusual. As far back as I looked, UF has not played a top-25 opponent as a home opener, much less a top 10 team(Utah).
Frankly, I welcome it.
Fever & Tebow
Since 2000, we have not played a Power 5 School in a home opener. small wonder we won those games.
Most of our home openers were rent-a-victums; schools in a much lower classification which sold a home game to pay for the football program's expenses. The MAC was our most frequent opponent.
Typical schedule - 2 cupcakes then Tennessee or Kentucky.
Since 2000, we're 1-1 in neutral site openers -
Sept 2, 2017 vs Michigan in Arlington, TX - got smoked 33-17 &
Aug 24, 2019 vs Miami in Orlando, UF 24-UM 20
Only road opener since 2000 - the COVID year; SEC games only -
Sept 26, 2020 @ Ole Miss - UF 51 - Ole Miss 35
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@ USC, but they were 4-8 in 2021
UCLA was 8-4 in 2021 but it was @ Utah
In 2021 Utah Lost...
@ BYU 10-3
@ SDSt 12-2
@ OreSt 7-6
@ Rose Bowl (even with tOSU playing minus 24 players)
And now they gotta play the fired up Gators @ the freakin' SWAMP....
This will not end well for the Utetie-tooties....
It's a misleading stat.
I heard it explained yesterday - if any player started a game at all last year, it counts as a "returning starter". So it's a pretty wide net.
• UF owns the longest-active home-opener win streak in the FBS with 32-straight wins (last loss, 1989: 24-19 vs. Ole Miss), losing just one season opener (2017 - No. 11 Michigan 33, No. 17 Florida 17 - Arlington, Tex.) since 1990. This is UF’s 4th time playing a ranked opponent in a HOME opener (1982, 1969 & 1953 - Florida 0, No. 3 Georgia Tech 0).
• Florida boasts a 350-111-13 (.752) all-time record at The Swamp, holding the 2nd-highest home winning percent- age in the nation since 1990 with a 169-32 (.841) record. The Gators have outscored opponents, 7,603 to 3,204 in 201 games inside The Swamp, putting the average outcome at 37.8 to 15.9 (21.9 points) --- WoW! That's pretty close to my WaG on the score: UF 34 - 17 UU.
Even though a few claim that Dan didn't know how to use Pierce.... Florida averaged 5.5 yards per rush attempt in 2021, which was the 4th-highest mark in program history, and UF concluded the campaign with 208.7 rushing yards per game, which was the 11th-highest mark in program history.
The Gators finished the 2021 season with 462.8 yards per game, which ranked 6th in school history.
When considering UU's all time stats and wins, keep in mind that they have only been playing in a P-5 Conference for the last 11 years, and it's the weakest P-5 conference with zero NC's over that span....
More 'By The Numbers' can be found here:
• Florida boasts a 350-111-13 (.752) all-time record at The Swamp, holding the 2nd-highest home winning percent- age in the nation since 1990 with a 169-32 (.841) record. The Gators have outscored opponents, 7,603 to 3,204 in 201 games inside The Swamp, putting the average outcome at 37.8 to 15.9 (21.9 points) --- WoW! That's pretty close to my WaG on the score: UF 34 - 17 UU.
Even though a few claim that Dan didn't know how to use Pierce.... Florida averaged 5.5 yards per rush attempt in 2021, which was the 4th-highest mark in program history, and UF concluded the campaign with 208.7 rushing yards per game, which was the 11th-highest mark in program history.
The Gators finished the 2021 season with 462.8 yards per game, which ranked 6th in school history.
When considering UU's all time stats and wins, keep in mind that they have only been playing in a P-5 Conference for the last 11 years, and it's the weakest P-5 conference with zero NC's over that span....
More 'By The Numbers' can be found here:
Ahh. Got it. That makes sense. I was reading they had 8 returning on defense then when I looked at their stats from last season their top retuning player was 5th in tackles. I know they lost their 2 best defenders. That linebacker is an absolute stud and unfortunately got banged up at the beginning of camp for the Jags. If AR can stay healthy Saturday I believe we can score on them. What I don't have any clue is how much can we keep them from scoring on us. They have a very good offensive team. My suspicion tells me Napier will slow things down and try and keep Utah's defense on the field.
Utah reveals uniform combination ahead of its game at Florida
Utah will be wearing some special uniforms against the Gators.
www.saturdaydownsouth.com
sadgator is glad that Utah is focused on their uniforms…
Hoping I'm wrong, but I think Utah's experience and running game wins out . Utah 34 - UF 24.
Maybe those white uniforms are how they intend to beat the heat in the SWAMP? Will that work???Utah reveals uniform combination ahead of its game at Florida
Utah will be wearing some special uniforms against the Gators.www.saturdaydownsouth.com
The inquisitive science part of me went into overdrive...
White uniforms or dark uniforms, which is cooler in the sun?
Put two T-shirts out in the sun. The black T-shirt measured 131.0 Fahrenheit and the white one was 111.8. Yes, it's clear the black T-shirt was hotter.
That pretty much answers the question. In most cases white clothes look just like black clothes in the infrared spectrum. They both reflect about the same amount of thermal radiation. That means you are going to be better off with white clothes, since they don't absorb as much visible light. But wait! Could there be a special case in which black is better?
Let's take a look at the bedouin's desert black clothing. What is going on here? Well, there is more to heating and cooling than just the color of the clothes. What about evaporation? What about wind? One possible reason for the black clothes is a type of chimney effect. The idea is that the black clothes heat up the space between the cloth and the human to promote an upward air current (like a chimney). This air current adds to the cooling of the human. But maybe you see the problem. You have to have an air space between the fabric and the skin (like shoulder pads). I don't know about you, but my shirts aren't that loose. I suspect that there are only a few people that wear clothes in the bedouin fashion—but for those people, you might want to stick to black.
In summary, in T-shirts, white is better. Football uniforms, dark/black might be better.
But either way, those Utetie-tooties are going to burn this Saturday....
Where else can you get this stuff?
It’s a safe bet that they’re not getting entertaining “Utetie-tooties” talk on the pay board…
Anybody wanna tell him the game is at night?
Not sure about that, but sadgator would bet that Gatorshime bedazzle’s his underwear…
Give me the sunset time, just in case.
And the thermal info wasn't just about the color of the clothing, but someone like you often misses out on the more subtle items in any conversation... 🤓
And anybody wanna tell him that the information is good for more than just one game.... 😜
Now we're back to sad's level of competence in any football discussion... 😂Not sure about that, but sadgator would bet that Gatorshime bedazzle’s his underwear…
CBS Anaiyst Aaron Taylor picks Gators in SEC upset for Week 1
Aaron Taylor is starting the season off with a big upset pick as the CBS Sports Network analyst made a prediction sure to find its way to the Utah locker room.Taylor predicted Florida to upset the Utes in Gainesville on Saturday.
“Florida’s going to win this game boys, and they’re going to win it at home,” he said. “They suffered mightily with their culture last year. Billy Napier’s a coach’s son. He came in and knew he had to fix that. There’s a lot of excitement there. There are holes, there are unknowns. Cam Rising is good. Utah is a physical on both lines of scrimmage. But keep your eye on No. 9 Gervon Dexter for Florida, 6-6, 330-pound guy that can get after it off the edge, can play inside. He’s got some versatility. O’Cyrus Torrence came over from Louisiana. You have Anthony Richardson is going to be stretch, stretch play action. I’m riding the Gators all the way.”
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/f...or-explains-his-notable-sec-upset-for-week-1/
I think the one decent opponent we beat in a home opener in that 32 years was Tennessee (they fell apart later though and had a bad season but were ranked when they played us). It was the year we lost to Michigan in that opening out of state game.
