Something I was just thinking about: Looking at Lagway’s “illustrious” career, he has played in just four true road games. Four! I’m pretty sure the baby-soft SEC/Florida scheduling gimmick of avoiding real road games is a problem for him.
Against Mississippi State – 7/7 for 76 yards, no TDs or INTs, 3 rushes for 22 yards, no sacks. He came in once the game was already over, so no real road test here. Also, this was against one of the worst Power 4 teams last year.
Against Tennessee – 9/17 for 98 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT, 5 rushes for 1 yard, 2 sacks. He didn’t start this game; he came in at halftime, presumably because of an injury thanks to that O-line (which is still better than ours). He got a taste of road play here, but his performance in the loss was nothing to write home about.
Against Florida State – 14/22 for 133 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT, 4 rushes for -8 yards, 3 sacks. This was a win, but against what was essentially a G5-level team at home, because that FSU squad was dead last year. Even then, he didn’t exactly light it up.
Last week vs. LSU – 33/49 for 287 yards, 1 TD, 5 INTs, 9 rushes for 19 yards, 3 sacks. What else is there to say? It was about as bad as it gets. The kid was seeing ghosts and had no answers, This was his first real start in a big time road game and well well well.
So what can we conclude from all this? Florida’s brain-dead fans crowned a “Heisman QB” out of a kid who, before the season, had a 3:2 TD/INT ratio across about 1.5 real road games. Florida is soft. Lagway has now played two true road games, and while our atmosphere isn’t quite Death Valley at night, we can get there quickly—especially if DJ throws an early pick. The hype, as I’ve said all along, was wildly out of line. This dude is going to be shell-shocked. GO CANES.
Bonus tidbit: The absolute rocket scientists in Gainesville are now calling for the true freshman backup to come in, because he looked good against LIU. You can’t make this up. There is no fan base more out of touch with reality than them.
