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TheOriginalCane said:
Doesn't matter. Talent is talent. Lorenzo Lingard is a 5-star quarterback.
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So Mullet is going to "gameplan" around a terrible offensive line by doing what, exactly? Unless he's planning on running a totally different offense than the one he's run his entire career, he's not hiding that bucket of turds they call a line.
 
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DTP said:
So Mullet is going to "gameplan" around a terrible offensive line by doing what, exactly? Unless he's planning on running a totally different offense than the one he's run his entire career, he's not hiding that bucket of turds they call a line.
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Quick short passes like in their Mississippi State game last year, per 1 of the screenshots.
 
They continuously use last season's offense as a reference for why they're going to roll Miami this year despite the fact that Miami replaced their entire offensive staff and is running an entirely new offensive system. That in it's self would be stupid but it's even stupider because THEY DID THE EXACT SAME THING LAST YEAR. They went from 335.9 ypg under McSharkteef to 426.8 ypg under Mullett with a majority of the same players on offense. Their offense literally improved by almost 100 yards per game just by changing coaches and systems. Either they totally forgot that a coaching change can improve a team from 4 to 10 wins or they're so totally deranged that they think ONLY a gator coach can improve a team.
 
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DTP said:
They continuously use last season's offense as a reference for why they're going to roll Miami this year despite the fact that Miami replaced their entire offensive staff and is running an entirely new offensive system. That in it's self would be stupid but it's even stupider because THEY DID THE EXACT SAME THING LAST YEAR. They went from 335.9 ypg under McSharkteef to 426.8 ypg under Mullett with a majority of the same players on offense. Their offense literally improved by almost 100 yards per game just by changing coaches and systems. Either they totally forgot that a coaching change can improve a team from 4 to 10 wins or they're so totally deranged that they think ONLY a gator coach can improve a team.
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Absolutely the latter. It applies to them but not us.
 
KevinCaneFace said:
I love their comments on our secondary as if we weren’t a top passing defense last year
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When Miami guys get drafted, we cannot possibly replace them. When Gaytors players get drafted, there is someone much better coming in the next year. ****, didn't you see that Gaytor poster talking about how bad Vosean Joseph (fifth round draft choice) was last year?

Clearly, the Gaytors are much improved after getting rid of all those bum draft picks.
 
TheOriginalCane said:
When Miami guys get drafted, we cannot possibly replace them. When Gaytors players get drafted, there is someone much better coming in the next year. ****, didn't you see that Gaytor poster talking about how bad Vosean Joseph (fifth round draft choice) was last year?

Clearly, the Gaytors are much improved after getting rid of all those bum draft picks.
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The best example of that is when **** fans said Driskell would be even better than Teblow
 
TheOriginalCane said:
I would imagine that he is talking about the Gaytors having 46 national championships in various sports.
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Wiki has them at 41 overall total Div 1 championships. Cool I guess?? Doesn't even put them in the top 20. Cornell has 78 so clearly it's a meaningful stat when applied to modern college football. FWIW Miami has 16.

SEC conference titles is at about 30, which is behind Big 10 anyway.
 
Does anyone notice anything GLARING about this Goldkamp article (and headline) about "OL development clear" and "transformation on the O-line is legitimate"?

I'm just curious if anyone else sees it...

247sports.com

Practice Notes: OL development clear, skill athletes jump out

Swamp247 provides some notes from the open portions of Florida's first practice in fall camp.
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TheOriginalCane said:
As we get closer to game time, I expect to see this more and more, but here goes...

There is a fundamental difference between how UM fans analyze the matchup and how Gaytor fans analyze the matchup.

UM fans are fact-based, they are science-based. We can analyze the UM OL and the UF OL and realize that both teams have question marks, both teams are going to need multiple players to step up and play to their potential, both teams could be victimized by the proper defensive scheme.

Gaytor fans are faith-based, as they invoke their false gawd, Mullet, and delude themselves into thinking that the perfect approach to a terrible OL is to "gameplan around the inexperienced OL". Gaytor fans believe in miracles, that somehow everything will fall into place for them, a QB who has always struggled against pressure will miraculously become a Heisman winner, that a power running back will suddenly be able to run behind 4 brand new starters, that a TE corps that has produced negligible statistical output will magically dominate 3 senior LBs.

It's just amazing to behold. That's what the fun part will be. If, for any reason, the Gaytors win the game, Miami fans will know EXACTLY why. We can analyze reality and assess what needs to be done for the rest of the season. But when Miami wins, the Gaytors will be a bunch of confused excuse-making dolts. They will make excuses. They will have 40 days and 40 nights of an excuse-deluge. They will wonder why their gawd Mullet has forsaken them. They will wail and gnash their teeth. They will wear sackcloth and ashes.

Can't wait. 29 days until the Gaytors lose their religion.
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They will immediately go from Mullet da Gaww to FIRE MULLET because he lost to an equally matched team talent wise seen as far inferior to them.
 
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DTP said:
They continuously use last season's offense as a reference for why they're going to roll Miami this year despite the fact that Miami replaced their entire offensive staff and is running an entirely new offensive system. That in it's self would be stupid but it's even stupider because THEY DID THE EXACT SAME THING LAST YEAR. They went from 335.9 ypg under McSharkteef to 426.8 ypg under Mullett with a majority of the same players on offense. Their offense literally improved by almost 100 yards per game just by changing coaches and systems. Either they totally forgot that a coaching change can improve a team from 4 to 10 wins or they're so totally deranged that they think ONLY a gator coach can improve a team.
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This is the best part of all of their jabbering. They are too stupid to reflect and realize this.
 
The transformation on the O-line is legitimate

It didn't take long out at practice to be willing to give a major cap tip to director of strength and conditioning Nick Savage. It was pretty readily apparent which of the freshman offensive linemen were early enrollees.

FIRST, THESE ARE GAYTOR PLAYERS WHO ARE UNLIKELY TO PLAY VS. UM (EXCEPT IN THE SECOND HALF, WHEN THEY ARE WINNING BY 40). AND GAYTOR FANS RIP US FOR POSSIBLY STARTING ZION.

The Gators need at least a handful of a five-man signing class on the O-line to pan out early, and based on sheer physical appearance and movement it now looks like that might be possible.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT UNIT OF MEASUREMENT FOR THE ******** GAYTOR FANS. AND SPEAKING OF ******** MATERIAL, BASED SOLELY ON PHYSICAL APPEARANCE, GOLDKAMP HAS COME TO A HIGHLY CERTAIN CONCLUSION.

Early on in the stretching and warm-up sessions, it was very apparent how much work a handful of the freshmen have put in in the weight room.

TOLD YOU.

Right tackle Michael Tarquin was pretty underdeveloped in his upper body this spring but now appears very well-balanced in terms of his frame. He looked significantly bulked up in the arms and chest, to the point that he now looks like a capable tackle physically.

HIGH PRAISE. TARQUIN WILL ONLY GET INTO THE UM GAME DURING THE SECOND-HALF GARBAGE TIME, THOUGH. CONGRATS TO TARQUIN FOR DOING THOSE "I MUST, I MUST, I MUST IMPROVE MY BUST" EXERCISES.

It was similar story with right guard William Harrod, who also was quite lean in the upper body this spring. Harrod has had one of the most impressive physical turnarounds on the team in just a few short months, really filling out his frame across the board. He looks the part of a college guard now.

AND, REALLY, THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, LOOKS. LOOK GOOD, PLAY GOOD, THAT'S WHAT THE GAYTORS ALWAYS SAY. ANOTHER GUY WHO WILL ONLY GET REPS ONCE THE GAYTORS ARE UP BY 40, WHICH MEANS HE WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL AT LEAST LATE INTO THE SECOND QUARTER.

But the most impressive change had to belong to guard/tackle Ethan White. White came in topping the scales at more than 400 pounds. He has easily lost at least 50 pounds, to our eye. If you hadn't seen the before pictures, you'd probably say something to the effect of, 'Wow, that guy looks great for a freshman.'

SO HE WENT FROM "FAT GUY IN A LITTLE COAT" TO "ONLY" 350 POUNDS. HOW IMPRESSIVE. HE SHOULD BE ANOTHER SECOND-HALF STAR FOR THE DOMINANT FIRST-HALF GAYTORS.

While there's going to be plenty of work for those players to do still to be ready to actually play at the college level, they look miles and miles closer to actually contributing now than they did just a little more than three months ago when spring ball ended. It's hard to overstate the differences physically.

TALK ABOUT MOVING THE GOALPOSTS, GOLDKAMP WENT FROM "O-LINE TRANSFORMATION IS LEGITIMATE" (FOR A "HANDFUL" OF TRUE FRESHMAN OLS) TO "WELL, THEY'RE GONNA NEED A LOT MORE WORK BEFORE THEY ARE READY TO PLAY" IN JUST THE SPAN OF A FEW PARAGRAPHS. GOLDKAMP IS A HERO TO ALL OF THE ON-THE-LEDGE GAYTOR FANS WHO JUST NEEDED A FEW POSITIVE WORDS TO JUMP TO INSANE DELUSIONAL CONCLUSIONS ABOUT HOW GREAT THEIR TEAM IS.

Florida's got some elite athletes away from the trenches

I JUST LOVE THE HEADLINE SO MUCH THAT I HAD TO SHARE IT. NO ELITE ATHLETES IN THE TRENCHES FOR THE GAYTORS.

Other News & Notes

-- In terms of who lined up where on the offensive line, the first day was pretty consistent with the spring. The first-team O-line from left to right was: Stone Forsythe, Brett Heggie, Nick Buchanan, Chris Bleich and Jean Delance. Bleich looked notably leaner and seemed to be moving better than he did in the spring.

GOLDKAMP RAVED ABOUT THE PHYSICAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE TRUE FRESHMEN, BUT THE ONLY NICE THING HE CAN SAY ABOUT THE STARTERS IS THAT ONE OF THEM LOOKED NOTABLY LEANER.

-- Freshman offensive lineman Riley Simonds repped at both guard and tackle in individual drills. Meanwhile, redshirt freshman Griffin McDowell, who missed spring with an injury following a scooter accident, repped mostly at left guard in individual drills. McDowell appears to have added back some upper body mass.

AGAIN WITH THE NON-STARTER FRESHMEN. GOOD LORD, I WAS STARTING TO GET WORRIED THAT THE GAYTORS WILL FIELD AN ALL-FRESHMEN OFFENSIVE LINE FULL OF LEAN GUYS WITH WELL-DEVELOPED BUSTLINES.




Here are a few other fun facts:

-- Quarterbacks focused on a ball security drill during one individual period, tucking the ball with two hands as they hit the ground face first. They later worked with running backs on exchanges in the run game, then transitioned into throwing a few passes out of the backfield. There wasn't much to note from the group overall. Freshman running back Nay'Quan Wright is the smallest running back in the group. He didn't particularly stand out as an explosive runner or cutter, which was the book on him coming in. He's best known for his vision and constantly making things happen despite having jump-off-the-page athleticism. It will be interesting to see how that translates in the coming practices.

-- In individual drills, the receivers worked with a Jugs machine at one point. The veterans seemed to make the drill old hat, catching virtually everything thrown at them. Joshua Hammond, in particular, continues to display some of the softest hands on the team. A few struggled, though. Toney had at least four drops, including at least one that hit him square in the hands. That was an issue for him in the spring and something he'll need to continue to work on. Meanwhile, both freshmen had drops. Dionte Marks seemed a bit surprised at how quicky the ball came into him off the Jugs machine, twice taking balls off the helmet. Fellow freshman Ja'Markis Weston also had a drop. Weston has a pretty lean frame, something that stood out against the more physically refined veterans.

-- Nickelback John Huggins was not at Friday's practice and is not expected to practice this weekend. UF officials said that Huggins was dealing with a family issue. Starting safety Jeawon Taylor practiced Friday morning in a red non-contact jersey.
 
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