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So, I thought the Gaytors were going to take a step back, but...

flagator86 said:
As with everyone, depends on QB and I don’t mean a health standpoint. Lagway takes another step and we’re 8+ wins. OL is solid, got to get better in pass pro. RB room is VERY good. WR room has top 10 in the country POTENTIAL, but someone has to establish themself as a legit #1 threat.

Defensively….good returning production but still a bit thin for my liking along the DT spot. LB’s should be the best position unit on the whole team and one of the best in the country by seasons end imo. Corner room is solid but lack experience depth, same with the safety room. I think we have the best nickel room in the country, Denson and Gates are unbelievable when healthy.

10-2 ceiling
8-4 floor
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FLOOR is 8-4? There's no way they can lose 5 games? Lagway's health permitting.

Man.....isn't their Vegas win total 7? You're usually pretty rational but that's a wild take, IMO. Vegas says you're going to win 7 and your absolute floor is 8? Will be a good one to bump in December either way.

I don't think a single person outside of Gainesville would be even moderately surprised if they lose 4 games by October 11th, but hey. That's why we line em up.

@ LSU -- Will almost certainly be a dog
@ Miami -- Will 100% be a dog, albeit probably small. Miami will be roughly -3.
vs Texas -- Have to think they'll be a dog even at home to the preseason #1 team, unless they're 4-0 and Texas loses big to taint
@ A&M -- Will almost certainly be a dog

They're very, very likely to be an underdog in 4 of their first 6 games, and this doesn't even take into account UGA, @ Ole Miss, @ Kentucky, or Tennessee. 8-4 floor is WILD.
 
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OrangeBowlMagic said:
FLOOR is 8-4? There's no way they can lose 5 games? Lagway's health permitting.

Man.....isn't their Vegas win total 7? You're usually pretty rational but that's a wild take, IMO. Vegas says you're going to win 7 and your absolute floor is 8? Will be a good one to bump in December either way.

I don't think a single person outside of Gainesville would be even moderately surprised if they lose 4 games by October 11th, but hey. That's why we line em up.

@ LSU -- Will almost certainly be a dog
@ Miami -- Will 100% be a dog, albeit probably small. Miami will be roughly -3.
vs Texas -- Have to think they'll be a dog even at home to the preseason #1 team, unless they're 4-0 and Texas loses big to taint
@ A&M -- Will almost certainly be a dog

They're very, very likely to be an underdog in 4 of their first 6 games, and this doesn't even take into account UGA, @ Ole Miss, @ Kentucky, or Tennessee. 8-4 floor is WILD.
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Yep 8-4. I’m not saying they CAN’T lose 5 (or more) games, but i’d be surprised if they did. Been building towards this and next year and the time is here. I always had 2025 circled as THE YEAR to make a leap if it was ever gonna happen under Napier at UF.

The schedule is the schedule and we know that will take care of itself. It won’t look as “daunting” once the season is over with
 
flagator86 said:
Yep 8-4. I’m not saying they CAN’T lose 5 (or more) games, but i’d be surprised if they did. Been building towards this and next year and the time is here. I always had 2025 circled as THE YEAR to make a leap if it was ever gonna happen under Napier at UF.

The schedule is the schedule and we know that will take care of itself. It won’t look as “daunting” once the season is over with
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I'm not going to argue too much here, even though I think the Gator floor is 7-5.

The main reason Florida can get to 7 wins is that the SEC is, as always, overrated. That is not to say that there is not talent out there. Yes, there are many talented SEC teams. But playing an SEC schedule AND taking tough losses usually causes a "coulda/woulda/shoulda" Top 25 team to finish unranked. So this concept that there are 10 SEC teams that can win 9 or more regular season games is just bull****.

I doubt Florida goes 6-6 or worse, unless Lagway is on the sidelines for most of the year. But 7-5 is definitely possible.
 
their trenches is the big X factor, the media is touting them as tops in the country, we pushed them around last year, but they held their own back half of the season I guess,
 
flagator86 said:
10-2 ceiling
8-4 floor
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Look man, you guys currently have 7 ranked teams on your schedule, 4 in the top ten. Your unranked games are against @Kentucky, which has been a struggle, and rival FSU. If this year's Miami team had your schedule I would say 8-4 is a very realistic expectation, not a floor. I mean, for a ceiling, 10-2 with that schedule and last years SEC rankings would make you a top 5 team in the country. You think your ceiling is a top 5 team?

I'm genuinely not saying this to be a hater but, given Napier's seat being hot, the floor is likely 4 or 5 wins . If you guys start the season 2-3, which is totally possible given you play 2 top teams away and the #1 team in games 3-5, the possibility of your season collapsing because Napier gets fired halfway through the season is well within the realm of possible.
 
TheOriginalCane said:
You are so full of ****. "They started playing better football well before their last 4 games".

WHEN, you ******* bull****ter?

They lost 49-17 to Texas. And NO, you can't use the "missing a ton of starters" excuse. 49-17 is NOT "playing better football" by ANY definition.

They lost 34-20 to Georgia before the Texas blowout. That is NOT "playing better football", particularly when the saving grace of the last 4 games was the DEFENSE. You can't give up 34 points and 49 points in consecutive weeks in November and claim "well, we were playing better football". Those are two horrendous defensive performances.

Before those two losses, their four wins were 4-7 SAMFORD, 2-10 Mississippi State, 4-8 UCF, and 4-8 Kentucky. Is this how you choose to define "playing better football well before their last 4 games"?

This is the bull**** that Gator/Napier apologists try to spin. About how The Gator was already turning its season around before they got lucky for those last 4 wins. The reality is, if Florida LOST the LSU and Ole Miss games, they would have finished 5-7 (I'm giving them the win over 2-10 F$U), missed the bowl game, and fired Slingblade Billy. That's just reality.

Here's more reality. The LSU-Florida game was tied at the beginning of the 4th quarter. The Ole Miss-Florida game was tied at the beginning of the 4th quarter. In neither game was Florida dominating both sides of the ball. The Gators were lucky to score 2 TDs in the 4th against LSU and 1 TD in the 4th against Ole Miss, otherwise they were likely to finish 5-7.

Oh, but "they started playing better football well before their last 4 games". Because they were "competitive" in a couple of games and blew out four absolutely horrific opponents who had a combined 14 wins between those four schools.

Bull. ****.
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And then you double-down on the cherry-picking lol
 
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JennStrawley’sBabyDaddy said:
Comedy Why Are You *** GIF
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If you don't understand how different SEC and ACC schedules have become, you haven't been following college football the last few years

 
ALLoverCANE said:
If you don't understand how different SEC and ACC schedules have become, you haven't been following college football the last few years

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Right. Because ranking 22 SEC teams preseason every year plays no role in SOS. Obviously there are good teams in the SEC. Their conference strength is completely overblown though.
 
ALLoverCANE said:
And then you double-down on the cherry-picking lol
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Cherry-picking? What in the actual **** are you talking about?

Before Florida's "oh-so-amazing" 4-game winning streak, they were TERRIBLE.

The beat four horrible teams that were 4-8, 4-8, 4-7, and 2-10. You can't even argue that. And four of their five losses were by double-digits, as their craptastic defense gave up 41, 33, 34, and 49 points in those 4 losses. You can't even argue that.

Oooooh, but we should give them credit for TWO games that you claim were "competitive". And we should disregard the fact that their offensive like got TWO quarterbacks injured twice apiece. Maybe, just maybe, the Gators were SO bad last year BECAUSE they kept allowing their QBs to get demolished, to the point where they had to play a walk-on transfer from the Ivy League.

Sure, I'm "cherry-picking". I specifically cited EIGHT of the nine games the Gators played before that 4-game winning streak. Unlike you, I don't glaze Florida or Slingblade Billy for that "competitive" Tennessee loss as if it is a miraculous "turnaround" game.
 
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flagator86 said:
As with everyone, depends on QB and I don’t mean a health standpoint. Lagway takes another step and we’re 8+ wins. OL is solid, got to get better in pass pro. RB room is VERY good. WR room has top 10 in the country POTENTIAL, but someone has to establish themself as a legit #1 threat.

Defensively….good returning production but still a bit thin for my liking along the DT spot. LB’s should be the best position unit on the whole team and one of the best in the country by seasons end imo. Corner room is solid but lack experience depth, same with the safety room. I think we have the best nickel room in the country, Denson and Gates are unbelievable when healthy.

10-2 ceiling
8-4 floor
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Respect your football opinion on the board bro, but I don’t see how you believe recent developments and roster acquisitions give you all a 8-4 floor. Y’all have a back breaker of a schedule. It’s manageable with NO injuries but that’s a very optimistic take. Coming from a Miami fan. 7 wins for the Gators would be after fighting tooth and nail. I see closer to an 8-4 ceiling with a bowl bid. Would you mind sharing your season game W/L projections?
 
JennStrawley’sBabyDaddy said:
Right. Because ranking 22 SEC teams preseason every year plays no role in SOS. Obviously there are good teams in the SEC. Their conference strength is completely overblown though.
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Mom and pop amateur hour bull**** the P2 thrives off of.

College sports are the fakest wanna be professional league in the world.

I’ll enjoy it for the time being, but don’t know how much longer I will be a STH for football and hoops.

Too many charades.
 
CaneManeShane727 said:
Respect your football opinion on the board bro, but I don’t see how you believe recent developments and roster acquisitions give you all a 8-4 floor. Y’all have a back breaker of a schedule. It’s manageable with NO injuries but that’s a very optimistic take. Coming from a Miami fan. 7 wins for the Gators would be after fighting tooth and nail. I see closer to an 8-4 ceiling with a bowl bid. Would you mind sharing your season game W/L projections?
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I’ll keep it short. I’m kinda more 9-3ish with L’s to LSU, Texas, and whoever you wanna say the 3rd loss it between Miami/UGA/Ole Miss.
 
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ALLoverCANE said:
If you don't understand how different SEC and ACC schedules have become, you haven't been following college football the last few years

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So you posted a link from an $EC Slurper showing him/her slurping the $EC as "proof" of difficult schedules. That graphic tells me two things:

1. Kelley Ford and its pronouns slurp the $EC.
2. According to Kelley Ford, if you're not in the B1G/$EC, you need to win 10 games to make the playoffs....and if you are in them, you need only 9, maybe only 8 to make it.
 
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