Two very telling moments from last night

[scrantoncane]

Still though, why didn't we challenge it? L$U quick snapped it for sure, but still....

I saw it come out live on the telecast with 3/4 of a bottle of bourbon in me. Not sure how our whole staff missed it ..

 

[QuattroCane]

I know it's cool to be outraged at everything last night , but Richt was clearly confirming it was fourth down, he say's "it's fourth down right", not what down is it, no need to be disingenuous, there's plenty of **** to be steamed about.

 

[Mikesmith29150]

Rosier must have a Richt *** tape.

 

[ThomasM]

1. Announcers relayed a quote by Aranda, something to the effect of "Miami doesn't have an intermediate passing game. Everything is a deep ball or RPO."

Then I watched the game play out, as Rosier airmailed open receiver after open receiver in the 'intermediate passing game', and continually aired it out on low percentage deep balls. I don't question Rosier's heart, toughness, or want-to....he's just not good enough. He's also not tall enough to have an effective and consistent intermediate passing game because, to get the throw over the raised arms of DL (who are often in his face because they overmatch the OL) with enough zip to get there before DB's close the gap, it's going to go high. And when he does have time or a passing lane, his decision-making and accuracy just aren't good enough (throwing 'hot' to the opposite side of a corner blitz?). We might be able to win the Coastal again with Rosier (but probably not), but that's probably the ceiling.

2. Trayone Gray literally sidestepping to get out of the way of a blitzer coming right up the gut.

Not just a whiffed block....this was seemingly a deliberate attempt to NOT make a block. Coming on the heels of Richards not even making an attempt to fight the DB off for that deep sideline ball, it almost seems like these guys are trying to sabotage Rosier. I'm not saying that they are, but that's certainly the perception it gives, and if it's even remotely true, then we're going to have trouble beating FIU, much less F$U. And Trayone should be suspended or kicked off the team for that garbage, regardless...if it was deliberate, gone, see ya...if it wasn't deliberate, he's terrible and shouldn't play. Completely inexcusable, but a symptom of deep problems within this team, whether it be festering in the locker room or talent-wise on the field.

Maybe Gray was trying to get Rosier injured. One can dream, right?

 

[Bk1]

I saw that not as Richt being clueless of the down but rather him being kind of incredulous towards his assistant coach. The assistant asked him if he was gonna go for it. Richt replied, It is 4th down? Then punt.

Yea thats what thought as well

 

[OriginalGatorHater]

I thought a sneakily telling moment was when Rosier was out there scrambling around and had his shoulder pad come out of his jersey. TV camera pans in and, at least usually, you see a teammate or two try to help the dude. Our gameday crew joked the players were like "f it, keep it outside, it might help things."

Jokes aside, my most telling indicator last night was we had real opportunities to bring in Weldon or Williams or both to at least get some live looks. Doesn't seem it was even a consideration. That's pretty worrisome.

It stayed out for the entire quarter. One of the refs felt bad and came and helped him fix it. Me and my boys were so wasted at this point we didn't give af about the game, but we kept joking about the shoulder pad hanging out.