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Where is the Gators hype coming from?

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MoneybaggCANES said:
Invest in the Texas football team
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DMoney said:
I’m struggling to see the vision here. DJ Lagway is a legitimate talent, but they’ve added nobody and lost a lot.

The only blue-chip transfer they added (J. Michael Sturdivant) is a fifth-year player with a career high of 755 yards in 2022. They lost four blue-chip transfers up front (Pyburn, Searcy, Collins, Robinson) and another blue-chip corner transfer (Jackson). They also lost 7 players to the draft.

What is the argument they’ll be good?
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I keep seeing they have good wrs?. who tf are they?.

They have some good backs i like. But on offense who is he throwing the ball too.
 
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gogeta4 said:
I keep seeing they have good wrs?. who tf are they?.

They have some good backs i like. But on offense who is he throwing the ball too.
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not trying to come at you prop. But just in general drives me crazy when we discount our rivals. Wilson is good. Mizell is a good deep threat. They have talented but unproven freshmen
 
Gocanes1990 said:
not trying to come at you prop. But just in general drives me crazy when we discount our rivals. Wilson is good. Mizell is a good deep threat. They have talented but unproven freshmen
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Yeah, the WRs aren’t bad at all. The major problem on their offense has been the OL and thus being able to get the ball to the WRs. Since the OL is more experienced this year, they expect that to improve, but it’s all going to depend on Lagway’s ability to throw.
 
Gocanes1990 said:
not trying to come at you prop. But just in general drives me crazy when we discount our rivals. Wilson is good. Mizell is a good deep threat. They have talented but unproven freshmen
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Agree with you. They have more proven guys that Miami does and just as talented freshman ready to play
 
theres an assumption their trenches are vastly improved off their performances vs GA, Tenn, ole miss and LSU, we will see
 
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caneaddict said:
theres an assumption their trenches are vastly improved off their performances vs GA, Tenn, ole miss and LSU, we will see
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Well, the defense did improve over those four games in finishing games and allowing opponents to score, but if you look closely, they still allowed a lot of yardage. Taking the games in order:

UT (L): ST teams disaster on both sides, Mertz knocked out of game, and UF’s D got a little overhyped because prior to that game, Nico had been a Heisman candidate. (We all know what happened there.) UT was flat-out awful and shooting themselves in the foot on every drive in this game; it was one of the worst games I’ve watched in a long time and one of those frustrating conference rivalry games where both sides are angry (think many of our VT games). Nico regressed to the mean and finished with 16 of 26 for 169 (UT total yards-312 for 23 points), so like I said UF’s D line started getting hype here but although a couple guys made a few good plays, IMO this whole game was both offenses and both special teams being putrid more than either Ds being remarkable. UF’s D just hadn’t begun to gel yet.

UGA (L): OL got Lagway knocked out, leaving UF to play with their 3rd string QB transfer from Yale (who went 22 for 66, 1 INT). D couldn’t win despite Beck / UGA’s WRs trying their damnest to give the game to Florida (3 INTs), and yet still gave up 455 yards of offense and 35 points. Also, Lagway was just 2 of 6 (1 TD) before getting leaving the game in 2Q, so it’s not like he was dominant, and I laugh when UF says UGA “came from behind.”

LSU (L): This game was interesting. DL did better here and sacked Nussmeier seven times (although interestingly their O ran 93 plays!). LSU still outgained UF in yardage with 382, but the D contained in the red zone, so LSU only scored 16 points. UF scored 27 on 339 yards, and no QBs were hurt in the making of this win, so the OL did its job.

Ole Miss (W): Here, it was the secondary, not the lines that were ultimately responsible for sealing the win. Sapp had some good plays, but the game was pretty even until the very end, and Ole Miss / Dart were driving well, but they were intercepted twice. So the D overall got a lot of credit for beating one of the top Os in the country and keeping them below their averages, but they still gave up 464 yards (only on 17 points though - the bend don’t break was working for them at the end of the season).

In the end, UF’s D has some talented players. They will have a handful of guys drafted for sure. They do not have a D line similar to our O line (and their O line is not close), and they are inconsistent. They also do not have elite coaching, which is why they went 2-2 above, and I would predict 2-2 again this year against a similar SEC slate.
 
Cribby said:
5-7 wins again in regular season.
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I know this is a strange take because they started last season off like **** and ended strong, but I don't see that happening again. I think their year will be fully understood by the end of September, barring major injuries.

They play Long Island, USF, at LSU, at Miami the first 4 weeks.

If they're 3-1 or 4-0, they're going to win 9 games.

If they're 2-2 or 1-3, the entire bottom falls out, and they likely go 5-7.

I only see 4 games on that schedule that I'm confident they win. Long Island, USF, Mississippi State, and FSU. All home games. Other than that, they've got an uphill climb in 8 games. 5 of them on the road, one at a neutral site. But if we whip their *** the week after LSU does, and they're 2-2 headed home to end September, they're cooked. They're only winning 2-3 more games after that.
 
I've been asking the same question. I get the ND hype given they made it to the National Championship game (albeit they will be rolling out a true freshman at QB). But I do not understand the Florida hype at all.
 
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