Chompin' at the Bit - Vol. 9

Week 7 Recap

Quincy Wilson & Teez Tabor - Photo Cred: floridagators.com

Overall, what a great Saturday from a win-loss perspective! Florida WON, Tennessee got BLOWN OUT, and Georgia LOST! Ice Cube would probably say, "that's a good day" for the Gators. Now for the critical part... Yeah, we won. But as always, it was same story, different week. I thought we played like trash on offense, especially in the first half. We couldn't finish a drive with 7 to save our lives. Just stating the obvious, and the reason for most of our struggles, our offensive line sucks. How do you have 8 false starts in a game!? That's a lack of focus and again, is a reflection of coaching in my opinion. Coach Summers, what's up bruh? He needs to make something shake or Mac needs to be looking for his successor. I will admit, Summers has brought them strides from where they were under Muschamp, but there is no reason a line with that caliber of players should be that bad. QB play was atrocious as well. Luke has shown he can be better than that, so I won't write him off just yet. Show up next week for UGA and I'll give you a mulligan for this game.

Although I was not happy with how we played overall, with the lack of execution in the redzone and all the stupid mistakes, there were some bright spots. I told y'all to watch out for No. 89 against Mizzou and my guys at RB. 89, who is WR Tyrie Cleveland and my guys at RB (Scarlett and Perine) all BALLED! Cleveland grabbed the first TD of his career along with another bomb, and both running backs went over 100 yards on the ground. I really don't even have to say much about that defense, other than thank you and we love you... They are who we thought they were, holding Mizzou to 98 yards passing. Keep in mind, Mizzou was leading the SEC in passing coming in to this game. Back-to-back pick 6s by Teez and Q gave the team and fans the spark that they needed. Those two plays changed the entirety of the game. Beating Mizzou 40-14 (5-1 Overall, 3-1 SEC)  is not indicative of how bad we actually looked when you take away those interceptions and Antonio Callaway's onside kick recovery for a TD at the end. That's 21 points right there, leaving you with 19 points via offense (2 offensive TDs and 2 field goals). A win is a win though, right? Sure, I will gladly take it. We have to clean it up and do better though. It just pisses me off because I know what we are capable of and you can't play like that and expect to beat great teams.

Sidenote: Florida is in 1st place and now controls their destiny in the SEC East with those two Tennessee losses. But honestly, with how we are playing and with the injuries we have, you are sick if you think we would have a chance to win in Atlanta. Bama would beat the brakes off us just like they are doing everyone else. Have you seen the juggernaut that Saban has in Tuscaloosa? We are not ready for those problems. Give us a couple more years :(

Week 8 Preview 

Bye Week - Florida is off (next game vs. UGA in Jacksonville)

Prediction: We all win because we don't have to see an anemic offense this week. Let's just pray they get healthy and get these mistakes corrected in practice, because next week is Georgia hate week!

Have a good week. Go Gators!