Chompin' at the Bit - Vol. 12

Week 10 Recap

Photo Credit: gatorcountry.com

I apologize for my hiatus last week, but let's just put that whole game against Arkansas in rice... That was embarrassing. Luckily, the Gators rebounded in moderately impressive fashion against South Carolina this past weekend. The offense moved the ball pretty good with QB Austin Appleby, but left a solid 25 points on the field. The game should have easily been 45-7 UF (Actual score: 20-7). Red-zone struggles continue to plague an offense that is desperate for points. Turnovers killed awesome drives by the offense against South Carolina, yet with stellar defensive play and a nice running day from Jordan Scarlett we were able to pull out another win. I was really impressed with the way our young guys played, along with vets WR Ahmad Fullwood and DB Marcel Harris. The two aforementioned Seniors played their best games as Gators in my opinion. The offensive line played a really solid game as well. I think Martez Ivey should be the starting LT going forward. The line seemed to gel well with him at tackle so hopefully they keep him there.

Side-note: We really have a kicking game. Arguably the best punter in America in Johnny Townsend and then you have Eddy drilling 55 yarders!!! What a turnaround from that crap we saw the last few years. Now if we can just get the QBs up to par like this and we really will be working with something..

Week 11 Preview

'One Call Away' Callaway doggin' LSU last year - Photo Cred: miamiherald.com

LSU... Lord, I pray we beat the brakes off of them this weekend. In Baton Rouge. No, not in Gainesville as originally planned, but in Louisiana because the LSU administration wanted to cry and pout like heauxs about them losing a home game as if we wouldn't be losing TWO. As much as I despise FSU and how much that game means to me, I think I am at the point where if I had to pick one game to win left THIS season, I would rather UF win this weekend. I lost every ounce of respect I had for LSU this year, so all that SEC brethren love is out of the window. They're dead to me. With all that being said, I am worried lol... I feel like UF has a chance to win for sure, but with all of the injuries to key players over the past few weeks it will take a pissed-off, focused, well-executed effort on BOTH sides of the ball from a lot of unproven players.

Obviously the offense has to score if we hope to have a chance at winning this game. We can't afford to go three-and-out or commit any turnovers, or this game will be over quickly and we will be sitting there with the crying Jordan face. The offense has to give the defense time to breathe, because you can bet LSU is going to try and run it down our throats. If we don't stop the run game and force them to throw, that's the ballgame. This game will be a true test for our young linebackers. Lowkey, I am crying internally thinking about not having Jarrad Davis and Alex Anzalone this weekend against Fournette and Guice. You have to think the game plan would be to load the box and trust the secondary to show who the real DBU is, right?

Prediction: I hope I'm wrong... LSU 24, UF 13 :'(