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re: Is anyone else excited for this upcoming football season?
Posted on 8/2/15 at 2:37 pm to NeathOrangeandBlue
Posted on 8/2/15 at 2:37 pm to NeathOrangeandBlue
Im more than ready....68 yrs old and I may not have the luxury of a lot of years to start new seasons 
The SEC is WIDE open. AU is my pick for the west. LSU last year was God awful on offense finishing 100th or worse in many stats. Ole Miss has new qb and no run game.
Mizzou is my pick ...followed by us. USCe will be improved on defense and Pharoh Cooper is a top 3 player in SEC.
UGA has gaps with new qb and no wrs other Malcolm Mitchell if he stays healthy. UK will surprise someone, UT is going to lose 4 games at least. Vandy is going to Vandy..although improve some.
Lets not count ourselves out fellas...polls mean squat. If we can stay healthy we will be fine.
The SEC is WIDE open. AU is my pick for the west. LSU last year was God awful on offense finishing 100th or worse in many stats. Ole Miss has new qb and no run game.
Mizzou is my pick ...followed by us. USCe will be improved on defense and Pharoh Cooper is a top 3 player in SEC.
UGA has gaps with new qb and no wrs other Malcolm Mitchell if he stays healthy. UK will surprise someone, UT is going to lose 4 games at least. Vandy is going to Vandy..although improve some.
Lets not count ourselves out fellas...polls mean squat. If we can stay healthy we will be fine.
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Posted on 8/2/15 at 8:57 pm to reel_gator8
I would be happy with 8 wins and a pulse on offense. I think that isn't unrealistic. My concerns are the offensive line and getting a consistent running game that can help our young QB's. I think we have the coaching staff to make it work. The defense should stay elite based on our talent.
I am not super excited because we have no idea what the team will turn out to be will we be the team that beat Eastern Michigan 65-0 and then take 3OT's to beat Kentucky. I wont really take any stock into what we have until after week 4. If we can beat Kentucky and Tennessee (And score more than 10pts) I will get excited.
The toughest part of our schedule to me will be the back to back away games at Missouri and LSU. If we get one of those wins I will say we are ahead of the curve.
I am not super excited because we have no idea what the team will turn out to be will we be the team that beat Eastern Michigan 65-0 and then take 3OT's to beat Kentucky. I wont really take any stock into what we have until after week 4. If we can beat Kentucky and Tennessee (And score more than 10pts) I will get excited.
The toughest part of our schedule to me will be the back to back away games at Missouri and LSU. If we get one of those wins I will say we are ahead of the curve.
This post was edited on 8/2/15 at 8:58 pm
Posted on 8/3/15 at 7:38 am to gatorbait_007
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If we can beat Kentucky and Tennessee (And score more than 10pts) I will get excited.
If we beat UK, then Tennessee, then upset Ole Miss in Gainesville, look out.
@ Missouri and LSU back to back is definitely tough, but with both teams trouble on offense, you never know...
Posted on 8/3/15 at 7:53 am to boXerrumble
I agree no matter how bad the offense is LSU is hard tough at home.
Posted on 8/3/15 at 10:10 pm to gatorbait_007
The history of the Gators playing well at Red Stick is in the books...we have usually played very well there and the only time we did in recent memory was the 2011 fiasco when Driskel was slightly injured and Brissett was first time starter...both he and Driskel were slightly true frosh.
Other than 2011...we have acquited ourselves ok. Used to be automatic W years ago...not skeered. They finished 2014 in just as bad of shape as our offense vs their offense. Jennings cant hit the broadside of a barn. Tigers have to hope it is a third and short game all night....with Fournette it might be....very punishing runner.
Ole Miss aint crap this year. UT & UK are still not there yet...Mizzou I cant ever figure out. UGA is over rated AGAIN. USCe will be tougher on defense and Pharoh Cooper is dangerous...Vandy should roll over by late 3rd qt.
Other than 2011...we have acquited ourselves ok. Used to be automatic W years ago...not skeered. They finished 2014 in just as bad of shape as our offense vs their offense. Jennings cant hit the broadside of a barn. Tigers have to hope it is a third and short game all night....with Fournette it might be....very punishing runner.
Ole Miss aint crap this year. UT & UK are still not there yet...Mizzou I cant ever figure out. UGA is over rated AGAIN. USCe will be tougher on defense and Pharoh Cooper is dangerous...Vandy should roll over by late 3rd qt.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 12:10 pm to reel_gator8
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Lets not count ourselves out fellas...polls mean squat. If we can stay healthy we will be fine.
I agree. I could be a great year but the margin for error or injuries is small. go gators!
Posted on 8/4/15 at 5:20 pm to UFMatt
And we don't how well our QB play will be...but look at A&M last year...undefeated 4-0 and "Thrill Hill" was the talk of the conference...and Oklahoma was ranked # 4 and their QB was getting accolades.
Footballs take crazy bounces. All we need is a QB who wont lose the game. Our defense will keep us in every game probably. Our biggest problem is running the ball and wide receivers not dropping passes. If Taylor or Lane or both can be consistant....we will be ok. What we need is good play calling and more screens which would slow pass rush and keep LBs/Safeties on their toes. Draws, shovel passes & screens enable OL to prey on over zealous rushers. Belly dives wont work well with our OL unit too often.
Footballs take crazy bounces. All we need is a QB who wont lose the game. Our defense will keep us in every game probably. Our biggest problem is running the ball and wide receivers not dropping passes. If Taylor or Lane or both can be consistant....we will be ok. What we need is good play calling and more screens which would slow pass rush and keep LBs/Safeties on their toes. Draws, shovel passes & screens enable OL to prey on over zealous rushers. Belly dives wont work well with our OL unit too often.
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