re: Apparently top ten UF has no shot at the playoffs

Yes, if they can stay relatively healthy, I have no doubt they can challenge for the East.

Beating Bama is still not likely though.

Beating Bama is a whole other thing. Let's just cheer for LSU to only lose to us all season

I like it.

Mullen's QBs have done historically very well in their second year under him.

Alex Smith - End up first overall pick in draft
Chris Leak - Won a national title and MVP of title game
Tebow - Won a Heisman
Dak - Didn't play till third season but he broke all kinds of awards while there
Nick - Three star kid and now the all time rushing leader for QBs in the SEC


I mean the history clearly indicates any QB Mullen has playing for him does well. Can't see why Franks can't be another name on this list of success stories.

They have a very good WR group. If Nix comes out and plays well they could be a very good team.

Well never is a pretty strong word lol. You mean this year I assume, not their career.

Wilson I really, really want that kid to stay healthy. Such a good player but the injures have really hurt him. He is very, very talented.

Yes, this year. No one was going to replace them and even be near where they were without some strange circumstances.

Generally speaking, our backups will likely always be freshmen because most CBs who come to Florida don't expect to start two or three total years.

Trey Dean is kind of fortunate because he got to play all last year, but had Wilson stayed healthy he likely would not have.

Tough schedule - probably not a play off team because of that - but you never know!

There's a reason Kirby looked for months only to promote from within. If they were his first choices they would have been hired immediately, but they were bandaids.

If we stay healthy, I'm confident we can hang with anyone in the country.

But I also have PTSD and expect us to be terrible because of Muschamp and McElwain.

We have the team to go to Hotlanta and I fully expect UF to beat the dawgs THIS year. We do have a chance to play in the CFP, we are better than most Gators realize. Screw the media led by espn which doesn't want us to dominate the state of Florida because Miamuh and noles are in the acc and espn is now broadcasting THEIR network.

Follow the money trail and no, it doesn't matter that espn broadcasts SECN because they can pimp Bama, jawja, LsU and others. the acc needs our two state schools out playing and out recruiting us. This is a FACT....and of course no link. Trust me on this...I used to work for ABC many years ago in NYC and I know what drives networks.

A big part of the problem is just personnel and getting people into the right places. Playcalling and planning is also very important. We know what it's like because Florida has had like 90 bazillion offensive coordinators in a few years -- it's not good to have a guy who's pretty green to the system.

Not saying he can't be good, but usually getting into the swing of things takes a good season or two and even then some OCs never pan out.

This is a huge risk, but moderately high reward type of deal.

You're hoping that while at Miami he just sucked as an OC because of the talent/atmosphere. (His offenses were getting progressively worse every year.)

However, if he's successful, you have a guy you don't need to pay nearly as much money to and can have for a few years because no one had wanted him before -- thus having quite a bit of continuity for the next few years.

It's double bubble bold to make that same risk on both sides of the ball.