Few thoughts on the game last night. Still think UF is a 5-7 to 7-5 team and people are

overreacting. I was one of those, but after looking at the game again, don't see them being as bad as it looked.

Mertz doesn't have the ceiling of AR, but he doesn't have the floor of AR either. He's not as inaccurate as AR, but his inaccuracy does limit what UF can be at times. He kind of reminds me of Hurts at Bama in his first two seasons without the wheels. Jalen would complete passes, but often limit what those plays could be by under throwing it, throwing it behind his receivers so they'd have to adjust and get fewer yards on what could've been much more explosive plays. Mertz had several plays on the short passes where the ball was completed but not in a good spot to maximize the play.

He also completed a long pass for what could've been a TD, but instead of throwing the pass up and more to the center of the field allowing his WR to run under it, he instead threw it too short and to the boundary where the WR had no choice but to catch and run out of bounds. UF got no points on the possession.

I thought the D played pretty well overall. Utah only had one sustained TD drive. The others were a busted coverage or a short drive off of a turnover. Granted this was the third string QBs, but they played pretty well.

UF had chances to make this game closer but the ball didn't bounce their way or they simply didn't make the play on the ball when they had the opportunity. One pass should have been picked, but the Gator defender stuck one hand up and knocked it down instead of becoming the receiver on an underthrown pass.

Herbie blamed Mertz, but the receiver has got to react better and catch a ball that's hits him in the hands in stead of letting it get picked off of a carom.

The Oline looks bad, but olines tend to get better as the year goes along.

It is troublesome how many mistakes Napier makes in decision making considering he's been a head coach for several years now.

I don't know when I've last seen two player wearing the same number penalty.

This team could beat anyone on the schedule save Georgia, LSU and maybe FSU. I'm not saying they will win all of the other games, but they have enough talent if those other teams play a C game and Florida is B plus or better, they could beat them. Tough schedule, but they'll find a way to get two they won't be favored in and beat the cupcakes and Vandy at the very least.