How many games do you see Florida winning out of their next 3?

[allvol]

Yep - even if them f'n gators lose 2, we have to beat LSU (and everyone else) to go to the SECC.

I know it's been covered but if us, UGA and UF all have 2 losses with UF beating us, Us beating UGA and UGA beating UF -- who holds the tie breakers? (that would have each of us with an SECE and SECW loss).

Its that new rule they enacted in 2003 when Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida were tied. They look at the highest 2 ranked teams in the BCS rankings.... and if they are within 5 spots of each other the head-to-head winner goes to the SECCG.

In 2003, Geogia was 7th, Tennessee was 9th, and Florida was 14th the week prior the SECCG. Georgia won the head-to-head matchup with Tennessee. The week before, Ga was 7th, Tennessee 8th, and Florida 11th. Funny how 2 non-conference games determined the fate of the SEC-E participant. Florida lost to Florida State 34-38 while Georgia beat Ga Tech 34-17. A win by Florida may have vaulted them over Tennessee in the BCS and sent them to the SECCG based on head-to-head win over Georgia..... a loss by Georgia to Ga Tech would have put Tennessee into the SECCG.

 

[jakez4ut]

Its that new rule they enacted in 2003 when Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida were tied. They look at the highest 2 ranked teams in the BCS rankings.... and if they are within 5 spots of each other the head-to-head winner goes to the SECCG.

In 2003, Geogia was 7th, Tennessee was 9th, and Florida was 14th the week prior the SECCG. Georgia won the head-to-head matchup with Tennessee. The week before, Ga was 7th, Tennessee 8th, and Florida 11th. Funny how 2 non-conference games determined the fate of the SEC-E participant. Florida lost to Florida State 34-38 while Georgia beat Ga Tech 34-17. A win by Florida may have vaulted them over Tennessee in the BCS and sent them to the SECCG based on head-to-head win over Georgia..... a loss by Georgia to Ga Tech would have put Tennessee into the SECCG.

yeah, that was a crazy finish....i had forgotten that it came down to those last two non conference games....cooky stuff. HOpefully it won't come that this year if UF can just lose and we just win.

 

[sjt18]

Me argue? No way.
Question is, 5 games into the season, are they about to put it all together for one game?

I'm not so sure you haven't already seen it "put together". Meyer is trying to run a system that depends on his offensive players getting mismatches in athleticism. SEC LB's don't allow that luxury. They are probably on average faster than the db's he faced at Utah and in the MAC.

UF's best plays IMO have been when they've gone more conventional or when they've gotten broken plays like Leak's 45 yard run... and that is where their athleticism has paid dividends, not Meyer's supposed genius.

So I do think that these games come down to whether Florida can score in the 25-30 range, i.e. four touchdowns. So far, they haven't. But they've shown they can.

Actually they really haven't shown that. They needed a short field to break 20 on UK in the 4th qtr. Scored 21 on UT. They got an int return and shortfield score on Bama to get them to 28.

UT is young and improving but none of the defenses UF has played is as good as the two coming up next... and UGA may be more talented than anyone else on D though I think their stats come from a soft schedule.