Momentum. UF had it, UT is bleeding it

#128
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Jaws said:
To the point, with me or you or anyon


Lagway may be good enough to overcome Napier. Sorta like Cam Newton overcame Chizik at Auburn and Joe Burrow overcame Ed Orgeron (although he had a helluva OC).

Before his hamstring took away some of his mobility and running, Lagway looked unbelievable in Napier’s offense. By the end of the season, he could barely even plant and throw normally on one leg. People forget or may not know in the first place, when you watch Lagway’s HS tape, his running ability flashed as more elite than his passing. He has some ridiculous highlight runs. Well we didn’t even get a glimpse of that this year with the hamstring injury. I expect his game to skyrocket when they can incorporate this aspect.
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I'm glad that Napier was able to win just enough games to keep his job .... and I hope it stays that way.
 
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lawgator1 said:
www.usatoday.com

Tale of two rivals: Florida is surging into 2025, Tennessee is bleeding out

Florida is projecting strength, Tennessee is venting vulnerability. Welcome to a wild 2025 offseason.
www.usatoday.com

I dare not post this in the FB forum. But it does feel like UF is building momentum whereas Tennessee is questioning itself to the point it will lose confidence and players.
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Heh, this one reminds me of every dorky "Tennessee's on its way" back post I read around here between 2010-2020. Especially after those two 9-win years we had with Jones. Beat some piddling outmatched team in a lower tier bowl game and all of a sudden "we're on our way next year!" "But but but but next year! We've got momentum going into next year! We're gonna get you next year! Next year is our year!"
 
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apevol said:
would rather lose in the playoffs than win the buttlick bowl
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Generally agree although it's one thing to lose and another to get totally out classed and embarrassed.

Vols Nico might be jumping ship

Vols Nico might be jumping ship - His group is reaching out to teams
www.secrant.com

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A bit reactionary of a take, but he might have some points about big boosters having second thoughts after spending so much and then seeing how far we are from competing with the big boys.
 
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lawgator1 said:
www.usatoday.com

Tale of two rivals: Florida is surging into 2025, Tennessee is bleeding out

Florida is projecting strength, Tennessee is venting vulnerability. Welcome to a wild 2025 offseason.
www.usatoday.com

I dare not post this in the FB forum. But it does feel like UF is building momentum whereas Tennessee is questioning itself to the point it will lose confidence and players.
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It doesn’t surprise me that FL has improved its standing, as I stated at the beginning of the season that the Gators would be much better than many anticipate and will surprise many this season.

The problem for the Gators, like my Dawgs, is that we are both saddled once again with a ridiculously tough schedule. I’m a Dawg so I won’t be hypocritical and wish you guys well, but I will say that I hope that the SEC addresses this unfair scheduling issue after next season, and I will wish you a Happy New Year.
 
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apevol said:
UGA UT was a one score game til late. Anything but handily.

I like lagway but whatevers coming in new means nothing til they're in a game and we can see what they do. UT and UF recruit at about the same clip these days and if you're not top 3 its pretty much a crapshoot who turns out good and who busts.

We'll see next year

Merry Christmas ya filthy gator!
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UF was up 10 on UGA before Lagway's injury.
 
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Stephen A Smith said:
UF was up 10 on UGA before Lagway's injury.
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we had them by 10 too, whats your point?

When Florida's starting qb went down against the vols I got nervous because I thought Lagway was the better quarterback. pretty obvious he was, considering the rest of their season.

UGA has been the kind of team that sleep walks through entire stretches of games, then wakes up and does what it has to do to win.
 
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UF has alot of momentum, but I've seen this story before with many teams. All becuase a team gains some momentum when games have little meaning, doesn't mean they will play well the next season once. This has happened with both Butch and Pruitt the season before they got fired.

Teams will have a whole offseason to diagnose Lagway's tendencies and how the offense is schemed with him in the game. Also, sure the team played better as a whole with him at QB, but it's not like his level of play was that good. He threw for 12 TDs and 9 INTs. In SEC play it was 6 TDs and 5 INTs. Plus, Lagway was the cool 5* backup QB fans called for diring the season and had nothing to lose. It will be completely different next season..
 
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#143
DJ Lagway sucks

12 TDs 9 INTs

Sun Belt Billy's 19-19 overall record has gotten the Lizards down so bad that they're hyping up a trash can QB like DJ U2
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
No, they didn't .... and they won't be competing for anything but a Music City Bowl bid.

They will be no better than 7-3 when they play Tennessee on November 22nd. 5-5 is a more likely record for them after 10 games. It's very possible that Tennessee has played their last game against a Billy Napier coached team. That kinda makes me sad. He is a terrible coach.
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I agree with pretty much everything you’re saying but if UF does somehow come into our game 7-3, then beats us and FSU they’ll be knocking on the playoff door at 9-3 just like Bama was this year, assuming that schedule ends up being as tough as it appears now.
 
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Jaws said:
Florida’s quality and depth at WR is about as strong as I can ever remember:

2025 additions -
5 ⭐️ D. Wilson
5 ⭐️ V. Brown III
4 ⭐️ N. Montgomery
4 ⭐️ J. Michael Sturdivant

Current WR’s -
5 ⭐️ Tre Wilson
4 ⭐️ A. Mizell
4 ⭐️ T. Hawkins
4 ⭐️ TJ Abrams

Those guys, paired with Lagway, paired with Jadan Baugh at RB, paired with 4 of 5 OL returning and a 5th OL coming back who played a ton. That is some serious talent and experience being stacked.
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Fair but Billy won’t be turning into Spurrier.
 
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Jaws said:
Lagway may be good enough to overcome Napier. Sorta like Cam Newton overcame Chizik at Auburn and Joe Burrow overcame Ed Orgeron (although he had a helluva OC).

Before his hamstring took away some of his mobility and running, Lagway looked unbelievable in Napier’s offense. By the end of the season, he could barely even plant and throw normally on one leg. People forget or may not know in the first place, when you watch Lagway’s HS tape, his running ability flashed as more elite than his passing. He has some ridiculous highlight runs. Well we didn’t even get a glimpse of that this year with the hamstring injury. I expect his game to skyrocket when they can incorporate this aspect.
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Now that could change things. An elite running QB with his throwing ability would make Florida very difficult to stop. Any true dual threat QB is tough to stop but most aren’t good at both throwing and running.
 
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DirtyDawg said:
It doesn’t surprise me that FL has improved its standing, as I stated at the beginning of the season that the Gators would be much better than many anticipate and will surprise many this season.

The problem for the Gators, like my Dawgs, is that we are both saddled once again with a ridiculously tough schedule. I’m a Dawg so I won’t be hypocritical and wish you guys well, but I will say that I hope that the SEC addresses this unfair scheduling issue after next season, and I will wish you a Happy New Year.
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You all benefited from some crappy schedules before so it’s your turn to have a tough one.
 
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The Gators will play a stretch where they play

9/13 @ LSU (weird timing)
9/20 @ Miami
10/4 vs Texas
10/11 @ aTm and end w/ Miss State at home

Then
11/1 UGA
11/8 @ UK
11/15 @ Ole Miss
11/22 vs Tennessee
11/29 vs FSU

If they make the CFP they’re a top 3 team in the country . Obviously this is still December of 24, but that’s still difficult. I love the fact that we’re game 4 of that 5 game stretch in November .
 
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