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lawgator1

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At end of Florida game, interview guy asked UM a few questions and said as they parted, "So now you have a big game next week." Meyer stopped, came back to the microphone, looked dead at the guy, and said "It's officially Tennessee Week."

Gators looked great in all facets. No RB has emerged, but combination of two traditional tailbacks plus using wide receivers to run reverses and sweeps will keep you on your toes. Defense was outstanding. O-line came together big time. Receivers dropped a few balls. Leak again completing 70 % or better. Tebow adds a dimension to the team that is hard to describe but just seems to be very inspiring to the offense.

I'd say Florida looks like it got a whole lot better between Weeks One and Two and that they are excited to play UT to get a gauge on where they stand.
 
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I saw a good bit of the 1st half of the game. Florida started a little slow, but once they settled in performed pretty well. Meyer's got to be licking his chops watching all the problems we had tonight with the option and misdirection.
 
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Tennessee looked excellent on offense, and were really struggling with the triple option/flexbone.

However, don't let your UF friends look at 280 rushing yards allowed and think UF can run on UT.

I see a FG differential in this game.
 
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GAVol said:
I saw a good bit of the 1st half of the game. Florida started a little slow, but once they settled in performed pretty well. Meyer's got to be licking his chops watching all the problems we had tonight with the option and misdirection.
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That Harvin kid is spectacular.
 
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GAVol said:
I saw a good bit of the 1st half of the game. Florida started a little slow, but once they settled in performed pretty well. Meyer's got to be licking his chops watching all the problems we had tonight with the option and misdirection.
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hopefully he and the rest of his team will get overconfident because of this.
 
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VolinArizona said:
Tennessee looked excellent on offense, and were really struggling with the triple option/flexbone.

However, don't let your UF friends look at 280 rushing yards allowed and think UF can run on UT.

I see a FG differential in this game.
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Florida doesn't "run" the way you think. A lot of receivers in motion in backfield get direct handoffs and go streaking to the corner. Sometimes they cut up field, sometimes they wait for a block and run the sideline. It is very effective, at least so far.
 
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05_never_again said:
hopefully he and the rest of his team will get overconfident because of this.
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I doubt it. It ws UCF and while UCF has 4-5 good athletes on each side of the ball, the UF players know they are no Tennessee. Trust me, Gator players expecting much tougher next weekend.
 
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that UF was playing college football titan UCF while Vols were playing a team with a traditionally sound running game in AF. I have no doubt that Mr. Meyer will take good notes, but the Vols may have had a slight case of looking to the next game as well:detective:
 
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lawgator1 said:
Florida doesn't "run" the way you think. A lot of receivers in motion in backfield get direct handoffs and go streaking to the corner. Sometimes they cut up field, sometimes they wait for a block and run the sideline. It is very effective, at least so far.
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I still wonder how effective the "spread option" can be with a guy like Leak who is not a huge running threat on the QB keep. I guess we'll see next week.
 
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GAVol said:
I still wonder how effective the "spread option" can be with a guy like Leak who is not a huge running threat on the QB keep. I guess we'll see next week.
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Noooooo, you won't. Florida is not running a spread option. Have you not been paying any attention at all? Florida is lining up with 3 WR and a back or four WR. I've seen us run, in two games, like maybe 4 option plays.

What we do is have one of the receivers come in motino and QB takes snap. Sometimes he hands off to WR streaking by, sometimes QB fakes it and throws.

Florida is not running the spread option.
 
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clemsonvolfan said:
that UF was playing college football titan UCF while Vols were playing a team with a traditionally sound running game in AF. I have no doubt that Mr. Meyer will take good notes, but the Vols may have had a slight case of looking to the next game as well:detective:
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Sorry bro, but Central Florida, currently, is more talented than Air Force. Tougher? I doubt it, but UCF isn't a slouch these days.
 
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clemsonvolfan said:
that UF was playing college football titan UCF while Vols were playing a team with a traditionally sound running game in AF. I have no doubt that Mr. Meyer will take good notes, but the Vols may have had a slight case of looking to the next game as well:detective:
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UCF has decent athletes. But at any rate, don't try to rationalize the close call tonight. You won, no one will care after next Saturday if you beat UF because you would be 3-0 and 1-0 in conference. You lose, then the head scratching about almost losing to a pretty weak AF team can begin. Let's face it, AF has no where near your talent. If they hung in there, it was because your coaches did not do their jobs to have the talent disparity play out on the field.
 
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I think Meyer will undoubtedly have more pressure on him this year compared to last year.Last year I don't think he realized just how important winning against UT was, as opposed to coach Fulmer feeling more pressure in last year's game.
 
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VolinArizona said:
Sorry bro, but Central Florida, currently, is more talented than Air Force. Tougher? I doubt it, but UCF isn't a slouch these days.
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Its the same with So Miss. Both schools have 4-5 kids on each side fo the ball that could compete at a top tier program, but after that the talent level falls off. That's why they are good to warm up on for teams like UT, where the talent is top notch all the way around.
 
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I tend to agree, I think UCF is probably better then Air Force. Although the triple option can be dangerous for a team not prepared for it, as UT apparently was tonight.
 
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UT has never played well against the option KSU and Nebraska both manhandled UT a few years with it.
 
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Mebbe so, mebbe no.

I was ready last week to install you as 4-5 point favorites. Now, I'll go pick 'em.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Mebbe so, mebbe no.

I was ready last week to install you as 4-5 point favorites. Now, I'll go pick 'em.
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Because the public didn't see the game, nor would understand the situation, I would imagine a UF -1 or -2 line.
 
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VolinArizona said:
Because the public didn't see the game, nor would understand the situation, I would imagine a UF -1 or -2 line.
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Me too . . . It's sort of interseting reading the takes of people who saw the game vs. those that didn't.
 
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GAVol said:
Me too . . . It's sort of interseting reading the takes of people who saw the game vs. those that didn't.
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I'm going off of what you guys say and media reports. Seems like your offense was good. Solid effort there. Defense seemed out of sorts, a little unprepared and got burned a few times by a team that executed better than UT was expecting.

Is that far off the mark?
 
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lawgator1 said:
UCF has decent athletes. But at any rate, don't try to rationalize the close call tonight. You won, no one will care after next Saturday if you beat UF because you would be 3-0 and 1-0 in conference. You lose, then the head scratching about almost losing to a pretty weak AF team can begin. Let's face it, AF has no where near your talent. If they hung in there, it was because your coaches did not do their jobs to have the talent disparity play out on the field.
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Not because of the coaching, preparation, and execution on the offensive side of the ball for the Vols, anyway. As far as the passing game, at least.

That triple option, flexbone stuff is just tricky to defend when you're not used to it. Obviously one week of practice isn't adequate enough time to acclimate yourself to defending it, as the Vols showed tonight.
 
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GAVol said:
Me too . . . It's sort of interseting reading the takes of people who saw the game vs. those that didn't.
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It's the expected national media type viewing versus those who have more time to focus on 1 or 2 games.

Coaches of other teams and sportscasters don't have the time to examine anything, so they go on final scores and basic stats. NOBODY on ESPN or at cbssportsline or wherever will say "Forget about it, Tennessee played against a perfect triple option." They'll say "TENNESSEE ALMOST LOST TO AIR FORCE< THEY SUCK"
 
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tidwell said:
Not because of the coaching, preparation, and execution on the offensive side of the ball for the Vols, anyway. As far as the passing game, at least.

That triple option, flexbone stuff is just tricky to defend when you're not used to it. Obviously one week of practice isn't adequate enough time to acclimate yourself to defending it, as the Vols showed tonight.
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Who's your defensive coordinator?
 
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