1. I'm thrilled with our defense. Hawaii's 10 points came against our scrubs. Our First Team has given up a total of 3 points in two games against non-cupcakes. And those came on a 51-yard field goal; hardly a gimme. Last year Ohio State led the NCAA giving up 12.6 points a game, we are at 6.5.
2. Wondy may not start again. He was pulled pretty fast after a blown coverage early in the game. Janoris Jenkins (true freshman) came in and played the rest of the game. I suspect he is there to stay. 3. I would redshirt Demps. I don't deny his speed and talent, but we already have two of those guys; James and Rainey (and, arguably, Harvin). I don't see that we will run enough of plays where it makes sense to burn Demps' redshirt. 4. Despite claims to the contrary, we are definitely using TT less in running situations. Against UM, we had a 2nd and 1 on about the 6. 2nd down was an incomplete pass, and 3rd was a hand-off to Moore. Neither picked up the 1st Down. At any point over the last two years, it would have been TT left, TT right, TT up the middle. 5. RUTS. There was 1:04 left on the clock after the 3rd Down run (which lost 4 yards). Would it have been less sportsmanlike to go for the first down (and possibly score a TD)? Less sportsmanlike to punt from the 11? Should we have taken a delay of game penalty, and then when forced to hike the ball with 24 seconds left, flopped down on the field? Heck, I like that last option a lot. 6. RUTS II: The reason that that the 3rd down play lost yards was that every Miami defender was between the tackles. It seems a little hypocritical for a defense to stack the box, and then complain that the offense didn't run the ball up the middle to run out the clock. 7. Louis Murphy should have made the "U" symbol with his hands when he scored his second touchdown (even if it was called back). Seriously, if this was the worst smack talk that any player on either team stated, then it is a sad state of affairs. That was about the mildest criticism ever leveled. Every single University in the country has the initial "U." To think that your school is unique because it has the initial "U" is about as moronic as Ohio State getting excited that it uses the word "the" in its name. I suspect that UM emphasizes the "U" because 1. it is not located in Miami, and 2. there is already a school in a town in Ohio named Miami that is older than UM, has more students than UM, and could probably beat them in a game. Now that's real smack. 8. Speaking of Ohio State, was I the only person that noticed that its commercial featured fans spelling out the word "Ohio" during a game where its team was playing the University of Ohio? That would be like our fans spelling out "Georgia" while playing the mangy mutts. That's pretty imbecilic as well. 9. I still don't like it when we wear all-blue. -Zeb --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
