Do we have a line on this game yet?
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Steve McKibben <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks for providing your insights Bert - I always enjoy them. > > If I can play devil's advocate I'd like to address some of your points (see > - it's not just you Keith!) > > 1) Florida's defense is on par with 'Bama's, so I suspect we will > struggle. HOWEVER, we have significantly improved since the 'Bama game, so > I don't think we'll be shutdown. > > Do you think your improvement may have to do with the fact that you've > played defenses that aren't as good since the 'Bama game? > > Mallett is getting a lot better at finding his 3rd or 4th option quickly. > But y'all are right that he's a pocket passer, and not a scrambler. If he > scrambles, he'll look to run some, but mostly will try to set up outside the > pocket and throw. He usually makes good decisions regarding throwing it away > though. > > If he doesn't thow quickly he'll be meat. He's a stout kid, but QBs that > aren't very mobile are usually in for long days against us, especially if > they have a lot of long developing patterns. I expect we'll see a lot of > slants, quick outs, and bubble screens to try and keep our offense off of > the field and our linemen and linebackers off of Mallett. I hope we don't > get any stupid personal fouls, but I know some of our players were pissed > off at Mallett last year when he shoved some of our players on your sideline > after they had made tackles. > > 2) Our top receiver, Joe Adams, had a minor stroke (yes, you read that > right) last Monday and didn't play over the weekend. > > I read that - I hope the young man has a complete and quick recovery - that > is just so scary for a kid that age. > > 3) Our second leading receiver, Jarius Wright, had a concussion on > Saturday, so his status is unknown for Saturday. The hit he took > wasn't as nasty as Tebow's, but as always, you don't want to rush back to > the field. > > I think he should take the advice of Zeb's neurologist buddies and wait > awhile to play - at the very least one more game. ;) > > 4) Our running game is finally starting to come into its own. It took > a bit for our O-line, which was primarily recruited for run blocking, > to get the balance worked out after working so hard on adjusting to > pass block. > > Smith is a weapon - do you know how his hamstring is coming along? The USC > transfer is a big back, but I don't think he's nearly as scary as Scott from > LSU and we held him pretty much in check. > > 5) One of our top weapons right now is Dennis Johnson, our kick > returner. He leads the SEC in average and is sixth in the nation. He's > something else when he gets a lane. > > Should be a good matchup - our coverage teams have been very good this year > - the kid from Kentucky (Locke I think) was not allowed to hurt us - and we > kicked off a lot that game! > > 6) I don't think y'all will run wild on our defense, as they are much > improved, but I know we'll struggle against y'all. > > My pick: Florida 27, Arkansas 17. > > I'd take that in a heartbeat - My score prediction is Gators 34, Hogs 7. > > Good luck! > > Steve McKibben > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
