Hey, I'm all for folks playing devil's advocate :) On Oct 13, 9:33 am, Steve McKibben <[email protected]> wrote: > 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?
Certainly that does have something to do with it. But I also think they've grown up some too. No, not spectacular. But better. I know y'all return all 11 on D, so it won't be cakewalk :) > 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. Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about that :) My biggest concern regarding your thoughts is Adams and Wright not being healthy. They're the receivers that keep the CBs from sitting right on the line of scrimmage, opening up the quick outs, slants, hooks, etc. Re: Adams > I read that - I hope the young man has a complete and quick recovery - that > is just so scary for a kid that age. Yeah, 19... Ouch... Re: Wright > I think he should take the advice of Zeb's neurologist buddies and wait > awhile to play - at the very least one more game. ;) Not that there's an ulterior motive in there, huh? :) > 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. Michael Smith is listed day-to-day, so I suspect he'll play. The big thing to consider with our RBs is that we have a monster stable of folks. Smith is just now getting to form, but others have been doing what they've needed to of late. Green (the USC transfer) is indeed good, but so are Wingo and a host of others. We've struggled on 3rd and short and goal line rushing, but if we can get in the open field, we do well. Of course, D speed might affect that a bit. :) re: Dennis Johnson > 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! Well, hopefully DJ only gets one kick return against y'all on Saturday :) Y'all can pick the start of which half :) > I'd take that in a heartbeat - My score prediction is Gators 34, Hogs 7. I still like my pick (27-17), but I wouldn't be surprised if y'all tacked on an extra 7... I don't think we'll be held to 7... One thing that came out of the Bama game was the team basically being deer-in- the-headlights most of the game. Petrino even commented that they never believed they could win. Yeah, the Swamp is no picnic, but we've had a tough road game, and I think they'll be more prepared and less afraid than they were against Bama. Plus, winning promotes confidence, so who knows. :) We've beaten two straight undefeated teams. Why not make it three? :) - PiggieBert --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
