On Nov 30, 2010, at 8:25 AM, Shane Ford wrote:
I have to admit, I have never been happier to see a Florida season end
I share this sentiment, and am not sure why.
Certainly, I have suffered through worse seasons. Worse losses.
Tougher losses.
Still, this was the first year where I had no desire to watch the FSU
game. In retrospect, that may have been a good idea.
One thought is that we are worse than our 7-5 records suggests. The
NCAA added a 12th game a year or two ago. We used it for a Division
II team in App. State.
If our traditional schedule were in place (only fair when comparing
to Zook, Spurrier, Hall or even Darnell), we were 6-5.
Included in those 6 wins were two patsies that we paid to come to our
place in September and two teams (Vandy and Kentucky) that haven't
beaten us in our players' lifetimes.
Of the games where UF realistically had a chance to lose, we were 2-5.
That's only part of the story for me.
I think another part is the mass confusion on offense. That confusion
led to a marked increase in three wildly annoying trends; increased
penalties, giving up sacks, and turnovers.
A typical UF drive seemed to be dive play for no gain, sweep to
Rainey for a 2 yard gain, and then Brantley running for his life on
3rd and 12 after a delay of game or motion penalty.
It was simply unpleasant to watch, and that unpleasantness was only
accentuated by the talent of our players.
I suppose that we have always had a feast or famine offense under
Meyer, with the dive plays setting up a home run play by Demps or
Harvin. With those players and Tebow, we outslugged a lot of teams
and piled up a lot of points. We didn't seem to have those type of
threats this year, and that exposed the herky-jerky nature of this
offense. Adding the multiple quarterbacks - in my mind - didn't seem
to help, but only made the offense more awkward and created more
penalties.
What was the year that we lost to Washington in the Garbage Bowl?
That's about how excited I am about this team.
-Zeb
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