Whoever wins the turnover and 3rd down margins... will win that game. On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Scott Lucas <[email protected]>wrote:
> Florida clearly has an advantage of game day experience. You can > practice and train all you want, but until you do it in an actual game, you > are just a practice player-- not a game player. > > Injuries happen in football. They can happen in a game or they can happen > on the practice field. I see this as even. No advantage for either team. > Oftentimes, athletes are less prone to injury during actual games because > they are more focused and have the proper mindset to avoid the errors that > can lead to injuries. > > Tape? Both offenses will be new-ish. We know what TAM will do. It will > be no different from what Houston did... They kinda know what we will do. > It won't be the same as last year, and they could lean on Boise State > tape, but we won't show everything in our first game. We will have the > advantage of trying our offense in live fire, they do not. I see this as a > huge advantage for Florida... actual game time experience is invaluable for > our team, but the amount we show/do against Bowling Green will not provide > them advantage over just looking at Boise's tape. And lets not forget, our > secondary is a team strength... they are getting experience working > together that TAM will not have and plays into their supposed passing > strength. > > I give us the edge... however, they have a huge home team advantage. > Their very first SEC against an elite SEC team... they will be rabid. We > must score early and often to take them out of the game. If we let this > game stay close, we are in danger. > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Woody <[email protected]> > *To:* Gatortalk <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 29, 2012 9:23 AM > > *Subject:* [gatortalk] Debate: Who has advantage with TAM now opening vs > Fla? > > So... Texas A&M, because of hurricane Isaac, will now open vs Fla a > week from this Saturday. > > Most seem to think this favors Florida. > > Me? Im not so sure. Time to debate! Who has advantage in this game? > > Florida will have atleast one game with this staff, personnel, etc to work > out kinks, etc. > TAM will have had no game time experience with this staff, personnel > (including a new starter at QB). > -- Advantage - UF > > TAM has less of a chance of significant injury due to no game. > FLA has a greater chance of significant injury due to playing a game. > -- Advantage - TAM - however.. injury is part of the game and cant be an > excuse... but it could be a factor. > > TAM will have 14 games of tape to review with current staff, personnel and > (somewhat same) scheme and more time to prepare for Florida due to no game > first week. > FLA will not have any game tape of this staff with this personnel and > scheme to review and less time to prepare. > -- Advantage TAM > > Giving the slight edge to TAM here... home field advantage in what will be > a raucous atmosphere with plenty of time to prepare. They'll have fresh > legs and the whole deal.... Im really worried. > > Woody > -- > 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 > > > -- > 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 > -- 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
