Good to hear from you, Hawgie. Just step onto the grill...er, I mean field. Our 'D' will tell the tale of this game. Gators 24, Hawgs, 10.
A. Leon Polhill, Gator "I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know." - Mark Twain >________________________________ > From: BertThePiggieMan <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, October 2, 2013 10:43 AM >Subject: [gatortalk] The View From The Piggie Trough > > > >Greetings, all... > > >I hope everyone is doing well... > > >Well, it's that time again... Time for the Gators and Hogs to square off... >And as always, since y'all have come to love me (or at least tolerate me) >because I don't pull punches regarding my Hogs, here's my take on them: > > >1) Brandon Allen is a good quarterback, although he did try to do too much >against A&M. We were missing him against Rutgers, and I have no doubt the >outcome would have been different with him at the helm. He really doesn't get >rattled that much and isn't afraid to run. He's no Tebow, but he's no Mallett >either :) And oh yeah, he had more yards and more touchdowns in less attempts >than Johnny Football in our game against A&M. :) > > >2) Alex Collins is a beast at running back. I am so glad the State Of Florida >let us have him (even if his mom didn't want him to come up here and hid his >LOI). He's rushed for 100+ yards per game in four of his five games so far as >a true freshman. The only game he didn't was against Rutgers, but heck, they >knew we were going to run since we started a walk-on QB who had been offered a >scholarship (in fact, we had as many passing touchdowns from running backs as >quarterbacks in that game :). And he's not just a Glory Hog (pun intended). >Against A&M he threw a block on a rushing defender that flipped the guy over >and put him out with a thigh injury. I hope we get to keep him more than a >couple years. > > >3) At running back, we're not just a one-trick pony. Collins is the speed and >power back, but Jonathan Williams is no slouch either. And Kiero Small is a >bowling ball of a fullback who can also catch passes. Far and away our running >game is our bread and butter, but we will certainly throw when we have to. > > >4) Defense. Oy vey. We have a strong defensive line, but most of our pressure >comes from our ends. So if you've got good tackles like A&M did, we don't get >as much of a rush. Our skill level really drops at linebacker and defensive >back. Easily this is the area I worry about most. > > >5) Kicking game is pretty solid, especially with Hocker as place kicker. He >consistently puts kickoffs deep into or out of the end zone, taking away one >of the other team's weapons. He's also very reliable on place kicking too, >recently becoming the all-time leading scorer in Arkansas history. Our punter >is a rugby style punter who can kick with his left or right leg, so it doesn't >matter which way he rolls to avoid the rush. He also threw a nifty pass on a >fake punt against Rutgers. > > >6) Coaching: I like what I've seen from Bret Bielema so far, but of course, >there are detractors. Most of them are the people who think a Big 10 coach >can't come into the SEC and be successful. Seems like they forget about that >guy named Satan^H^H^Hban. He's very disciplined and expects the same from his >players. After Collins scored his first touchdown of the year, he got a >penalty for celebrating too much with the fans. Coach B said that if he did it >again, he wouldn't be playing for the team. Some folks thought it was harsh, >but discipline has to include all the little details, and Coach B seems to >expect that. And Collins got the message. Now he always finds a ref and >literally hands (not tosses) the ball to him. And hey, Coach B grew up on a >pig farm, so it's destiny! :) > > >What do I think will happen? I guess it depends what team shows up. We didn't >do well in our only other road game, but we didn't have a real quarterback >either, so it's hard to judge by that. We certainly have the talent to make it >interesting, but my gut feeling tells me an SEC road game is a loss until you >can prove otherwise, > > >My pick: Gators 24, Hogs 20 > > >Let the chompin' begin :) > > >- 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 >--- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"GatorTalk" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >email to [email protected]. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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