Yikes!! The stats here are too eerily similar. I wish I hadn't seen this. It means we have had a lot of good luck this season. Everybody rub your favorite rabbits foot today!
Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI, SFR Real Estate Broker PARKS 305 B Indian Lake Blvd Suite 220 Hendersonville TN 37075 Mobile: 615-972-4239 Office: 615-826-4040 Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> > Date: November 12, 2015 at 6:45:53 AM CST > To: GatorNews <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Difference is Gators making plays, opponents > failing to do so > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Difference is Gators making plays, opponents failing to do so > > By Pat Dooley > Gainesville Sun sports columnist > Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 1:35 p.m. > Last Modified: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 1:35 p.m. > This was back in the spring when the Gator Nation was still trying to get its > brain around its new football coach. Jim McElwain walked out of a Mexican > restaurant in Gainesville after an undisturbed meal with friends. > > In the parking lot, he was stopped by someone who asked to have her picture > taken with him. > > “You’re the new Florida coach, right?” she said. “My dad is a big Gator fan.” > > They posed for a quick cellphone shot before she asked, “What’s your name > again?” > > McElwain grinned and said, “I’ve got a long way to go, don’t I?” > > Flash forward to Thursday night for the coaches’ call-in show. People were > hanging from the rafters to get a glimpse of the newest Gainesville rock > star. Between segments with Mick Hubert, lines of fans waited to get > autographs and selfies. > > He has come a long way in the hearts of Florida fans quickly by restoring the > order in the East. Six years after Florida’s last visit, the Gators are > returning to the arena they once owned. > > It’s nice that Florida could get back to the Georgia Dome before they turn it > into a parking lot. > > There is still plenty of football to be played before that game, including > Saturday’s game in Columbia, S.C., against the Gamecocks. But just the fact > that we know Florida will play a minimum of 14 games this season after two > straight 12-game seasons is reason enough for celebration. > > Let’s not forget that in four of the five seasons that were played between > SEC Championship Games, UF had a combined SEC record of 14-18. > > As a result, nobody really cares if it’s Alabama and its smothering defense > on the other side. Just being there makes Florida one of the best stories in > the 2015 season. > > So how did this happened? > > There are championships that are won by dominant play and dominant players. > But many of them are won by just making a few more plays than the team they > happen to be facing at the time. > > When athletic director Jeremy Foley was looking for a new head coach to > replace Will Muschamp, he went searching for offense. McElwain was the > answer, even if the name didn’t overwhelm the Gator Nation. > > Here’s the funny thing -- his offense isn’t really better than Muschamp’s was > last year. There are certainly reasons, including a patched-together > offensive line and a mid-season gut punch to the quarterback position from > the NCAA. > > Check out the numbers > > Total offense: 2014: 96th; 2015: 91st > > Yards per play: 2014: 5.24; 2015: 5.49 > > Yards per game: 2014: 367.6; 2015: 367.2 > > Points per game: 2014: 28.6; 2015: 30.3 > > The difference is that Florida has done exactly what a team has to do when > it’s not overpowering its opponents — making plays when it absolutely must. > When the defense has to get off the field, it does. When the offense needs 20 > yards to set up a field goal as it did last week, it does. > > These five plays were the biggest to get Florida to Atlanta: > > 1. Will Grier to Antonio Callaway, Tennessee: There is no question that the > 63-yard touchdown play on fourth-and-14 is the signature play from this > season. It’s only going to get better the further you get away from it. > > 2. Austin Hardin’s field goal, Vanderbilt: OK, Florida still probably wins > the East if it loses to Vandy. But it wouldn’t be clinched right now. > > 3. Treon Harris to Callaway, Georgia: Let’s face it, Florida’s offense was > struggling. The muffed punt had given the Gators the lead, but Harris’ > perfect rollout toss to the freshman receiver put Georgia in a hole. Vernon > Hargreaves III’s ensuing interception threw dirt on it. > > 4. Jon Bullard sacks Patrick Towles, Kentucky: First SEC game of the year, > Wildcats hanging around in front of a rocking crowd. Kentucky is driving near > midfield when Bullard makes the play that effectively ends the game with 46 > seconds to play. > > 5. Bryan Cox Jr. recovers a mid-air fumble, Ole Miss: The Rebels’ messed up > an exchange between Chad Kelly and Jaylen Walton and Cox was > Bryan-on-the-spot to set the Gators up at the Ole Miss 24. Florida was > already up 7-0, but five plays later UF was in the end zone and the Rebs were > in trouble. > > And it also helps when the other team doesn’t make plays. > > For example, there was Aaron Medley’s missed 55-yard field goal for > Tennessee. If it hooks a foot, who knows where we -- and Tennessee -- are > today? Or Jay Rome’s dropped touchdown pass for Georgia which would have put > the Bulldogs up 7-6 early in the second quarter. Or Dorian Baker’s dropped TD > pass for Kentucky early in that game, which was followed up two plays later > by a Hargreaves pick. Or even Gary Wunderlich’s missed chip-shot field goal > for Ole Miss early in the second quarter. > > Somehow, McElwain has been able to combine an elite defense, just enough > offense and a little magic to get Florida to this point. > > Oh, and since I’m into charts today, here are Florida’s last 10 quarters of > defense. > > Plays: 147. > > Yards: 514. > > Yards per play: 3.5. > > Yards per quarter: 51.4. > > Points per quarter: 1.7. > > We’ll see what happens, but the past 2½ months have seen a different attitude > and a different ability to make plays. > > As a result, it’s been a different kind of fun for Gator fans -- the > unexpected. > > Contact Pat Dooley at 352-374-5053 or at [email protected]. And follow at > Twitter.com/Pat_Dooley. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent From Shane's iPhone > Go Gators! & Skål Vikes! > ALPCA #8756 > Europlate #1045 > -- > -- > 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) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" 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/d/optout. -- -- 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) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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