I was not really looking at the stats. You are correct about the big plays. However, with the talent mismatch, they should have gotten very little yardage. We did hold their running game in check, but they were able to exploit our vastly superior D. Other than a few backfield passes, they should have shut down their passing game, both short and long.
Jerry Sent from my iPad On Sep 4, 2016, at 12:52 PM, 'Steve McKibben' via GatorTalk <gatortalk@googlegroups.com<mailto:gatortalk@googlegroups.com>> wrote: Go back and look at the stats. Other than the 4th and 14 and the 53 yard pass, both of which came at the expense of our (hopefully former) 2nd team CB Williamson (Gardner and Putu looked much better) their offensive numbers were pathetic. They had more yards in penalties than they actually gained during their only scoring drive of the night. Their DC must have cast a spell on our WRs, and RBs that kept them from catching the ball, and had the luxury of having Fred Johnson to abuse on the edge (why Taylor didn't play earlier and more is a mystery to me), but they couldn't get us off of the field on 3rd down very often. Hey, I was probably as angst ridden as anyone that we didn't put this game away much easier and earlier, but a cold hard look shows that we weren't as bad as we seemed. I expect the return of our suspended and dinged up players will make a big difference going forward. And I have no way of knowing if this is true or not, but a part of me suspects that our head coach was trying a lot of combinations in a game where doing so wouldn't cost us a "W" and we'll see a true first team and game plan next week. ...or at least I hope so! Gilligan ________________________________ From: Jerry D. Belloit <bell...@clarion.edu<mailto:bell...@clarion.edu>> To: Gatortalk <Gatortalk@googlegroups.com<mailto:Gatortalk@googlegroups.com>> Sent: Sunday, September 4, 2016 7:37 AM Subject: [gatortalk] UMass Coach The UMass coach was brilliant. If we ever need another offensive coordinator or qb coach that man should be high on the list. He would be worth whatever it took to get him. He really made our pass defense look average with inferior talent. His DC coordinator did a decent job as well given his vastly inferior talent. Jerry Sent from my iPad -- -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gatortalk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.<mailto:unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.> 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. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gatortalk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:gatortalk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. 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. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gatortalk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
