I agree with the adjustment. l think that we had a tell on the snap count. lf you watch, the UT D moved exactly at the snap of the ball sometimes even quicker then our line.
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 26, 2016, at 11:44 AM, John Vega <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well. Quite a game. > > I have seen a couple collapses like this; Miami in 2003 (I was at the game) > and 1994 at FSU. > > This was different. In 1994, we were the underdogs. To be frank, we had been > outplayed and were lucky to be ahead as we were. I always had the felling > that FSU would come back, and just hoped our lead was large enough. > > In 2003, we were evenly matched until our QB was knocked out of the game. In > comes true freshman Chris Leak. He played o.k., but it was clear that the > staff had to greatly limit the playbook due to his inexperience. Plus, our > coach was Ron Zook. Still, we would have won but for a dropped 2 point > conversion that was wide open (that would have allowed a FG at the end > instead of forcing us to go for the TD). > > Here, we had a good team, good coaches, the same QB all game and the teams > seemed evenly matched. I never felt that we were “lucky” to be up like we > were (unlike 1994). Our defense looked ferocious in the first half, and that > goal line stand was the stuff of legends. > > Then, what happened? I am still waiting an explanation that makes sense. > “Adjustments” my fanny. Either we had some crucial injuries, or some UT > assistant broke our signals. It sure looked like UT’s defense knew every play > in the second half before it happened. We must have had a tell. If not the > signals (those stupid signs), then our alignments telegraphed the plays. > > UT had all week to study our plays, and looked lost in the first half. In 15 > minutes of halftime, they somehow made adjustments that they couldn’t figure > out for entire week beforehand? That makes no sense. What does make sense is > a grad student upstairs mapping our alignments, signals, and figuring out the > plays. He tells the staff at the half, and we see a remarkable turnaround. > > -Zeb > > -- > -- > 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 [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. 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.
