I slept good last night. I know I should say I slept well. But, when the Gators beat the Dwags it's a good sleep. What do we owe them now, six games? I hope I can live long enough to see the record change in our favor! Seven more nights of good sleep.
Oliver Barry CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker PARKS Real Estate Services 305 B Indian Lake Blvd Suite 220 Hendersonville TN 37075 Office: 615-826-4040 Mobile: 615-972-4239 [email protected] Begin forwarded message: > From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> > Date: October 29, 2016 at 10:59:48 PM CDT > To: GatorNews <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Dooley: UF offense good enough > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Dooley: UF offense good enough > > > Florida Gators defensive lineman Jabari Zuniga (92) reacts after throwing > Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver Reggie Davis (81) to the ground in the > backfield during the second half of the Gators' 24-10 win against SEC-rival > Georgia Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016 at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Fla.. > > Rob C. Witzel/The Gainesville Sun > By Pat Dooley > Gainesville Sun sports columnist > Published: Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 9:23 p.m. > Last Modified: Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 9:23 p.m. > Seconds after Jordan Scarlett had converted a fourth-and-1 that removed any > doubt about the outcome of another Cocktail Party, Luke Del Rio turned to the > sideline and did the Gator chomp. > > Because there are no bad days when you beat Georgia. > > They say you can throw out the records with rivalry games like this one. > Well, the winning team gets to throw out the stats if it wants to. > > So forget that Florida barely cracked 200 yards of total offense. Del Rio was > the winning quarterback. > > Hence, the chomp. > > “You never think to do the chomp,” Del Rio said. “It’s such a cool thing. Not > every team has a thing like that to do.” > > Del Rio didn’t have the best night, but he had a great memory. Every Gator in > a stadium where the other side emptied out after another failed fourth down > enjoyed a victory, Florida’s third in a row over the Bulldogs and 21st out of > the last 26. > > That’s why there were a lot of toothy grins in the bowels of EverBank Field. > Scott Stricklin, who will be Florida’s athletic director in a few days, wore > a wide grin from ear to ear every time someone reminded him he couldn’t count > this game on his resume. > > “I’m still 0-0, but I’m bowl eligible,” he said. > > Instead, this was the final football game in the win column for Jeremy Foley, > who has a couple of days remaining on the job. To go out with another win > over Georgia had him beaming. > > Of course, he had just come from the locker room where coach Jim McElwain had > asked him to break the team down at the end of their celebration. > > “I gave him a do-over,” McElwain said. “He flubbed the first one (after the > Missouri game).” > > And so Foley huddled with the victorious team and shouted, “GATORS FOREVER, > 1, 2, 3!” > > Playing for only the second game in 28 days, UF’s offense could be described > as rusty except that’s an insult to rust. Another of those ill-advised Del > Rio passes — this interception on his first pass of the night — handed > Georgia three early points. A big sack of Del Rio later in the first quarter > took the Gators out of field goal range. > > And when Georgia quarterback Jacob Eason hit on three huge scramble plays to > give the Bulldogs a 10-7 lead, you thought it might be enough. > > But there are some things that remain constants. Georgia will drop big > passes, struggle with the kicking game and make some odd play calls. > > To start the second half, the Bulldogs had three straight three-and-outs. > Nick Chubb never saw it. > > The outstanding Georgia tailback carried the ball only twice in the second > half. > > “We couldn’t get any rhythm going,” Chubb said. “It seemed like it was > three-and-out all the time.” > > Florida’s plan was predictable, to stuff the run and try to confuse Georgia’s > freshman quarterback Jacob Eason. When the Gators stuffed the run, it was > like Georgia gave up trying. > > “I’m pretty surprised they didn’t use him that much in the game,” said > Florida defensive tackle Khairi Clark. > > I’m sure Georgia fans were, too. > > Florida’s defense can do that to an offensive coordinator. > > So again, Florida had just enough on offense to win. Nobody knows how far > this defense can take this team. We only know how far it has taken it so far. > > And we know that there are some tough guys on this team. > > Like linebacker Jarrad Davis, who played on a sore ankle because he refused > not to. > > “It was a little frustrating in the first half because I just wasn’t there,” > Davis said. “I was kind of slow on a few things, but the second half, I got > right.” > > That included a textbook tackle on Georgia’s Terry Godwin on a fourth-down > play that got fellow linebacker Alex Anzalone so excited he sprinted across > the field “to maul him.” > > And there was the much-maligned offensive line chewing up 5:33 of valuable > clock with a short drive that led to a field goal. And being asked to go for > it on fourth down to seal the game. > > “I just challenged them,” McElwain said of his linemen. “I said, ‘Look it’s > time, it’s time to assert your will. Don’t take no for an answer.’ And it was > a bit of a statement.” > > Jordan Scarlett squeezed through a hole for two yards when one would clinch > the game. By then, there weren’t many fans left on the West side of the > stadium where Georgia fans gathered to see what their new coach would do in > his first rivalry game. > > Meanwhile on the field, Del Rio was chomping. I reminded him that Tim Tebow > had once been penalized for doing it. > > “Yeah, I know, but that was at a player,” he said. > > This was at his players, his coaches and a Gator Nation that went roaring > into another Jacksonville night. > > 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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