Toronto Sooner
12/25/2008, 12:22 PM
Tebow and his little runners kinda reminds me of Snow White and her little guys.
Calm down Gator posters, I'm just kidding around ;) :pop:
Seriously though, the Gator runners are very undersized. Demps, Rainey and Harvin are like around 5-8, 5-9 and 5-11, or something like that. I watched them run a little and I notice that they take a lot of little steps. It almost seems as if they have to take 2 or 3 steps to cover the same ground (as 1 step) of a regular sized running back. I don't think their legs are that little, but rather I think it's their style of running. It almost seems as if they prefer helter skelter type running, where their legs just go a mile a minute in order to fake out defenders.
That type of running does concern me a bit. My concern has more to do with the decipline of our defense, however, and not with the Florida players. We have the talent to stop anyone and any type of offense. Over the past 3 games, our defense completely shut down Crabtree and Maclin, and severely limited Bryant - 3 of the most talented skilled players in the country. The question is how decipline will our defense be with containment and gap assignments. Earlier in the year, our defense was very undeciplined at times, thus allowing holes in the defense to be exploited. However, our defense has been playing much more solid in recent games. Not only has gap assignments been strong, but there has been night and day improvement in tackling players. To be honest, it was strange to see a Bob Stoops coached team struggle so badly with tackling (at times earlier on).
I really like the way our defense has come along, and the level it is playing at right now. I also like the changes Venables has implemented. However, it will come down to the players. If our players continue to play structured, yet aggressive, defense (similar to the Texas Tech and Missouri games) then stopping Florida's little guys from running around should not be an issue. It will then be up to Snow White to try to beat us ;) :D
Calm down Gator posters, I'm just kidding around ;) :pop:
Seriously though, the Gator runners are very undersized. Demps, Rainey and Harvin are like around 5-8, 5-9 and 5-11, or something like that. I watched them run a little and I notice that they take a lot of little steps. It almost seems as if they have to take 2 or 3 steps to cover the same ground (as 1 step) of a regular sized running back. I don't think their legs are that little, but rather I think it's their style of running. It almost seems as if they prefer helter skelter type running, where their legs just go a mile a minute in order to fake out defenders.
That type of running does concern me a bit. My concern has more to do with the decipline of our defense, however, and not with the Florida players. We have the talent to stop anyone and any type of offense. Over the past 3 games, our defense completely shut down Crabtree and Maclin, and severely limited Bryant - 3 of the most talented skilled players in the country. The question is how decipline will our defense be with containment and gap assignments. Earlier in the year, our defense was very undeciplined at times, thus allowing holes in the defense to be exploited. However, our defense has been playing much more solid in recent games. Not only has gap assignments been strong, but there has been night and day improvement in tackling players. To be honest, it was strange to see a Bob Stoops coached team struggle so badly with tackling (at times earlier on).
I really like the way our defense has come along, and the level it is playing at right now. I also like the changes Venables has implemented. However, it will come down to the players. If our players continue to play structured, yet aggressive, defense (similar to the Texas Tech and Missouri games) then stopping Florida's little guys from running around should not be an issue. It will then be up to Snow White to try to beat us ;) :D