Vaevictis
1/9/2009, 01:00 AM
(1) The crowd was good, but not as good as for Tech. Within earshot, I was the only person who screamed the whole time UF was on offense. Disappointing.
(2) Our defense did much better than I thought it would. At halftime, I realized why: UF, as it played tonight anyway, is a run-oriented team. It's the first true run-oriented team we've played all year. This is a Stoops coached defense. Enough said.
(3) Our offense did much worse than I thought it would.
(3a) Our receivers kept dropping balls.
(3b) ... or worse, bouncing them up for grabs to be intercepted (both of Bradford's interceptions happened this way)
(3c) Wilson clearly didn't believe that we could win with field goals, which is why we behaved the way we did in the red zone. However, based on the way our defense played, I think he was wrong. Coaching error.
(3d) Whenever we were in the I, we seemed to do badly if we ran strong side. When we ran weak side, we were fine. Am I hallucinating, or did I pick up on something there?
(4) Without looking at the box score, I think Bradford outplayed Tebow, but our receivers just didn't finish the play (... or made it worse by bobbling the ball up to be grabbed by the defense). Tebow's interceptions, on the other hand, were QB error.
(5) Florida's speed is not what it was cracked up to be.
In short, our defense showed up and did enough to win the game, had the offense kept its end of the bargain.
That is all.
(2) Our defense did much better than I thought it would. At halftime, I realized why: UF, as it played tonight anyway, is a run-oriented team. It's the first true run-oriented team we've played all year. This is a Stoops coached defense. Enough said.
(3) Our offense did much worse than I thought it would.
(3a) Our receivers kept dropping balls.
(3b) ... or worse, bouncing them up for grabs to be intercepted (both of Bradford's interceptions happened this way)
(3c) Wilson clearly didn't believe that we could win with field goals, which is why we behaved the way we did in the red zone. However, based on the way our defense played, I think he was wrong. Coaching error.
(3d) Whenever we were in the I, we seemed to do badly if we ran strong side. When we ran weak side, we were fine. Am I hallucinating, or did I pick up on something there?
(4) Without looking at the box score, I think Bradford outplayed Tebow, but our receivers just didn't finish the play (... or made it worse by bobbling the ball up to be grabbed by the defense). Tebow's interceptions, on the other hand, were QB error.
(5) Florida's speed is not what it was cracked up to be.
In short, our defense showed up and did enough to win the game, had the offense kept its end of the bargain.
That is all.