2013 GAME BY GAME PREVIEW WEEK TWO FLORIDA

[sotacane22]

our D wont be that bad athletes all over the field

 

[CanesFan93]

21-20 Canes

The D's main priority needs to stop the run as UF will run nonstop. Not worried one bit about Driskel and their passing game. They have a good secondary but I think our O-Line can limit Easley and Fowler while handling Orr and Powell giving Morris enough time to find our receivers and Duke enough room to run on their inexperienced LB corp. That's what this game is going to come down to, trench play and TO's.

 

[LA'Cane818]

I like that we have coach Coley for this game. If anyone can game plan against these ***gots it would be this guy. I think we score early and often. How many receivers do we have that can rotate in and expose their safety depth? Duke and Dallas catching out of the back field will be key as well.

 

[BODESLAM]

TAXES ARE DUE 9/7 & WILL BE PAID IN FULL....FUN IN THE SUN FOR UFAG IS OVER....MUSHMOUTH HAND CRANKS GOLDIE BY HALFTIME....

 

[Gamineal]

I like that we have coach Coley for this game. If anyone can game plan against these ***gots it would be this guy. I think we score early and often. How many receivers do we have that can rotate in and expose their safety depth? Duke and Dallas catching out of the back field will be key as well.

Game hinges in Morris,,he has a bad record against good teams being nervous etc.....coley has beaten these guys for sure but fsu had top 10 defenses to hold down the scoring...we are not that fortunate yet...

 

[fastcane]

No thank you! It's much harder to find quality linemen.

I wish we can wager recruits on these games..

Miami offers up one of its commits and UF does the same and winner takes all.

Kc McDermott for Cook would make the game a little more interesting

 

[killa1storm]

agree with mostly everything in the write-up except for driskel being more quick than fast (dude is a legit 4.5 dude) and the o-line being bad. consider this, uf had the sec's #3 rushing attack and one of the better ground games in the country with the support of 1600 yards passing...a bad o-line doesn't do that agains the defenses we faced. of the sacks they gave up, i'd say 2/3 were the result of driskel holding the ball, the kid has NO feel for the passing game whatsoever. for example, against A&M he was sacked 7 times and everyone blamed the o-line, then pease came out and said driskel was responsible for 6 of them, the kid usually got a decent amount of time but can't read coverage for ****. stop the run and you beat us.

Agreed. Do you feel Driskel will learn to read coverages? Or will he keep holding the ball too long? Is it true that Muschamp wrote a letter to the NCAA regarding the officials? I heard he was ****ed off that UF was getting all those flags last season.
If UF runs a little bit of pistol that offense might be lethal.

Either way Sept. 7 will be a war. Im flying from Chicago for this one. 50 yard line seats baby!

Dorito better ensure that we have 8 in the box.
I'm surprised most believe we win this game comfortably. Miami MUST score early and often. That seems to be the key. If Miami scores 28+ points we've likely won the game. We need to attack those young safeties that you guys have.

no, he stinks. his bowl performance with everyone healthy and a month to prepare might have been his worse game of the year. he can't play the position UNLESS he's put in a option type system where his athleticism is used and he's asked to make minimal reads. but even then he'd still be average imo, he even struggled deciding whether to pull or keep on option type plays (see his fumble against fsu).

and no offense to your offense but i don't see miami scoring 28 on uf unless they score on special teams or defense. miami has some very good players but better offenses have been held to less against uf. duke is special but uf faced marshall/gurshal at uga as well as lsu and fsu's bunch on the ground, held manziel without a 1st down in a half, etc. miami also struggled mightily against good defensive teams a year ago. and while losing elam, bostic, and floyd will hurt, uf returns a lot of guys, we rotated as much as 20 on defense last year. if you watch our games you'll notice we'd literally go 2, 3 series at a time defensively with some of those guys on the bench while youngsters rotated in. i expect the defense to be every bit as good as last year's by the end of the year. maybe not by the second game though.

 

[IHATETHISPLACE]

Disagree with the other Gator on Driskel that assessment is way too harsh

 

[JHallCanes]

killa, our defense had this amazing ability last year to make every QB we played a successful "one read and throw" QB which is the worry for me.

Yeah Driskell isn't a good QB but if he plays focused and uses a one read then throw or run philosophy, he could do some serious damage unless we make major improvements on D. I think we will, but that's just pure optimism.

 

[killa1storm]

call it harsh if you wish, but its the truth. he had multiple games under 200 ypc despite one of the best ground games in the conference. that should have made passing EASIER. and he should have taken a step forward in the bowl game and he looked like his first game starting, no improvement whatsoever after basically another spring practice (bowl prep). he is what he is, an athlete with minimal feel for the qb position.

 

[IHATETHISPLACE]

everybody puts way too much on that Louisville game for some reason

 

[pcitycane]

everybody puts way too much on that Louisville game for some reason

probably because it was a major *** whipping from a team who played noone in the regular season and lost to a couple of middle of the pack big east teams. and it was an *** whoopin.

 

[killa1storm]

fine, exclude the bowl game and we have 12 other games as a sample size, what did you see?

and i don't think anyone is saying the bowl game is the be all end all, but there was no improvement. leading up to the game muschamp and pease BOTH said they spent a good amount of time on driskel and the passing game and expected him to take a step forward going into next year. again, what did you see? he took a giant step back, it was a massive fail. the excuses are out for him at this point.

 

[IHATETHISPLACE]

fine, exclude the bowl game and we have 12 other games as a sample size, what did you see?

and i don't think anyone is saying the bowl game is the be all end all, but there was no improvement. leading up to the game muschamp and pease BOTH said they spent a good amount of time on driskel and the passing game and expected him to take a step forward going into next year. again, what did you see? he took a giant step back, it was a massive fail. the excuses are out for him at this point.

I saw a player that wasn't asked to do much in the passing game. When he was he was accurate with the ball. He did get rid of the football better as the season went on. You might think the team passing game wont be better next year but I certainly do.

 

[IHATETHISPLACE]

everybody puts way too much on that Louisville game for some reason

probably because it was a major *** whipping from a team who played noone in the regular season and lost to a couple of middle of the pack big east teams. and it was an *** whoopin.

It was a major *** whipping but that was the only game where the team got their *** beat so it was certainly not the norm.

 

[Consigliere]

I think people judge the bowl game above others, in general, for the following reasons:

1. Extra time to prepare and get healthy, this is supposed to be your team at the your best.

2. It is your last game as a team, last performance to review. It is like that saying "you're only as good as your last game."

3. Some people ONLY watch the bowl game, so they just can really only evaluate that.

 

[killa1storm]

fine, exclude the bowl game and we have 12 other games as a sample size, what did you see?

and i don't think anyone is saying the bowl game is the be all end all, but there was no improvement. leading up to the game muschamp and pease BOTH said they spent a good amount of time on driskel and the passing game and expected him to take a step forward going into next year. again, what did you see? he took a giant step back, it was a massive fail. the excuses are out for him at this point.

I saw a player that wasn't asked to do much in the passing game. When he was he was accurate with the ball. He did get rid of the football better as the season went on. You might think the team passing game wont be better next year but I certainly do.

i don't know whether it will be or not, if it is i do believe it will be a result of the reciever play and a devestating ground game.

i'm glad you pointed out he wasn't asked to do much in the passing game. consider this, prior to this year, driskel had gone through TWO spring practices, true sophomores who don't graduate early have only gone through one. so he was essentially a junior. yet, he's still being babied because he is the weak link on the offense, no denying it.

he may blow the doors off this year, but to act like he hasn't been mediocre at best is stretching the truth. he's been awful more times than not. thank god for our defense.

 

[IHATETHISPLACE]

fine, exclude the bowl game and we have 12 other games as a sample size, what did you see?

and i don't think anyone is saying the bowl game is the be all end all, but there was no improvement. leading up to the game muschamp and pease BOTH said they spent a good amount of time on driskel and the passing game and expected him to take a step forward going into next year. again, what did you see? he took a giant step back, it was a massive fail. the excuses are out for him at this point.

I saw a player that wasn't asked to do much in the passing game. When he was he was accurate with the ball. He did get rid of the football better as the season went on. You might think the team passing game wont be better next year but I certainly do.

i don't know whether it will be or not, if it is i do believe it will be a result of the reciever play and a devestating ground game.

i'm glad you pointed out he wasn't asked to do much in the passing game. consider this, prior to this year, driskel had gone through TWO spring practices, true sophomores who don't graduate early have only gone through one. so he was essentially a junior. yet, he's still being babied because he is the weak link on the offense, no denying it.

he may blow the doors off this year, but to act like he hasn't been mediocre at best is stretching the truth. he's been awful more times than not. thank god for our defense.

You said he couldn't play the position which is false. I dont really think he was babied they just played to the team strength which was special teams and defense. It is not like the team could pass block last year. He was an average QB throwing the football and above average running it

 

[gcane44]

You said he couldn't play the position which is false. I dont really think he was babied they just played to the team strength which was special teams and defense. It is not like the team could pass block last year. He was an average QB throwing the football and above average running it

So will the passblocking be improved this year?

 

[killa1storm]

fine, exclude the bowl game and we have 12 other games as a sample size, what did you see?

and i don't think anyone is saying the bowl game is the be all end all, but there was no improvement. leading up to the game muschamp and pease BOTH said they spent a good amount of time on driskel and the passing game and expected him to take a step forward going into next year. again, what did you see? he took a giant step back, it was a massive fail. the excuses are out for him at this point.

I saw a player that wasn't asked to do much in the passing game. When he was he was accurate with the ball. He did get rid of the football better as the season went on. You might think the team passing game wont be better next year but I certainly do.

i don't know whether it will be or not, if it is i do believe it will be a result of the reciever play and a devestating ground game.

i'm glad you pointed out he wasn't asked to do much in the passing game. consider this, prior to this year, driskel had gone through TWO spring practices, true sophomores who don't graduate early have only gone through one. so he was essentially a junior. yet, he's still being babied because he is the weak link on the offense, no denying it.

he may blow the doors off this year, but to act like he hasn't been mediocre at best is stretching the truth. he's been awful more times than not. thank god for our defense.

You said he couldn't play the position which is false. I dont really think he was babied they just played to the team strength which was special teams and defense. It is not like the team could pass block last year. He was an average QB throwing the football and above average running it

he can't, not at an above average level which is the goal. passes were short and safe which shows itself in his high completion % but he made no plays in the passing game. everyone wants to blame the o-line but the oc doesn't agree (see his comments after A&M). driskel was very bad about holding the ball which led to a lot of his sacks. he struggled mightily understanding what he was seeing in the passing game (he's also admitted as much). people live in this fantasy world where all players improve but that's not the case, some just are what they are.

now i'm not saying driskel won't improve, but there is no evidence to suggest it. some of his worst performances came at the end of the season culminating in the terrible bowl game performance. most young qb's improve as the season goes on, that was not the case for him. so what do you have to suggest he'll be anything more that what we saw other than blind optimism?