Trying not to be overconfident...

[Pennmed Canefan]

This is easy. Last I checked duke and uva were putting 40 on our defense. If you think UF is less talented than those teams I think you are nuts. We all hope and believe that our defense will be better but we don't know **** until we see it.

 

[rok]

I see. Thanks killa.

 

[User-4525]

Floridas running game will obviously cause the biggest threat. They are a good running blocking team & Matt jones is a good back. Their pass blocking is another story. They have up 39 sacks last year and lost 2/3 starters on their line.

 

[rok]

This is easy. Last I checked duke and uva were putting 40 on our defense. If you think UF is less talented than those teams I think you are nuts. We all hope and believe that our defense will be better but we don't know **** until we see it.

I hear you. However, Florida was 104th in total offense in 2012 and they lost Gillislee, Reed, Hammond, Hines, Debose, Nixon, Wilson. They will likely be better, but just like our defense they need to prove it on the field.

 

[NVA CANE]

It all comes down to which team improved their weaknesses the most during the off season. I'm sure they have gotten better as an offense just as we think we have gotten better on defense. But how improved is the real question for both teams. The gains gains we've made on defense look great, but lets not forget that Golden put a lot of band aids on the Dline. This is still not a dominant Dline. It may be vastly improved from last year (not saying much), but its not dominant at least not on paper thus far. I believe we may win, but our defense will have to show up big time for that to happen and our offense will have to be more consistent.

Lulz at anyone thinking we are going to blow UF out.

 

[killa1storm]

suprisingly, the game may become a defensive struggle.

its the 2nd game of the season and a 12:00 game, offenses are generally still finding their groove early in the season and are usually behind the defense. miami is breaking in a new coordinator and uf has multiple injuries on the offensive side, i don't see either offense doing much.

 

[Canefan235]

This reminds me of FSU before playing Florida last year. Man, this game is going to be tough. I want us to win...if it's by 1 point I'm good. I wear my orange and green glasses proudly. I want to believe our D has improved significantly to play up to par w/BCS level teams. We have not shown it yet. We played well against FSU/first half last year, and I believe if we can come out like we did against FSU last year, the team has enough depth and talent to "finish". I believe we have a great offense, but when we played BCS level teams last year, the O was shut down. Once th O was shut down, that was it. If the O struggles and the D cannot keep us in the game, it will be a long drive back to Tampa. We win and the drive back is SWEET and this year we will have Duane Starks on post game vice Dan Silly-O. AWESOME!

 

[rudebuddha]

suprisingly, the game may become a defensive struggle.

its the 2nd game of the season and a 12:00 game, offenses are generally still finding their groove early in the season and are usually behind the defense. miami is breaking in a new coordinator and uf has multiple injuries on the offensive side, i don't see either offense doing much.

Speak for your own offense. We, The Canes, are not trying to improve a 100+ ranked offense, with a post surgery qb, a starting rb with Ebola, an offensive line that is hoping they will have 5 healthy scholarship players, and a receiving corps that doesn't have one person who would make our 2 deep.

Our offense is just fine. We will be putting up serious points on your defense. Can you match us?

 

[Picksix]

suprisingly, the game may become a defensive struggle.

its the 2nd game of the season and a 12:00 game, offenses are generally still finding their groove early in the season and are usually behind the defense. miami is breaking in a new coordinator and uf has multiple injuries on the offensive side, i don't see either offense doing much.

Speak for your own offense. We, The Canes, are not trying to improve a 100+ ranked offense, with a post surgery qb, a starting rb with Ebola, an offensive line that is hoping they will have 5 healthy scholarship players, and a receiving corps that doesn't have one person who would make our 2 deep.

Our offense is just fine. We will be putting up serious points on your defense. Can you match us?

Not to mention their defense will not be as good as last years defense. Sure they can hope and pray it will be but you don't lose that kind of talent and just keep clicking on all cylinders.

Gators will have you believe that the offense can't be any worse but Jones is a huge question mark coming into the season. That offense lived and died by Gillislee running the ball. The O-line was mediocre at best and it could be even worse this year. Reed was the best WR they had and he's gone. Hammond was the third leading WR and he's gone. **** their WR depth was so poor Debose was being looked at and he got injured. It doesn't matter because Driskel still has to prove he can get the ball to his WR's and he's coming off surgery.

I like our chances against the Gaytors this year.

 

[killa1storm]

suprisingly, the game may become a defensive struggle.

its the 2nd game of the season and a 12:00 game, offenses are generally still finding their groove early in the season and are usually behind the defense. miami is breaking in a new coordinator and uf has multiple injuries on the offensive side, i don't see either offense doing much.

Speak for your own offense. We, The Canes, are not trying to improve a 100+ ranked offense, with a post surgery qb, a starting rb with Ebola, an offensive line that is hoping they will have 5 healthy scholarship players, and a receiving corps that doesn't have one person who would make our 2 deep.

Our offense is just fine. We will be putting up serious points on your defense. Can you match us?

i'm curious as to why you are so confident about your offense. against top 25 teams last year they were bad, they averaged less than 100 ypg on the ground and didn't score many points. now you've lost your coordinator and he's being replaced by a guy that will be calling plays for the first time in his career, he has no real experience calling plays as the coordinator. that same guy is also coming from an fsu team who needless to say is rather bland offensively. should your offense be good? yes, but to act like they have no concerns and are all set to roll a good defense in the 2nd week of the season is well, pretty ridiculous.

 

[rok]

Gonna have to agree with killa. Our offense still has to prove that it can produce against a top-flight defense.

 

[BALDYCHUTES]

Great Post. Accurate, objective and timely.

I love my Canes but I'll believe the hype when I see UM run the ball effectively and finish drives against a good D and stop the run effectively against a good O.

Until then, its the same talk we've been hearing for the past decade.

This is easy. Last I checked duke and uva were putting 40 on our defense. If you think UF is less talented than those teams I think you are nuts. We all hope and believe that our defense will be better but we don't know **** until we see it.

 

[am1640]

suprisingly, the game may become a defensive struggle.

its the 2nd game of the season and a 12:00 game, offenses are generally still finding their groove early in the season and are usually behind the defense. miami is breaking in a new coordinator and uf has multiple injuries on the offensive side, i don't see either offense doing much.

Speak for your own offense. We, The Canes, are not trying to improve a 100+ ranked offense, with a post surgery qb, a starting rb with Ebola, an offensive line that is hoping they will have 5 healthy scholarship players, and a receiving corps that doesn't have one person who would make our 2 deep.

Our offense is just fine. We will be putting up serious points on your defense. Can you match us?

i'm curious as to why you are so confident about your offense. against top 25 teams last year they were bad, they averaged less than 100 ypg on the ground and didn't score many points. now you've lost your coordinator and he's being replaced by a guy that will be calling plays for the first time in his career, he has no real experience calling plays as the coordinator. that same guy is also coming from an fsu team who needless to say is rather bland offensively. should your offense be good? yes, but to act like they have no concerns and are all set to roll a good defense in the 2nd week of the season is well, pretty ridiculous.

that's not true. And before you try and dismiss his prev OC job, Fisch wasn't any type of world better during his only stint as an OC before coming to Miami.

 

[skyman]

suprisingly, the game may become a defensive struggle.

its the 2nd game of the season and a 12:00 game, offenses are generally still finding their groove early in the season and are usually behind the defense. miami is breaking in a new coordinator and uf has multiple injuries on the offensive side, i don't see either offense doing much.

Speak for your own offense. We, The Canes, are not trying to improve a 100+ ranked offense, with a post surgery qb, a starting rb with Ebola, an offensive line that is hoping they will have 5 healthy scholarship players, and a receiving corps that doesn't have one person who would make our 2 deep.

Our offense is just fine. We will be putting up serious points on your defense. Can you match us?

i'm curious as to why you are so confident about your offense. against top 25 teams last year they were bad, they averaged less than 100 ypg on the ground and didn't score many points. now you've lost your coordinator and he's being replaced by a guy that will be calling plays for the first time in his career, he has no real experience calling plays as the coordinator. that same guy is also coming from an fsu team who needless to say is rather bland offensively. should your offense be good? yes, but to act like they have no concerns and are all set to roll a good defense in the 2nd week of the season is well, pretty ridiculous.

Coley has called plays before, even if at FIU. He has some type of experience. We were in same position with Fisch who had terrible year at Minny calling plays, that turned out ok. Jury is still out on Coley but you are incorrect that he has no experience

 

[Consigliere]

Don't be silly, only Canes improve! LOL

Some folks in this thread forget the Gates won 11 games last year while UM won???????? Yipee, UM got 19 starters back from a squad that was HISTORICALLY BAD!!!!!

UM's offense has not looked good against even a half way decent defense in years. In fact, its been putrid. And UM's D, even if radically improved, is not going to dominate anyone. ND did not throw a pass 2nd half last year and rang up 250+ yards, in a half. We got Green, a band-aid named Kamalu; that is no UM D-Line. UM has no tested, quality depth ANYWHERE on D and trots out Kacy Rogers and Highsmith as backups.

UM O vs. quality D with a very good line and a good secondary? Not good.
UM D vs. quality running game with mobile QB? Not good.

Overconfident? UM's O-line and D-line best show up and show up big. And the next time they both show up for one game will be the first time in years.

Fly in Ointment:

What if the light went off for Driskell over the break?

****. That's a sobering post. This is the game where Al has to prove himself. He has to out coach UF for us to have a chance. The OL has to bear the load this game. They have to straight play out of their minds. We keep hearing how good/great they are... Yet when we play anyone with a pulse, they get their collective **** pushed in... Smdh...

Marone! That is the only way we can win.

 

[rudebuddha]

suprisingly, the game may become a defensive struggle.

its the 2nd game of the season and a 12:00 game, offenses are generally still finding their groove early in the season and are usually behind the defense. miami is breaking in a new coordinator and uf has multiple injuries on the offensive side, i don't see either offense doing much.

Speak for your own offense. We, The Canes, are not trying to improve a 100+ ranked offense, with a post surgery qb, a starting rb with Ebola, an offensive line that is hoping they will have 5 healthy scholarship players, and a receiving corps that doesn't have one person who would make our 2 deep.

Our offense is just fine. We will be putting up serious points on your defense. Can you match us?

i'm curious as to why you are so confident about your offense. against top 25 teams last year they were bad, they averaged less than 100 ypg on the ground and didn't score many points. now you've lost your coordinator and he's being replaced by a guy that will be calling plays for the first time in his career, he has no real experience calling plays as the coordinator. that same guy is also coming from an fsu team who needless to say is rather bland offensively. should your offense be good? yes, but to act like they have no concerns and are all set to roll a good defense in the 2nd week of the season is well, pretty ridiculous.

On the flip side, what makes you think your defense will be good?
Seriously, you can't assume that. You have a whole bunch of inexperienced players. Your best player is also going to be getting thumped as a wr, because your receivers are that **** poor.
Your 2nd best player is coming off acl surgery.
You d line has to try to beat flowers and Seantrel on the edges, and Bunche/feliciano, McDermott, and Linder up the gut.
Your inexperienced safeties have to cover deep and also worry about monster tight ends running the seams.
And finally there's Duke.

 

[rok]

suprisingly, the game may become a defensive struggle.

its the 2nd game of the season and a 12:00 game, offenses are generally still finding their groove early in the season and are usually behind the defense. miami is breaking in a new coordinator and uf has multiple injuries on the offensive side, i don't see either offense doing much.

Speak for your own offense. We, The Canes, are not trying to improve a 100+ ranked offense, with a post surgery qb, a starting rb with Ebola, an offensive line that is hoping they will have 5 healthy scholarship players, and a receiving corps that doesn't have one person who would make our 2 deep.

Our offense is just fine. We will be putting up serious points on your defense. Can you match us?

i'm curious as to why you are so confident about your offense. against top 25 teams last year they were bad, they averaged less than 100 ypg on the ground and didn't score many points. now you've lost your coordinator and he's being replaced by a guy that will be calling plays for the first time in his career, he has no real experience calling plays as the coordinator. that same guy is also coming from an fsu team who needless to say is rather bland offensively. should your offense be good? yes, but to act like they have no concerns and are all set to roll a good defense in the 2nd week of the season is well, pretty ridiculous.

On the flip side, what makes you think your defense will be good?
Seriously, you can't assume that. You have a whole bunch of inexperienced players. Your best player is also going to be getting thumped as a wr, because your receivers are that **** poor.
Your 2nd best player is coming off acl surgery.
You d line has to try to beat flowers and Seantrel on the edges, and Bunche/feliciano, McDermott, and Linder up the gut.
Your inexperienced safeties have to cover deep and also worry about monster tight ends running the seams.
And finally there's Duke.

Homer Alert
Homer Alert
Homer Alert

 

[UMcanesfan420]

suprisingly, the game may become a defensive struggle.

its the 2nd game of the season and a 12:00 game, offenses are generally still finding their groove early in the season and are usually behind the defense. miami is breaking in a new coordinator and uf has multiple injuries on the offensive side, i don't see either offense doing much.

Speak for your own offense. We, The Canes, are not trying to improve a 100+ ranked offense, with a post surgery qb, a starting rb with Ebola, an offensive line that is hoping they will have 5 healthy scholarship players, and a receiving corps that doesn't have one person who would make our 2 deep.

Our offense is just fine. We will be putting up serious points on your defense. Can you match us?

i'm curious as to why you are so confident about your offense. against top 25 teams last year they were bad, they averaged less than 100 ypg on the ground and didn't score many points. now you've lost your coordinator and he's being replaced by a guy that will be calling plays for the first time in his career, he has no real experience calling plays as the coordinator. that same guy is also coming from an fsu team who needless to say is rather bland offensively. should your offense be good? yes, but to act like they have no concerns and are all set to roll a good defense in the 2nd week of the season is well, pretty ridiculous.

Not quite as confident as him but you do have to factor in that last year, vs. good teams, our defense got us behind quick so we had to throw it alot to play catchup. That explains the rushing yds. Then there were all kinds of other things like Seantrel being out most of camp and alot guys coming in out of shape or injured. I don't want to speak too soon on the injury front but we don't really have the off field bull**** and guys are all in shape and stronger.

Duke was a freshman as well and as good as he was, he had some bad games against the good teams. He dropped a wide open slant vs. KST that could've been a TD for instance. That was early in the game and could've changed momentum a little. Dorsett's drops vs. ND could've made it a different ballgame as well. That all is what it is but it doesn't show up in the stats. I think a year of maturity for those guys will make **** like that not happen in big moments. Or at least I hope so.


Y'alls DL and DB's are my main concern. Especially the DL. I am still a little concerned about our defense but I'm confident we will be better than last year.


Florida fans should be very concerned about their offense though. My brother is a Gate and he curses Driskell constantly about locking onto his primary. Says he literally stares at the primary pre snap and doesn't even look to the others. And any kind of pass rush makes him just tuck and run. Add to that losing Gillislee and some OL. Debose also and likely Matt Jones, doesn't bode well. He does rave about this freshman WR from GA named Robinson I think. But counting on a freshman to be the next Sammy Watkins is tough when Driskell is your QB. Even if you have a really good QB that's tough.

 

[skyman]

suprisingly, the game may become a defensive struggle.

its the 2nd game of the season and a 12:00 game, offenses are generally still finding their groove early in the season and are usually behind the defense. miami is breaking in a new coordinator and uf has multiple injuries on the offensive side, i don't see either offense doing much.

Speak for your own offense. We, The Canes, are not trying to improve a 100+ ranked offense, with a post surgery qb, a starting rb with Ebola, an offensive line that is hoping they will have 5 healthy scholarship players, and a receiving corps that doesn't have one person who would make our 2 deep.

Our offense is just fine. We will be putting up serious points on your defense. Can you match us?

i'm curious as to why you are so confident about your offense. against top 25 teams last year they were bad, they averaged less than 100 ypg on the ground and didn't score many points. now you've lost your coordinator and he's being replaced by a guy that will be calling plays for the first time in his career, he has no real experience calling plays as the coordinator. that same guy is also coming from an fsu team who needless to say is rather bland offensively. should your offense be good? yes, but to act like they have no concerns and are all set to roll a good defense in the 2nd week of the season is well, pretty ridiculous.

On the flip side, what makes you think your defense will be good?
Seriously, you can't assume that. You have a whole bunch of inexperienced players. Your best player is also going to be getting thumped as a wr, because your receivers are that **** poor.
Your 2nd best player is coming off acl surgery.
You d line has to try to beat flowers and Seantrel on the edges, and Bunche/feliciano, McDermott, and Linder up the gut.
Your inexperienced safeties have to cover deep and also worry about monster tight ends running the seams.
And finally there's Duke.

I think the gators have the right to atleast feel confident in their D, they have Muschamp who as much as we rag on he is a proven guy when it comes to defense. Great coach who has coached many different places and has gotten results. Plus they have talent on Dline and in secondary, they have to shore up the middle with regards to LB and safety but everyone has question marks at this time. Doesnt mean they cant be scored on but their confidence in their D is justified

 

[killa1storm]

suprisingly, the game may become a defensive struggle.

its the 2nd game of the season and a 12:00 game, offenses are generally still finding their groove early in the season and are usually behind the defense. miami is breaking in a new coordinator and uf has multiple injuries on the offensive side, i don't see either offense doing much.

Speak for your own offense. We, The Canes, are not trying to improve a 100+ ranked offense, with a post surgery qb, a starting rb with Ebola, an offensive line that is hoping they will have 5 healthy scholarship players, and a receiving corps that doesn't have one person who would make our 2 deep.

Our offense is just fine. We will be putting up serious points on your defense. Can you match us?

i'm curious as to why you are so confident about your offense. against top 25 teams last year they were bad, they averaged less than 100 ypg on the ground and didn't score many points. now you've lost your coordinator and he's being replaced by a guy that will be calling plays for the first time in his career, he has no real experience calling plays as the coordinator. that same guy is also coming from an fsu team who needless to say is rather bland offensively. should your offense be good? yes, but to act like they have no concerns and are all set to roll a good defense in the 2nd week of the season is well, pretty ridiculous.

On the flip side, what makes you think your defense will be good?
Seriously, you can't assume that. You have a whole bunch of inexperienced players. Your best player is also going to be getting thumped as a wr, because your receivers are that **** poor.
Your 2nd best player is coming off acl surgery.
You d line has to try to beat flowers and Seantrel on the edges, and Bunche/feliciano, McDermott, and Linder up the gut.
Your inexperienced safeties have to cover deep and also worry about monster tight ends running the seams.
And finally there's Duke.

i don't expect uf's defense to be as good and have said that nowhere on this board, but at the sametime you're overstating their losses.

powell is not our 2nd best player...easley, roberson, purifoy, bullard, and fowler for starters are all better, powell may not even start. upfront, we lost one starter and one backup (floyd and hunter) everybody else from our 9 man rotation returns. where we will really be hurt is linebacker as we lost mccray, jenkins, and bostic so we will see there. the only comfort i have is that taylor and morrison has started multiple games but i do expect them to be the weaklink of the defense.

in the secondary we lose evans and elam. elam is the real loss but if you watched us you'd know he should be slotted more as a linebacker than a safety as we used him as an in the box guy. outside of him we return our top 4 corners and all our safeties have played, a few have multiple starts. so again will we be as good...very unlikely, but we aren't gutted either...they will still be a top 25 unit imo.