OGT 2023 Week 1: Florida Gators 11, #14 Utah Utes 24 (8/31/2023)

[DRU2012]

I have turned off the game.
I have our site here on my laptop though.
If things somehow (completely unexpectedly) turn around in the 2nd half will y'all give me a heads-up?
I guess I shoulda joined some friends out drinking and listening to some bands after all.
As it is, guess I'll stream some SF--it's a good night for it, anyway.
Although I agree completely with your feelings regarding Billy and how this program in fact GOT to this low place, I HAVE been disappointed by the play calling here, AND the general in-game decision-making process. And I really DON'T care to hear the likely platitudes in store for us in the post mortems.
He and his staff, the whole TEAM has their one best chance to address all that has gone wrong by making some dramatic adjustments and improvement in virtually EVERY PHASE at halftime:
Come out and SHOW US in the second half!

 

[Escambia94]

Scared money don’t something or other.

 

[Escambia94]

I picked one heck of a day to quit drinking.

 

[Escambia94]

The offensive line looks…offensive. The Gators overloaded the right side and only gained 1 yard.

 

[Escambia94]

Empty backfield pass to the TE gains 3.

 

[Escambia94]

Staring down the receiver and a bad bounce yields an interception giving the Utes 10 yards to score.

 

[Escambia94]

Napier decides to burn a timeout now. I guess the Gators did not have a great halftime adjustment plan.

 

[Escambia94]

Penalties. Procedure call on 3rd and 1.

 

[Escambia94]

3rd and 6, gain 3.

 

[Escambia94]

That was kind of horrible.

 

[Escambia94]

Apparently Ricky Pearsall is the only wide receiver we have.

 

[Escambia94]

Cool. A tackle for loss. Those are cool.

 

[Escambia94]

This is the ugliest Gator football I have seen in a long time.

 

[DRU2012]

This is painful...I peek back in and am SORRY I DID.
I don't know how they react to this--there is so much, TOO much maybe to unpack from this "performance" (really "lack thereof").
I am beyond "analysis"--and maybe THEY are as well. This one is so putrid that it might just be the proverbial "THROW THE TAPE AWAY" situation.
I mean, there is no part of the game they have properly executed here tonight. All the things they were intermittently bad at LAST season they were UNIFORMLY poor at this evening.
Nothing much more to say about it--and in my opinion BILLY didn't do HIS job well here either.
If I were him I would simply apologize, shoulder the blame; when he's grilled at the podium by the writers back in Gainesville he tells them it's his fault, says HE AND HIS STAFF has to do a better job--"and we WILL!"--and then instead of answering all the usual questions with the usual upbeat coachspeak he excuses himself, says "That'll have to suffice for now..." and departs the stage.
It is time to hunker down, circle the wagons, go to the mattresses, boys. His TEAM needs to recognize, FEEL the seriousness, the immediate entry into "crisis mode" that is required, here and now. This ship must be righted ASAP...like, IMMEDIATELY somehow.
Never mind us out here--the fans, the writers, the "expert media prognosticators". Your TEAM and PROGRAM are in trouble, Coach. They failed their first test; things will get away from you all very quickly from here--in which case it can and WILL get worse. A whole LOT "worse".
So to HELL with all of us...Get your team's attention and do whatever you can, whatever you HAVE to to snap them OUT of whatever that funk they were mired in on the road against Utah tonight. This TOO is what "coaching is all about".
Your DAD was a coach-:so between your upbringing and your own previous ensuing experience you must KNOW that: When things go that wrong, especially your first time out there after MONTHS of practice, planning, development and preparation and your team laulys an egg, clearly changes must be made: changes for the BETTER. So find a WAY.

 

[Escambia94]

Jaden Rashada looking sharp for Arizona State. Dan Mullen providing commentary. Good times.

 

[Escambia94]

This is painful...I peek back in and am SORRY I DID.
I don't know how they react to this--there is so much, TOO much maybe to unpack from this "performance" (really "lack thereof").
I am beyond "analysis"--and maybe THEY are as well. This one is so putrid that it might just be the proverbial "THROW THE TAPE AWAY" situation.
I mean, there is no part of the game they have properly executed here tonight. All the things they were intermittently bad at LAST season they were UNIFORMLY poor at this evening.
Nothing much more to say about it--and in my opinion BILLY didn't do HIS job well here either.
If I were him I would simply apologize, shoulder the blame; when he's grilled at the podium by the writers back in Gainesville he tells them it's his fault, says HE AND HIS STAFF has to do a better job--"and we WILL!"--and then instead of answering all the usual questions with the usual upbeat coachspeak he excuses himself, says "That'll have to suffice for now..." and departs the stage.
It is time to hunker down, circle the wagons, go to the mattresses, boys. His TEAM needs to recognize, FEEL the seriousness, the immediate entry into "crisis mode" that is required, here and now. This ship must be righted ASAP...like, IMMEDIATELY somehow.
Never mind us out here--the fans, the writers, the "expert media prognosticators". Your TEAM and PROGRAM are in trouble, Coach. They failed their first test; things will get away from you all very quickly from here--in which case it can and WILL get worse. A whole LOT "worse".
So to HELL with all of us...Get your team's attention and do whatever you can, whatever you HAVE to to snap them OUT of whatever that fink they were mired in on the road against Utah tonight. This TOO is what "coaching is all about".
Your DAD was a coach, between your upbringing and your own previous ensuing experience you must KNOW that. So find a WAY.

Yeah. I am done defending Napier. I am not saying he needs to be fired, but he needs to hire an OC. Having two OL coaches does nothing if the players are letting smaller DLs push them around.

 

[Escambia94]

I am going to rewatch Swamp Kings after this game. Just because.

 

[DRU2012]

Jaden Rashada looking sharp for Arizona State. Dan Mullen providing commentary. Good times.

Had a feeling that would happen...I cannot personally bear to watch.

 

[Escambia94]

THE FLORIDA GATORS ARE WINNING THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP… but not this year.

 

[DRU2012]

Yeah. I am done defending Napier. I am not saying he needs to be fired, but he needs to hire an OC. Having two OL coaches does nothing if the players are letting smaller DLs push them around.

Yes. Me too. Like I say, we are under-performing in EVERY PHASE OF THE GAME, and Coach appears "spread too thin", to say the least--and frankly I am being generous in my tone and overall fairness in judgement here, I think.