Sigh...
In the "No News Is Good News" department, we get to the big "open scrimmage" here at the end of the 2nd week and what happens?
We lose one of our better defensive players, young Justus Boone, to a torn ACL in a non-contact injury AFTER THE PLAY--and he's out for the year.
GEEZ. We can't win for losing! We've got young talent over there to theoretically fill in the talent hole thus opened, but he is also a much loved and respected up and coming team leader; Now we likely have to wait a year to reap the benefits of his play on the field. However, I fully expect Billy and the staff to encourage, and Justus to thrive stepping into that leadership role as an ongoing MENTOR to those young players this season, to stay involved and continue his positive impact regardless of this setback.
Not surprisingly, Mertz is named QB-1by Coach Napier late in the day. Like a lot of Gators, I am steadily feeling better and better about this.
But we still need to see his (AND the offense's) actual execution and results in actual play to really judge.
In the "No News Is Good News" department, we get to the big "open scrimmage" here at the end of the 2nd week and what happens?
We lose one of our better defensive players, young Justus Boone, to a torn ACL in a non-contact injury AFTER THE PLAY--and he's out for the year.
GEEZ. We can't win for losing! We've got young talent over there to theoretically fill in the talent hole thus opened, but he is also a much loved and respected up and coming team leader; Now we likely have to wait a year to reap the benefits of his play on the field. However, I fully expect Billy and the staff to encourage, and Justus to thrive stepping into that leadership role as an ongoing MENTOR to those young players this season, to stay involved and continue his positive impact regardless of this setback.
Not surprisingly, Mertz is named QB-1by Coach Napier late in the day. Like a lot of Gators, I am steadily feeling better and better about this.
But we still need to see his (AND the offense's) actual execution and results in actual play to really judge.