The last two times in Kentucky the Gators trailed, lost their starting Quarterback, and the backup came in and rallied to win. Just saying.
Hopefully we get at LEAST the win—only WITHOUT having to see Emory hurt.
If you’ve read my comments on this game elsewhere here, LF, you’ll note that at least to some extent I expect to see AR come in and contribute in his inimitably explosive fashion again—and I think the Coach is planning, COUNTING on it.
I believe that it is important—to THIS game’s outcome AND the mounting growth of this team, this season and beyond—that we not just win, but continue to steadily improve our mounting claim to consistent and confidently mistake-FREE play.
We’re not there yet—but as long as we are getting ever closer, we are definitely on the right track: The wins will come, and the rest will take care of itself.
(There’s also a warning embedded in all of that, though:
Fall back into old habits, fail to improve, regress rather than focus on detailed improvement, and like sand through our fingers it can all somehow quickly slip away.
Mullen knows it and coaches with exactly that in mind and heart—and TRIES to instill that in players he has chosen and gathered with just that process in mind. He and they ARE “getting there”, I think, as I say...how successfully will be clear in the games ahead now.
But we’re still no “fearful juggernaut” yet; it will still require resolve, selfless drive and full attention-to-detail each week if we are to even CHALLENGE the acknowledged “top teams” right through to the end of THIS season.)