miltongator
Gator Fan
I will, however, endeavor to remain positive until such time as the team rips my heart out (as they have been known to do in the past, ala 0-10-1).
Lest we forget....
All things are possible
Lest we forget....
Is anyone else having that "queasy" feeling that seems to have permeated my thoughts about the upcoming season? Maybe it's just the flu. I'm gonna take 2 aspirin and pass the NyQuil please.
Leakfan12, et al
Muschamp has said he'd name the starter this Monday, but again, I am told that with Driskel still not quite 100% (but still matching, at times even outplaying Brisset), they'll be named "costarters", that the tentative plan, at least currently for public consumption, is that they'll both get similar in-game reps--not a straight-on, alternate-between-plays set-up, but rather each with a series or a portion of a drive, depending on position, circumstance, and so on. Again, the secret hope is that this will work "well enough", and either turn out to be a solution in its own right, OR Driskel will seize control as he returns to full health (Again, the hope for a third option, that Brisset responds to competition and opportunity and takes control himself, has faded greatly over the last few weeks: the feeling is "He's had his chances--and while talented and fairly steady, lacks the fire"...more and more he is being viewed as a really fine back-up, a viable alternative who MIGHT still slowly reach the next level, given time and patience--they'd still really like to keep 'em both, obviously, so all this will never be admitted publicly, but that's supposedly the current take on our QB-situation).
miltongator, I have to assume you are also from the Panhandle? It's good to have another NW Floridian onboard!
Just a month ago I was starting to become optimistic. Florida had 21 commitments for next year, they were gaining depth at key positions, the coaching staff was stable for the first time in ages, and things were looking up. In the past few weeks they are down to 18 commitments, they lost a coach, and players are getting injured again. I learned my lesson. I will expect a 6-6 season and be pleasantly surprised if the Gators surpass that. Or, the Gators will go 7-5, but look ugly in doing so.
Right you are. Actually went to school in Pensacola and once upon a time coached a team of munchkins against Emmit.
He was exceptional even as a kid.
Actually, the headline here says it all: do I really have to elaborate? Everything seemed to be building in a steadily positive manner over the course of the spring and summer, then it all has gone strangely bent and confusing the last few weeks once we hit August and the (so called) "homestretch".
Since this has ALSO been the case in my personal life, I'm finding it hard to distinguish between the two: to what extent are things really going "off the rails" for our team now, of all times, and to what degree is it merely my own perceptions filtered through a series of personal disasters that has colored these impressions...
So I'm asking y'all for a "reality check": How bad do you think things are going for us as a team right now, if at all? How worried should we (ok, should "I") be?