I understand both the lack of general interest AND its affect on the specific sparseness of participation here at GE for these early season games, ESPECIALLY against these 1-aa/FCS teams:
HELL--The Swamp was at its lowest attendance since a 1990 home game (!) for the first one against Tenn (Martin).
We've been down a relatively large portion of our top playmakers (and
"stars-to-be"), which hasn't enhanced either the interest level OR the a tual quality/excitement of actual play, fortuitous though it may have been from a winnability standpoint.
As long as Mullens is able to keep his young charges focused and attentive, we SHOULD go into the NEXT home game against AUBURN 5-and-0 and getting back more and more of our hopefully healthy and contributing first-stringers--and having proven, experienced depth now beginning to develop as well...
In other words, we should at least have a shot in that one (especially with our defense rounding into form, playing a freshman QB etc). But not a time to go against my own cliched warning NOT to "look past" THIS week's adversary--FCS, yes, but used to being a well-coached, regularly Championship-challenging program at their OWN level.
So we gotta take care of business, obviously... However, if I am less and less compelled to "fill the air" gameday with my comments and reactions, well, forgive me--I'll try to hang in there, but beyond that I am only following Y'ALL'S lead.
Go GATORS!!!
HELL--The Swamp was at its lowest attendance since a 1990 home game (!) for the first one against Tenn (Martin).
We've been down a relatively large portion of our top playmakers (and
"stars-to-be"), which hasn't enhanced either the interest level OR the a tual quality/excitement of actual play, fortuitous though it may have been from a winnability standpoint.
As long as Mullens is able to keep his young charges focused and attentive, we SHOULD go into the NEXT home game against AUBURN 5-and-0 and getting back more and more of our hopefully healthy and contributing first-stringers--and having proven, experienced depth now beginning to develop as well...
In other words, we should at least have a shot in that one (especially with our defense rounding into form, playing a freshman QB etc). But not a time to go against my own cliched warning NOT to "look past" THIS week's adversary--FCS, yes, but used to being a well-coached, regularly Championship-challenging program at their OWN level.
So we gotta take care of business, obviously... However, if I am less and less compelled to "fill the air" gameday with my comments and reactions, well, forgive me--I'll try to hang in there, but beyond that I am only following Y'ALL'S lead.
Go GATORS!!!