I quote the great Charles Brown when I say, "AAUGH!" I, too, feel like the football was pulled out from under me. But I'll try to keep a positive spin on this.
Let's start with how amazingly the defense played. To be put in a situation where your back is against the wall time after time after time after time after time after time -- was that 6? -- and allow only 17 points is truly amazing. After Florida turnovers, Georgia had starting positions of UF 20, UF 44, UF 25, UF 26 and UGA 20. The turnover missing from that list was the interception at the end of the half. The turnovers that didn't lead to points ended up in awful field position for Florida which made it all the tougher to get into a rhythm.
As for the offense, I would simply repeat that Charlie Brown quote. The Gators seemingly made more mistakes in this game than in the previous seven games combined. In fact, coming into this game Florida had turned the ball over only four times total, so six turnovers in this game really does amount to more mistakes than in the previous games combined. The interception at the end of the half cost the team points as did the final fumble into the end zone with just minutes left. Don't get me wrong, Georgia played a fine game on defense but Jeff Driskel's holding onto the ball too long in the pocket led to one interception while the other came while throwing the ball late, across his body, while rolling out; that's 3 no-nos on one play. On top of that, there were two fumbles on handoffs! Not even forced fumbles, just poor execution.
Special teams were solid. 3/3 on FGs. No spectacular returns but no mistakes really either.
Looking ahead, I don't know much about Missouri except they earned their first SEC win last week at home against Kentucky. I wouldn't expect Missouri to score many points at the Swamp but I WOULD expect the Gators to come out looking much sharper on offense. How about something like 27-10? If the coaches are still angry from this past week, expect a few of the special plays to find their way into the game plan. If not, they may be saved for Florida State. Also, we are huge Ole Miss fans this week and/or Auburn fans the week after. If Florida beats Missouri and showed Georgia lose to one of those two teams, the Gators will be headed to Atlanta for the championship game!
GO GATORS!
Just Joe
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