"U" has 10 more freshman in their roster than does UF.
So? I'm looking at the guy who PLAYED last night. The guys who participated in the game. Florida played and started just as many young underclass guys as Miami. How many freshmen that are on the practice squad and listed on the roster doesnt matter much when UM and Florida meet.
We play 6 freshman on defense for almost 20 minutes average each.
Some guy on the message boards who is a lunatic broke down the playing time of each guys minutes etc and according to his research Florida's younger guys played more quality minutes than Miami's younger guys. I wouldnt argue this until you go check it out for yourself. I didnt do the research on this but judging by the time and effort he put in, I am guessing he is right.
Bottom line the numbers dont lie. What I do know is Florida played 21 sophomore and 8 freshmen, and Miami played 11 sophomore and 18 freshmen. Both teams played 29 frosh/soph. Miami is definitely young, but Florida wasnt running around with some senior-laden team either. Miami played and started more seniors than Florida did.
Our D-Line has two stud freshmen, two future phenom's at LB, and a couple of future stars at DB. I think its safe to say that in the next two years (also some this year) opponents will be feeling a bit of pain when coming across these boys. Our offense is obviously behind our defense but I'm very optimstic having half a dozen guys that receive decent playing time which includes two QB's, OL's, and a couple Wide outs.
UM definitely has young talent. But at the same time, Florida had lots of young talent on the field as well, and they obviously didnt do too shabby themselves. The guy who blocked the punt, Demps, is a true freshman. Demps and Rainey are 2 of our main Rbs and both are freshmen. Patchan and Hunter on the D-line are freshmen. My point is, both teams had young talent out there except for at QB, and the final score was 26-3. Make no mistake, this was not seniors 26, freshmen 3. This was young talent 26, young talent 3. That is the big point a lot of people are missing.
Unlike Mayer we actually give our youngin's a decent amount of reps early on.
This is just absolutely as far from the truth as you can get - this statement is just flat out wrong. I dont even need to go into research or anything because Joe Haden started as a true freshman corner last year, Major Wright was starting at safety, Matt Patchan is starting or getting signifcant time on the D-line, freshmen RBs Rainey and Demps are all over the place, once Hunter gets back that will be another true freshman on the D-line for Florida, Tebow obviously got plenty of action as a true freshman with Leak at QB, Percy Harvin got lots of playing time as a freshman. Pouncey played last year as a freshman. Meyer has shown throughout his coaching tenure at UF that he will not only play A LOT of young guys but he will start them. I dont know where this statement came from. Meyer is actually one of the "top" coaches in the country in regrds to playing and starting his younger players as the numbers back it.
What really matters over everything else is that in two years we'll be a top 10 team and I'm willing to back that statement up with a little cash for any takers.
I disagree. Miami will be a nice team, and they will probably be ranked because they will rack up some wins in the ACC, but top 10 team is a stretch unless the ACC is so bad that they just cruise through their conference schedule. In that case, they will be a very overrated top 10 team with poor coaching, an average at best offense and a good defense and they will be exposed and lose their bowl game.
I'm not doing any internet bets with people I dont know, but the bottom line is Randy Shannon is not a good head coach and he needs to return to the defensive coordinator.
He played that game scared. He didnt come out the way a program-changing head coach would have. East Carolina has a program-changing coach who goes out there and plays to win, regardless of the opponent. Cincinnati has a program changing coach that plays to win. Randy Shannon played not to get blown out. He played conservative, he played scared, he was the underdog, and he didnt use that to his advantage. They had nothing to lose. As a "U" fan, I would be pissed that he took the game out of his players hands and allowed Florida to stack 8 guys in the box everytime. Horrendous gameplan on offense, punting the ball away with 8 mins left and down 2 possessions, didnt continue to attack and played straight up on defense at the end of the game. He quit and conceded the loss, which may be a nice classy thing to do, but it sets a poor example for his players. You play 4 quarters, all out, 100% or get off the field. Thats why his team got trashed in the 4th quarter last year. Thats why his team got trashed in the 4th quarter on Saturday. Thats why his players quit on him at the end of last year. Thats why they'll quit on him moving forward.
Mark my words, Randy Shannon will be on a VERY hot seat or out at UM as head coach in 4 years.
Our defense man handled your offense throughout the majority of the game (3 quarters). We had 7 tackles for losses including Spence's sack. You scored mostly due to special teams and our lack of offense efficiency. Yes penalties helped but I think our defense had a lot to do with that. We simply got you out of rhythm and rattled Tim some.
So a lineman gong downfield and putting a block on a guy after the whistle blows and putting Florida in a 2nd and 22 is because of the UM defense? And Percy Harvin accidentally not lining up on the line of scrimmage, which negates a 40 yd TD pass to Luis Murphy for a TD was because of the UM defense? I can see how a false start or holding penalty would be because of defense, but not those penalties. I can see how a dropped ball going over the middle of the field would be because of defense, but not a guy tripping over his own feet in front of the first down marker.
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