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With Moody recording over 100 yards and Rainey playing pretty well, it seems that UF will have some go-to-guys in the backfield. Hopefully this will take some of the pressure off Tebow to run (and therefore prevent injury) and allow Harvin to be used more tactically (as a WR and taking individual guys).
By the way, 4.24 40 yard from Rainey - that's crazy. I know the guy's only 177 pounds but still that's some serious gas - Chris Johnson got 4.26 at the Combine.
Still it's the defense that needed solidifying - have to question the defensive line strength in a strong SEC.
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What was up with FLA's Wr's today? I mean they seemed like they couldnt catch anything. More so Cooper I think his name is, I mean are a lot of them hurt or something? That was really the only area i thought that needed to the most work, Other than that. Back up QB Newton REALLY needs to work on his touch and accuracy.
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I'm just glad to see someone who can actually hold onto the rock and not be fumble prone like Moore..........
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What was up with FLA's Wr's today?Our best few receivers didn't play, and the receivers on the orange side, as you saw, had no chance to show anything with Cam Newton's passing today. That's one position I'm definetely not worried about.
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yes, the 2 receivers whom have already secured a starting spot were both injured, along with one of the 2 real competitors for the 3rd spot, as well as our #1 te
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Yes Harvin, Murphry, C.I. and Carl Moore to name a few did not play.
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Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves here, I understand the WR's taking the day off but at the same time rainey looked good in the open field but he has a history of injuries and moody can't hold on to the ball... not too bad overall against that defensive line which could be average at best in the SEC.
lucky to get miami before they gel but at the same time there is an old SEC rival at the middle of the schedule that if UF isn't 100% healthy for we walk through them again.
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easy there dawg fan... this is still spring practice after all. the WRs taking the day off is not really the case, so much as it was the bottom half of our WR corps getting poor throws from cam newton or getting themselves out of position on a few routes (especially in the first half). and average D-line performance? besides moody tearing up the blue team D on the first drive in the 3rd quarter (and that costly fumble from a beautiful helmet-on-the-ball hit from byran thomas), carlos dunlap looked like a nightmare in the making for SEC def. coordinators, and the middle of the line still has the rest of the summer to put on some extra weight and muscle, not to mention look forward to the arrival of nose tackle omar hunter, meyer's well-publicized favorite catch of this year's class.
and don't make me laugh about da U. name three players on that team who will give the gators headaches this season... in the swamp. this is a team that lost to UNC last year. ouch. i can't see them hanging around for four quarters with a gators team that a lot of people expect to put up around 40 points a game.
i can't wait to play the dawgs this year, and think that it should be one of the better games in the country this season and will hopefully remind the rest of the country what a great rivalry the dawgs/gators have going on. hope your dawgs start strong again so they can get that familiar feeling of having their nat'l championship hopes squashed by the gators again 
go gators, can't wait 'til august!!!
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walk through us?
cmon lets not get too cocky here. a 12 point win is solid, but dont pretend that you guys did it with little effort.
honestly, last years win over us and bulldogs seem to forget the last 20 years...
this years contest will be huge without a doubt, as both teams are better than last. but im looking for this new Gator defense to keep that Bulldog offense under 28pts. in which case we win comfortably.
if it turns into a shootout then its anyones call.
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Since:Oct 14, 2007
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I'm not worried about UGA at all. We will dominate them with speed. Who on the UGA team can keep up with a kid that runs a 4.24 fourty? yea, no one! Don't forget that Percy Harvin is the fastest guy on the team and will be 100% come summer workouts. And you also can't forget that at least five other playmakers run faster than a 4.4 fourty with another freshman recruit coming in that just recorded the 6th fastest 100meter time in world history for a high school athlete. So......who's going to cover this much speed? and when you try, who's going to guard against Tebow and our plethera of RB's running the ball? Yea, that's right, no one!! We will score fifty points on you guys and win easily by 2-3 TD's.
Besides Knowshown Moreno, who will beat us? A mediocre QB? not gonna happen. Carlos Dunlap will eat Moreno alive. Our Defense, especially the secondary has turned their game around a full 180 degrees. Maybe they didn't look that great today. But did you ever stop to think that it might have been because the starters were spread out on both teams? Our D-line isn't the strong point for this team, but with the addition of 5* Omar Hunter and a couple others they will be just fine.
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Also, Moody can't hold on to th ball?....... Are you kidding me? You've seen the guy play in one scrimage game. Yea he fumbled the ball, but he did it trying to score and got nailed reaching for the endzone. The best backs in college football have fumbled in this same manner. He will be an incredible asset to us this year and will more than likely be our #1 back come August once the offense is like second nature to him.
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I must admit beating Georgia is easy (kidding). Can't figure out why Florida makes it so difficult? But everything changes from year to year so who knows. I think the east can be won by Florida, Georgia or Tennessee, really depends on how the teams gel together. You can talk all that trash about speed if you want, but everybody in the SEC has it. Looking forward to the Tennessee vs Florida game in September in Knoxville. We will see if those big mouths down south of us are right. Don't think it will be so easy this time around. I still think Meyer is overrated, but I could eat my words. Anyway, this should be an awesome season. Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Auburn and LSU! Talk about six really good teams. Let the battles begin, funny how the rest of the country actually thinks their conference can compete with ours.
Go Vols! Skin them Gators, and well we all know a good blue tick hound is better any day than a some ole bulldog!
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Sorry guys, but that 4.24 claim is bullsh*t, I think it's a typo. Randy Moss and Deion Sanders ran between a 4.25 and 4.28 at different times in college and generally regarded as 2 of the fastest football players who ever played the game. Are you trying to tell me this kid is faster than Randy Moss?
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Well, it was on National Television. This is his fastest time yet, but he has been timed numerous times at 4.25 and 4.26. The kid is lightning fast! and is only one of four kids that have been timed right at 4.3 and under.
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Rockytop, I'm glad to see you are being optimistic about this coming season but buddy I hate to break it to ya but you guys don't have a chance against teams like UF and UGA. I actually live in Tenn now and most of my friends are Vols and they all know you're looking into a down year. Sorry but Crompton will get you enough wins to get a bowl game but that's about it. I look for S. Carolina to compete more than Tenn for the East title but it's really a two pony race (UF & UGA). I've kept up with you boys on Rivals and you're way behind where the coaches would like you to be going into the Orange and White game. And that's expected with a new starting QB with a new offensive system. It's alway exciting when the Gators and the Vols get together but home field won't help you boys this year. Get ready for another embarrasment. Remember, you guys lost a lot of talent, most importantly your starting QB. We lost a wideout that was replaced by three playmakers and a d-end that has been replaced by a stud named Carlos Dunlap and that's it. So you think your team this year will be better than last year? because we will be? Will home field be enough to pull off the upset? No way, not gonna happen!!
Go Gators ! !
2008 SEC and National Champs ! !
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SEC champions maybe, but they will lose a couple along the way in my opinion. Tebow will win them games, but the defense might cost them a close one. Its very hard to tell how well a defense is functioning in a spring game because they are only going up against your O-lineman. It could be that the Gators O-line is what hinders them.
Those couple of games will drop them out of national championship contention - this year won't be like last year with a two-loss team getting into the NC game. This is because other conferences have a dominant power who will win out (or only drop a single game) in their conference (USC in the Pac-10, OSU in the Big Ten, Missouri?? in the Big 12). I predict that USC will make it to the title game - despite the improvements my beloved Bruins have made.
The Gators have brilliant playmakers who can win any given game - but OSU has shown over the past few years that having good offensive and defensive lines breeds consistent wins. The Gators playmakers (Tebow, Harvin, those new WRs you keep harking on about) might be able to win games themselves but it will take it out of them - and over the course of a season in the SEC you can't afford to be physically or mentally exhausted. Good lines take the pressure off your skill players and impose it on your opponents - Dunlap might have had four sacks in the Blue and Orange game but he might just have been up against a weak lineman??
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