Florida Football Game Analysis

"Ours was terrible last week," head coach Dana Holgorsen said. "They hit about the same as us, we're both at about 38, 39 percent, I believe, which is bottom-half. It's the same thing, you have to be able to execute in tight spaces. If people are going to beat you up, then you have to be able to body people and make catches. Gary (Jennings) has been fantastic with that; we need a few more guys be able to do that. They know we're going to Gary on third-and-four. He's made some big catches, but we need other guys that need to be options as well."

Every year, since what feels like from the beginning of history, Georgia football fans proclaim to every person that pays attention to college football that “we are going to win the national championship this year, I promise.” We have all heard it! Now it may just be because I live in the south in SEC Country, but I have had enough hearing that repetitive phrase over and over again. Between the months of early March till late August, if you open your ears wide enough, you will be able to make out the sound of a Georgia fan promising to a friend that The Bulldogs are going to win it all this year. This Georgia football rant about winning the National Championship needs to stop because it is annoying and repetitive, and us students can relate to it because there are many Marist families that call themselves Georgia football fans.

The turmoil at Florida after Urban Myer left, the chaos that has been Tennessee, which has only recently been calmed by the inception of Butch Jones or the consistent underperformance of Mark Richt coached Georgia teams. However, although coaching is a factor, perhaps the true reason lies with recruiting. It stands to reason that the better players on the field will win. Yes, we all know of the team that overperforms. They play above their ability. In most cases though, when lined up across from each other on the line of scrimmage, the best player will win. This year, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida are all boasting top 10 recruiting classes, although Tennessee might be just outside. However, they have had two top 10 classes in recent years. Better players, an upgrade in coaches and a desire to regain dominance or at least relevance in their own conference is why this might be the SEC east’s

Coming off of back-to-back losses to Kentucky the Florida Gators didn’t have time to feel sorry for themselves. Less than 48 hours after landing in Orlando from Lexington, the team was back on a bus heading to Jacksonville and the Gators had to refocus.

And they delivered. The Gators secondary only allowed Quinten Dormady to complete only 54% of his passes and forced him to throw three interceptions, including one to Duke Dawson, who played a magnificent game.

"I have thrown a lot at him, giving him a ton of reps," offensive coordinator Jake Spavital said. "I think the kid has the right mind set. You can tell that he has played a lot of football. He was actually a quarterback at Rice at one point and then he has been a receiver. He has played at the college level. Really right now he is trying to figure out the offense and all of the ins and outs of it. He can hopefully get out there and help us. I have been pleased with how he is so far, we just have to keep repping over these next two weeks and developing him and getting it to where he starts to think slow is what I’m trying to accomplish with him."

The Lady Panthers amassed a record of 31-14 during their historic season with playoff wins against: Houston Yates, Bridge City, Hudson, Robinson, Lorena, and Beeville A.C. Jones high schools. On June 2, 2018, the Lady Panthers defeated the Vernon Lady Lions by a score of 3-1 at the University of Texas’ McCombs Field. Coaching, preparation, calm under pressure, and teamwork propelled the Lady Panthers to victory.

The starting QB for Florida State, Sean Maguire was injured his left ankle early in the first quarter trying find an open receiver as he rolled out and took a big hit. Backup QB J.J. Cosentino had to come in, and was not ready. The front seven for the Cougars were consistently in the backfield, and caused havoc for Florida State’s offense. Steven Taylor and Elandon Roberts were all over the field and they were a big part of the reason Florida State could not get it going on offense.

The Mountaineers eventually turned to the 1-3-1 zone and Macon and Myers sparked a 7-0 running, cutting the deficit to five, 65-50 with 5:48 left.

For Houston, the turnover battle was their friend last season as their turnover margin was plus-1.5 per game. When you have a turnover margin at that rate, you will win a lot of football games.

People knew the Aggies would be good but its safe to say they've exceeded expectations so far this season. With convincing wins over Iowa State, Baylor, Texas, LSU and Florida, they already look primed for a three seed or above in the NCAA tournament.

The Newark Catholic offense stayed on the bus through much of the opening quarter, but with 5.5 seconds left Tanner Lake hauled in a nicely thrown ball by, Hunter Chapman 6-5 / 215 and picked up 28-yards.

Majority of the Owls' success came from their fantastic defense that had three caliber NFL players in defensive lineman Matt Ioannadis, linebacker Tyler Matakevich and cornerback Tavon Young. Those three players in particular, helped the Owls hold opponents to 20.1 points per game, which was good for 18th in the nation.

In Southern Piedmont 1A play, Thomas Jefferson (6-0, 2-0) easily handled Cherryville as they cruised to a 49-7 victory on the road. It was win #300 for Coach Jerry Cash with 30 of those victories coming as the Gryphons head coach.

You can imagine though that they are playing more with a chip on their shoulder than playing with a high confidence going into this game. Maury will look to Chase Coleman to be the elite floor general that he usually is and make smart decisions with the ball. Bryan Phillips will need to have a big game both offensively and defensively. Phillips is capable of creating his own shot, which will play a big roll down the stretch of this game. Many forget about Matthew Mensia who continues to have breakout games. He will be the dark horse that can swing this game in Maury’s favor. On the defensive side, they have to figure out a way to slow down Jalen Ray. If they just let him drive into the paint as he pleases then it will be a long night for the Commodores. Maury cannot leave Godwin open he will make more shots than he misses when he has a good look at the