Saturday, September 24, 2005

Week 4 pickoff !

Just when I was thinking I figured this out, Week 3 brought me back to earth in a hurry. If Whitehurst had thrown the pass to his receiver instead of the sideline reporter, I would have been under .500. Anyways here I am trying to improve my record in Week 4..

USC over Oregon
Purdue over Minnesota
Miami over Colorado
Michigan over Wisconsin
Notre Dame over Washington
Arizona State over Oregon State
Michigan State over Illinois
Clemson over Boston College*
Florida over Kentucky

Squeakers of the week
Ohio State over Iowa
Virginia over Georgia in the battle of Techs

Upset special
Tennessee over LSU*
*Sudhan's pick

Gatorzone
Florida 38 Kentucky 13
Leak 300+ yards, Wynn+Manson-150 yards

Last week: 6-6 Overall: 23-13, 63.8%
Sudhan: Last week: 9-3, Overall: 30-6, 83.3%

Tennessee Game notes


Things I liked:
*D---E---F---E---N---S---E
*Hetland continues his FG streak. Why didnt we see this guy last year when Leach was so inconsistent?

Things I didnt like:
*Our offensive playcalling at times. I felt that we should have called for more running plays in the 1st down. Except for the lone TD drive, I felt that we were not commited to running.

*Penalties-This frustrated me the most in this game. Most of our 3rd and longs were due to this. We cant afford to have these at our upcoming road games at Tuscaloosa/Baton Rouge.

Things of concern:
Somebody needs to step in for Mac'D. Perfect time for Harvey to show us something.

Suprises:
Urban trying to run(b) it up late in the game.

Things I expect to see against UK:
Mason, Portis and Boetang to get handful of plays

Saturday, September 17, 2005

Week 3 pickoff !

USC over Arkansas
Notre Dame over Michigan State
Ole Miss over Vandy
California over Illi'noize'
Louisville over Oregon State*
West Virginia over Maryland
Florida over Tennessee

Squeakers of the week:
Oklahoma over UCLA*
Miami over Clemson

Upset specials:
Boston College over FSU
South Carolina over Alabama
Pittsburgh over Nebraska*

*Sudhan disagrees
Gatorzone
Florida 31 Tennessee 24
Leak 300+ yards, Wynn 70 yards-2TD, Jackson 100 yards-1TD, Baker-1TD

Last week: 9-3, Sudhan:11-1, Overall: 17-7 (Upset specials: 2-2), Sudhan-21-3

La.Tech Game notes

Things I liked:
Wynn's speed. Shedding some extra pounds this summer sure has helped. If Wynn stays healthy, I expect to him to get the ball several times when we are in the red zone.
Things I didnt like:
*Special teams. This is something that hasn't changed from the Zook era. I wudnt worry about the missed extra points. I think Nappy would take care of that this week. But punt/kickoff coverage has continued to be bad.
*I must have jinx'd this. Last week's penalties:9-85
Things of concern:
*Webb has to catch those interceptions.
*Wilbur's kickoff- Im not sure about this, but did we have a touchback at all in the last 2 games ?
Suprises:
Wynn's TD reception. He caught that ball pretty darn good.
Things I expect to see against UT:
*Handful of trick plays. Caldwell throwing a pass could be one of them
*Portis in more option plays
*Hetland would continue to kick the FGs but Nappy would take over for PATs
*Clausen/Ainge would be smothered by our D

Saturday, September 10, 2005

Week 2 pickoff

Georgia over South Carolina
Clemson over Maryland
Iowa over Iowa State
Auburn over Mississippi State
Boise State over Oregon State*
Nebraska over Wake Forest
Florida over La.Tech

Squeakers of the week:
LSU over Arizona State
Texas over Ohio State

Upset specials:
Notre Dame over Michigan
Washington over California*
Oklahoma over Tulsa

Gatorzone
Florida 41 La.Tech 10
Wynn-100yards-2TD, C.Jackson-2TD

Last week: 8-4, Sudhan:10-2

*Sudhan's pick

Wyoming Game Notes..

Things I liked:
*Defense blitzing at every oppurtunity unlike last season
*Portis' 15 yard run in the 4th quarter
*Chad's one-handed grab for his 3rd TD
*Hetland converting 40 and 47 yard FGs
*Wilbur's 44.5 yards punting average

Things of concern:
*Kickoff/Punt coverage team
*Leak's ability to take hits during the option plays

Things I didnt like:
Portis in no hurry to recover the botched snap

Suprises:
Markus Mason not getting enough carries..When its all said and done, I expect Mason to be the primary ball carrier for the gators..

No surprises here:
Chad Jackson establishing himself as the #1 receiver

Stat of the game:
If you are thinking about Chris Leak's 17 straight completions or Chad Jackson's 4TDs, am sorry..To me, stat of the game was gators getting penalized just 4 times for 30 yards..and oh yeah there were no personal fouls among those..

Saturday, September 03, 2005

Week 1 pickoff !

College football season has finally dawned upon us. Here are my predictions for Week 1:

Texas A&M over Clemson*
Miami over FSU
Georgia over Boise state
Auburn over Georgia Tech
Ole Miss over Memphis
Wisconsin over Bowling Green
Ohio State over Miami(Ohio)
Viriginia Tech over NC State
Louisville over Kentucky
Florida over Wyoming

'Not so big' Upset special 1: Notre Dame over Pittsburgh
'Not so big' Upset special 2: Rutgers over Illinois*

Gatorzone
Florida 45 Wyoming 20
Kestahn Moore will start
Chris Leak 3 TD, Chad Jackson 1 TD, Manson 1 TD
*Sudhan's pick

Rants of 2004

9/24/04-Week after UT loss

Guys, after a week of mourning, Im back into college football..I am not going to talk abt the Kentucky game here, but i have a feeling that we are going to lose against Arkansas..

Here are the reasons why i think we wudnt win next week..most of these are stupid and i want my predictions/comments to remain that way, even after the game on Oct 2nd..I sincerely hope Zook will make me look like an Idiot with wins over Arkansas and LSU.

1. We got to lose to a SEC west team that plays us just for 2 years. Usually this happens on the road, and we shud have lost to Arkansas last year. Now its time for us to make amends. But there is a chance that this theory might be proved wrong. Since we lost to Ole Miss twice, we might beat Arkansas twice, in which case WE WILL DEFINITELY LOSE TO MISSISSIPPI STATE.

2. Teams I support usually dont fare well on the first saturday of Cctober.

3. Florida hasnt fared well in the noon-kickoff games covered by official SEC networks (CBS/Jefferson pilot)

4. Cmon, we have to lost twice in the Swamp. Arkansas and LSU set up so well for this..and there has to be a point where Zook's team will have to hit an all-time low before coming up with a nice 5 game winning streak which would include a win over Georgia..

5. ZERO pass rush

10/8/04-LSU week

Alrite guys, Im happy that Zook has proved me 50% wrong, but I doubt if he can prove me wrong this week.

Signs pointing to a loss:
1. Last good chance to lose at home.

2. 745 game. When did we last win a night game ? If am right, from the year I have started following college football we have won only twice, both when HBC was here..2001 at USC, Orange bowl vs Maryland. On contrast, look at the losses we had accumulated under our head recruiter: AT FSU-2002, LSU-2002, AT MIAMI-2003, AT TENNESSEE-2004. We almost lost another game, but that was a 645 kickoff. Thanks to Bobby McCray Zook's record stands 4/5.

3.If we win this game, Georgia will be the only team standing our way and we might meet FSU with a 9-1 record considering the dogs' track record. No way that can happen with Zook at the helm.

4. LSU is in Florida's position this year- A must-win game

5. My "October first week" theory might still prove right, since I have always experienced disappointments around Oct4-5 which is sandwiched between Arkansas and LSU games.

6. Man, I cant starve till 11pm with just the breakfast. Sorry coach, you are on your own this time !

7. Gosh, where did the pass rush go ? I guess my grandma can play QB against the gators.

Around the media after Zook's team gave us one more "exciting" game against Arkansas..

Closing comments abt gator nation by a Sun-sentinel columnist: Zook told his players to enjoy the victory, not to obsess over nearly losing such a big lead. That's the way it is here now, where you celebrate the ability to hold on for dear life.

Mike Bianchi:It's much more entertaining to see the Gators go up 38-7 as they did Saturday and then watch the fans absolutely freak out as Arkansas scores 23 unanswered points to pull within 38-30 with 6:47 left in the game.

"What the #$%! are you guys doing out there," one exasperated fan yelled.
"Come on, Zook, can't you manage the clock?" screamed another.
"Why can't we make anything easy?" lamented another.

Why are you people so angry? You should be thrilled to have a team filled with so much talent -- and tumult. The Gators are the biggest teases I've seen since Becky Rivers in the 11th grade. They win games they're supposed to lose; they lose games they're supposed to win.