Once again, Muschamp is making me cast doubts on his game day planning. Never go into the locker room with three timeouts.
The hard part, of course, and the thing our guys have to just FORGET about now, is knowing we have otherwise played them even, at LEAST: only dumb mistakes and sloppy play has us down now--less than a TD, but in a game like this one, 6 pts. is huge, and if they get just one TD now, I'm afraid that'll be the game: we have shown ALMOST no sign of being able to score on them (though without that first fumble, Sturges would have banged in an FG from where we already were...and with out the 2nd one down deep in our own end, tht'd have us even at 3-3 and basically starting the game over with us getting the ball 1st). Again: Those 2 fumbles are the difference, they hurt and will haunt us if/when we lose this in a close one, but our players MUST forget them, settle down and start over in the angry, determined frame-of-mind they probably needed in the first place for a game like this, go out there and KNOCK HEADS IN THE TRENCHES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL. It will take a hard-nosed game the rest of the way on our part, at LEAST one grind-it-out drive--AND I figure a pick-six or a return to wipe away their 1st half advantage--both, along with continued great play by our D, to somehow yank this one back in our favor and get the win.Okay time to regroup...
Florida is down 6 points to the number 3 team in the country...
The offense clearly has to be better in the second half. The defense has held strong and I dont think they can throw the ball on us. We need a big play at some point.
Once again, Muschamp is making me cast doubts on his game day planning. Never go into the locker room with three timeouts.
To the "3 tos" Q, well, even tho' I tend to agree, I also am starting to see and expect Muschamp's view: Something like, let's get out of here down less-tha-a-TD, make our adjustments and beat them in the 2nd-half. Gotta admit, it has worked for them before this season, against MY feelings and "recommendation" (ie. screaming at the TV).This feels like 2011 all over again. I don't get it. The first three games looked like the Gators were turning a corner. I understand this is the top-five LSU Tigers, and that maybe Les Miles was saving up for today, but this is ridiculous.