Alright--We "SHOULDA HUNG HALF A HUNNERT ON 'EM!" (a la SS), shut 'em out, etc.,--but we aren't gonna let it get away either.
Kitna coming in now.
OK: Anthony played a whale of a 1st quarter. If he could show us just ONE WHOLE GAME like that, I would gladly shut up. But he CONTINUES his inconsistencies in play. The TRUTH is that "inconsistency" is what defines him so far.
And here's a Gator fumble.
ANOTHER loss of possession in the Gamecock end of the field, after a nice drive.
I don't know why Napier kept changing to lower and lower backups at QB...Kitna needed the work and was looking good. Then another one, first time, comes in and loses the ball.
Doesn't really matter--if anything, we are less able to hide the truth of our uneven play today. Puts more pressure on our otherwise deservedly proud defense, though.
End of game. 374 yds on the ground. Shut out pitched by the defense--but our special teams looked pretty damn shaky...multiple missed fgs, gave up TD on fake punt, and so on.
I know I sound like an ungrateful, entitled Gator fan, so I want to say this:
I love this program, bleed orange and blue.
I have already fallen in with the new Coach and staff--he and they are just "our Gator Braintrust" to me at this point now, and I am behind them all the way. I am an Anthony Richardson fan--but I wish he'd commit HIMSELF to GROWING, to being a better QB and GATOR. I believe he should declare himself to come back for one more year; I also think he should do it NOW...but one way or the other, if not for his own sake then for the sake of this team and PROGRAM he should make that choice publicly SOON. I HOPE that the only reason he has NOT is because he HIMSELF hasn't decided--NOT to play games, whatever may be behind them. If he's coming back, next season can be "special"--for him and US...but if not, we need to know and plan accordingly.
In other words, I am ready to lay our gamble down, "put it all on the line" with AR and see if "the future is NOW" NEXT season after all...
But it's a whole different deal with AR moving on to the pros. Not NECESSARILY a whole lot worse--just a different gamble--more of an unknown one.
I have gone hard on Anthony at times during games; That's a result of the wild swings in his performance. THAT. MUST. CHANGE.
Simple as that. If/WHEN it does, WHOMEVER he plays with will benefit--the FANS will be in for a treat. Until then, well, he will have to ignore/get USED to that kind of uneven support paralleling uneven PLAY.
