Can we get one more stop???
-
Welcome to Green Bay Packers NFL Football Forum & Community!
Packer Forum is one of the largest online communities for the Green Bay Packers.
You are currently viewing our community forums as a guest user.
Sign Up or
Having an account grants you additional privileges, such as creating and participating in discussions. Furthermore, we hide most of the ads once you register as a member! Furthermore, we hide most of the ads once you register as a member!
OGT 2024: Week 13 Florida Gators vs #11 Ole Miss
- Thread starter Escambia94
- Start date
But no. We are playing WAY too soft on defense.
Is that an INT???
No, dribbles out of his hand at the end.
This sucks! We have done everything BUT won this thing!
THIS one IS a pick!
We have done it.
We are going bowling, and I believe we will go into Tallahassee and get to 7 wins next week.
Congrats to "BILLY AND HIS BOYS" on Senior Day In the Swamp!
We have done it.
We are going bowling, and I believe we will go into Tallahassee and get to 7 wins next week.
Congrats to "BILLY AND HIS BOYS" on Senior Day In the Swamp!
The Fighting Billy Napiers have upset two ranked teams in a row!
| Ole Miss | Florida | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 17 | 24 |
| 1st Downs | 24 | 19 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 3-14 | 7-15 |
| 4th down efficiency | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| Total Yards | 464 | 344 |
| Passing | 323 | 180 |
| Comp/Att | 24/42 | 10/18 |
| Yards per pass | 7.7 | 10.0 |
| Interceptions thrown | 2 | 1 |
| Rushing | 141 | 164 |
| Rushing Attempts | 35 | 45 |
| Yards per rush | 4.0 | 3.6 |
| Penalties | 4-45 | 5-44 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 0 |
| Interceptions thrown | 2 | 1 |
| Possession | 30:03 | 29:57 |
Today’s victory marked Florida's second-largest upset win in the past 45 seasons, behind a victory at No. 16 LSU in 2016 (14-point underdogs). It also was the Gators' first win as a double-digit home underdog in the past 45 seasons.
I have to admit it. I did not. A measure of self-protection, perhaps--an effort to armor myself against further pain?
But ready to grasp hope and happiness NOW, without hesitation.
That would put us back at 1979.
Our worst season EVER: 0-10-and-1.
We were that inevitable "Sleeping Giant" that Bear Bryant had warned us Florida had been for so long, somehow about to be awakened by a just arrived Bryant disciple, Charley Pell in his first season in Gainesville.
Oh, and awaken we did: In the Tangerine Bowl (later renamed the Citrus Bowl) the next year, and on and on though the wild roller coaster ride of ensuing seasons, GENERATIONS of Florida Gator teams--of ups'n'downs, reward and punishment, rings and probation,: The depths of lonely failure and the heights of passionately shared-joy.
And now, finally, we find ourselves once again on the brink of real HOPE--once again at the starting-line of what MIGHT be another "Long Road Back":
And isn't that just the BEST, in the end?
The chance to travel a new such journey ONE MORE TIME? After (Count 'em!) FOUR failed Coaching efforts at "fixing" a "culture" we only SLOWLY over that time realized how far Urban had brought us from once-lofty standards of not just excellence but honor, respect and dignity too, only NOW does it truly dawn on us what kind of lowly disarray we had allowed ourselves to get USED to. This was the challenge facing WHOMEVER "the next Coach" was going to be. And that "next Coach" turned out to be Billy Napier. It has been a rocky road so far, no doubt about it: Three weeks into his 3rd season he was "EVERYONE'S candidate for First Coach Fired in 2024". But then something happened...As it turns out, a SERIES of "somethings". I won't bother to recount MY version of that recent tale--suffice it to say, "Things have CHANGED." We MAY have (finally) turned that proverbial "corner".
The jury is still out. We all have our own pending "conditions" attached...For me, it is simply to make good on the promises: FINISH strong, on field and off--and take it on into 2025.
There are no guarantees except the ones we insure OURSELVES with mutual trust and support, the promise to work hard, think big and do things The Right Way.
The one thing I'll give our Coach through it ALL has been his stated determination to accomplish ALL THAT AND MORE "with good people doing everything a certain way: clear hearts and a dedication to each other", together into the future.
I, WE, may have faltered at times here, but it will absolutely take ALL OF US to get it done as we move now into the FUTURE:
So we must finish well (and all that entails)--win OUT on the field and OFF somehow, properly fill out this team and as I say (AGAIN)--move on and into 2025.
Let's see how good we really can BE...
(I decided that I would wait until Escambia puts up the thread for our annual hate-fest on Thanksgiving Weekend, this week the FSU game to be played in Tallahassee, before launching into my expectations. They are strong, simple--but they can wait. For the moment, suffice it to say that there should be no reason nor WAY that this team comes into it with ANYTHING but a rabid, destructive urge to keep things going, if anything to arrive with cold determination to simply overwhelm WHOMEVER the next opponent was--and in this case executing with relentless efficiency. How about a near-flawless performance--from the sidelines AND on the field?)
