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OGT 2024: Week 14 Florida Gators at FSU Seminoles

Escambia94

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Overview

Welcome to the 68th edition of the Sunshine Showdown! This matchup will take place in the giant erector set that is Ron Zook Field, Talla-crappy, Lower Alabama/ Northwest Florida. The Gators are 37-28-2 all-time in a rivalry that dates back to 1958. The Gators have lost the last 4. The Gators are favored by 10.5 points here and the over/under is at 45.5. The Noles scored 21 points in a game for the first time last week against the mighty Charleston Southern Buccaneers. With that amazing upset, the Noles now have twice as many victories in week 14 as they had in week 13. All 43,711 reported fans in attendance were excited about Mike Norvell's seminal victory, which should lead to continued success so the FSU administration does not have to fork over $54.4M of buyout money.
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Scouting the Enemy

The Noles are pumped for their program-changing upset over the FCS's worst team, the Charleston Southern Buccanneers. Here are the results of their stellar season to this point where they started ranked in the top 10 and are currently ranked near the bottom 10.

DateOpponentRankResultSiteAttendance
August 24vs. Georgia TechNo. 10L 21–24Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland47,998
September 2Boston CollegeNo. 10L 13–28Ron Zook Field51,719
September 14Memphis*L 12–20Ron Zook Field55,107
September 21CaliforniaW 14–9Ron Zook Field55,107
September 28at SMUL 16–42Gerald R. Ford Statium34,879
October 5No. 15 ClemsonL 13–29Ron Zook Field55,107
October 18at DukeL 16–23Wallace Wade Stadium30,735
October 26at No. 6 Miami (FL)L 14–36Hard Rock Stadium66,200
November 2North CarolinaL 11–35Ron Zook Field55,107
November 9at No. 10 Notre Dame*L 3–52Notre Dame Stadium77,622
November 23Charleston Southern*
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W 41–7Ron Zook Field43,711

Reviewing the Gators

The Gators have suffered a disappointing season but have somehow turned things around in late November with back-to-back upsets over ranked opponents #22 LSU and #9 Ole Miss.

DateOpponentResultSiteAttendance
August 31No. 19 Miami (FL)*L 17–41Ben Hill Griffin Stadium90,544
September 7Samford*W 45–7Ben Hill Griffin Stadium89,295
September 14Texas A&ML 20–33Ben Hill Griffin Stadium89,993
September 21at Mississippi StateW 45–28Davis Wade Stadium49,655
October 5UCF*W 24–13Ben Hill Griffin Stadium90,369
October 12at No. 8 TennesseeL 17–23 OTNeyland Stadium101,915
October 19Kentucky
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W 48–20Ben Hill Griffin Stadium89,906
November 2vs. No. 2 GeorgiaL 20–34EverBank Stadium76,307
November 9at No. 5 TexasL 17–49Darrell K Royal Memorial Stadium103,375
November 16No. 22 LSUW 27–16Ben Hill Griffin Stadium90,067
November 23No. 9 Ole MissW 24–17Ben Hill Griffin Stadium89,942
 
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DRU2012

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Oops. Hadn't realized E-- had this thread up already. See my "pre-comments" over at the end of "Florida vs Ol' Miss" thread...
If E-- wants to move it over here, that'd be fine with me. Either way works: My comments there, if anything, are more a preface to this one.
Just a strong vote for the follosing:
"Little changes at this point. We come in with a chip on our shoulders and EXECUTE.
LET'S KICK THEIR ASSES, START TO FINISH!"
We deserve a game like that to wrap this season.
"We" being players, coaches AND fans.
Who better to get it against, and what better time?
 

DRU2012

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Alright, it is Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, and while we are all finding ourselves rather suddenly THANKFUL to be feeling "It's GREAT, to BE, a FLO RI DA Gator" once more, there IS now also a slight cloud drifting over our parade:
This is still a young Gator team...These are kids, these Gators, and it would only be natural for them to be reading, hearing, feeling the good vibes piling up around them now.
For all my own rallying bravado coming INTO this annual season finale, this program, its team and Coaches MUST buckle down now and focus:
Never MIND all the evidence that has been presented of late as to how much further along WE are in our identity resurgence than they.
This is our perennial rival with a chance to semi-redeem their otherwise disastrous season at THEIR place, in what for them is the last game of the year...They are coming off a "big lopsided win" (albeit against one of the lowest ranked teams from the nether regions of college football), now sending out a young but highly-touted QB for his first career start.
Florida, meanwhile, generally hasn't looked near as good on the road as they have at The Swamp--and again, this one is at the Doak.
All I am trying to raise here is the idea that it is incumbent on everyone in our locker room--Coaches, team-leaders and everyone else on this squad to shut out all the noise, distraction and late-coming pats-on-the-backs flooding the airwaves and live, everywhere they go:
Never MIND all that crap: GO OUT AND GET THE JOB DONE. You know, and now WE know that you CAN do it. Don't beat YOURSELVES.
I'M going to be looking to see some things finally cleaned up--if not perfect then "moving in the right direction" at the very least. Billy, you GOTTA improve your clock management and situational poise, along of COURSE with more consistently imaginative crucial-moment play-calling (but maybe the latter only comes with a new OC).
However, this time WE are the better team, with more of the "intangibles". The win is there for the taking. OUR taking.
See it. Feel it. Think it. GET IT DONE.
 

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