UF more concerned about getting better than payback

[O-town Gator]

"They enjoyed rock star status wherever they went last season.

This season, rock star status has given way to a much different status — young team status.

That may explain why the Gators seem to be downplaying (almost ignoring, actually) the revenge/payback angle for Saturday night's game at Alabama, a rematch of last year's SEC Championship Game in which the Tide throttled UF, ending the Gators perfect season and shot at consecutive national titles."

More: http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20100927/ARTICLES/100929566&tc=email_newsletter

 

[Escambia94]

I would not worry about payback next week. Get the "payback" in Atlanta. Survive Alabama's smashmouth offense and violent defensive front so we can live to play out the rest of our schedule. I am not saying to lie down and let them run over us, but we do not need this win as badly as Alabama. They bear the weight of #1, and have to march into foreign territory for their big SEC games. They also have a decent Auburn team to face for the Iron Bowl. We can save up some energy for South Carolina and the SEC CG and hopefully keep improving while they are beating themselves up.

 

[O-town Gator]

This time around, there's no more screwing off as was the case last year: http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gators/content/gators-taking-more-serious-approach-alabama-game-time?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Ftampabaycom%2Fblogs%2Fgators+%28Gator+Report+|+tampabay.com%29

 

[Insane1058]

I feel alot better about this game after what I saw in the Arkansas game. The Gators just need to play all 4 quarters till it reads all zeros on the clock.