Why is NOBODY talking about THIS Gators Football ADVANTAGE?
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- Gators Football has a tough schedule... we KNOW this! But nobody is talking about this advantage they have against MOST of the 2024 schedule.
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Having Mertz come back is an underrated advantage but if you look at the roster, you'll see UF has 13 returning starters from last year even if you exclude the kicker and punter. Having that much experience returning is a big advantage for any program.
Mertz, Montrell, Wilson, Boardingham, Barber, Slaughter, George, Shemar, Castell, Marshall Jr, Jackson, Banks, Kelby, Searcy and others
Sadly we also have the offensive and defensive play callers returning also.
@WalkerSportsLounge but if you have experience with players that have been accustomed to losing with the same coach is not good. You need to change the culture and everyone will that by mid season
QBs aside, I just want to see effective D Line that can Disrupt the opponent’s offensive scheme AND Tackling.
They added talent there but it's the backfield that's the big news. If the backfield does their jobs, the sacks will come rolling in.
I’m glad you made this video Ali because I think a lot of people are missing all these points
Shane Mathews said Merz would be the typical starting QB for the Ole Ball Coach….also, Shane went down the schedule of teams we play, I think he said 9 of our opponents have new starting QBs in a new system, Mertz in his second year in the system…the team leader, , led league in % completions, only 3 interceptions……Go Gators…PS, I am a Homer! 😂
Shane Matthews is a fool! I seem to recall he said Florida would win eight games, at a bare minimum, last season. It you can’t cure stupid. Mertz is a joke! Perhaps Spurrier could have made him a good QB…but “Sun Belt” Billy? I’ve seen Spurrier…and Napier’s no Spurrier!
I'm with you. Ali ppl are acting like none of these teams can't be beaten
Spot on analysis Ali, awesome job as always!! Agree with your list 100% and I feel a lot better having Mertz coming back!! can’t believe it’s been 20 years since we were partying and celebrating championship after championship in Gainesville 🙌😎🔥
UGA and Texas are the toughest games on the schedule. And even those games are winnable
Nice breakdown of QB rankings. If the Gator D has truly improved, the real questions concern the O line. If they can't stay healthy, move people around, or protect the QB...we are done for.
Mertz wasn't the issue last year and will hopefully be even better this year. The much bigger question is can the defense stop any of these opposing QBs?
People just hate Florida. And they want Billy Napier fired. Florida fans need to STOP being pathetic and GIVE NAPIER A CHANCE. Dan Mullen left UF in a HORRIBLE, IT TAKES TIME to build a program, and idk why do UF fans get on Napier when it’s NOT his fault that the program is in a bad spot
You're an fing 8dit. I loved Billy Napier but when he can't win six games he needs to be fired. We're not running a charity organization. We're not Vanderbilt. It's disgusting that we kept to coach that won six games, then it's even more disgusting that we kept him after he only won five games last year. You could take a pee wee football coach and win six games with Florida. And the thing is we lost because of coaching mistakes. I remember Josh paid saying he had the most undisciplined team he'd ever seen. That is in excusable. So don't give me this crap about we don't like Florida and we don't like Napier. Napier sucks and that's his problem it's not because we just dislike him. And give him a chance? He's had two years and has only won 11 games total. We fired Zook and Zook was a competent coach with the number one recruiting class. Please go apologize to Zook for not giving him a chance.
Napier got dealt a bad hand but let's not act as if he didn't play a part in the reason no one respects the Gators. His on field play calling/coaching leaves a ton to be desired
@@eliyawahamashi8310amen preach
@@eliyawahamashi8310 I'm not even sure he got dealt a bad hand. Championship coaches don't complain, they fix things. The reason it looks like he got dealt a bad hand is because he didn't know how to handle the players and he started to lose. If he'd have been a good coach he could have managed even if you didn't have the absolute best players ever to live. You're never you are never guaranteed to have the most awesome players. Your job is a coach is to do the best you can with what you have. Napier didn't even try. That's what used to piss me off about Mullen because I thought Mullen stop trying. But Mullen could coach. I'm not sure Napier even knows how to coach. But I am sure that Napier didn't give a f*** about winning the past couple years because you didn't give a f****** try. Napier knew he wasn't going to be fired so he didn't give a f****** flip if won or not. I don't think I can ever forgive him for not winning six games last year. That's all I asked for. And he couldn't even do an incompetent job. He did the worst job I can imagine.
Same ol bullshit as everyone else says. Fact of the matter is that people are blind and don't have the ability to think for themselves. The Gators fans that want Napier gone, like I do have the ability to see with their own eyes. Penalties , poor tacking, poor game planning, poor in game adjustments and total lack of organization. All of what I have listed have been consistent failures by Napier and have continued , do you remember the spring game? Fire Billy Napier.. Use your brain and quit listening to the entitled blonde bobnlehead
Did you collaborate with Shane Matthews on the qb list?
I look at Mertz and he does what any coach wants from their QB's ... the ability to complete a pass and not turn the ball over. I believe Mertz was number 1 last year in completion percentage. All of these other QB's are either new or are playing for a top program. Personally, I would put Mertz at number 3 and I think we all know if Florida had a winning season last year, the entire SEC would be talking about Mertz and his exceptional completion numbers whether they were long throws or short dump offs. To me, Mertz = Leak. Underappreciated and not given the credit they deserve. Even after Leak won a Natty.
Preach brotha preach mertz is a solid QB
Tough is an understatement, it’s a freaking gauntlet
I think once again Graham Mertz will silence some haters and will have a better more productive season this year
Heisman trophy candidate this year
Love those rankings!
I AGREE 💯🐊💪‼️
Excellent take. Graham is a smart QB. Helped Tom Brady. UM's QB more mobile BUT the SWAMP will be LOUD. UT and FSU's QBs get home field advantage. Nussmeir is in SWAMP.
Honestly , I’m not worried about Mertz. We need huge improvements in our defensive play. And then,also eliminate those pesky game day gaffes.
We’re going to be light years better defensively because of the transfers , new coaches , depth , and maturity everyone forgets Florida was the youngest team in the country and it showed in the secondary they cleaned that up
@@daltonbradshaw1391 - I need to see it.
Look...everyone (fans and media) keep saying our schedule is the toughest. If Fla wins 8 or more games everyone mainly the media will say our schedule wasn't as hard as they thought
Ikr! Unfortunately, for us, they’ll be partially right because a lot of those teams lost a lot of their production and won’t be as good as they were last year
@Chasing72 I agree but I'm tired of hearing about the damn schedule and I'm tired of the media looking for every way to down Fla. It's the toughest schedule bc they expect us to lose BUT if we prove them wrong oh the schedule wasn't difficult.
@@robertrichardson3621 Totally agree. And, the worst part is some of our own “fans” are saying things that give aid and comfort to our opponents. They need their membership in Gator Nation revoked….lol
@@Chasing72 lmao That's a FACT
Love the content as always coming from a VOLS fan. As of right now I agree that GM is ahead of Nico. If Nico has a sophomore slump he could be the five or sixth best QB in yalls schedule. If Nico is what they say he is, he could be in the top three QB’s.
In good clean spirit, I hope we beat y’all by three touchdowns. Keep doing you!!!
Great post! Thanks!
Go Gators! 🐊
One game at a time!!! We got this! 11 win season!🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊
We will be alright and go gators
Question isn't wether the schedule is tough ?
The question is whether the Florida Gators are tough or not ?
47 days until Miami invades the Swamp !
#GOCANES 🙌
Well another big big advantage, they have 7 home games this year and most of those teams are very beatable in the SWAMP.
Lagway's packages help UF. I would give him packages early and often. Increase Lagway time gradually. Lagway gives opposing defenses more to prepare for.
Totally agree. I'd say top five. And the top five teams are better as a whole. It's easier to have better numbers when surrounded by a solid team.
So, Ali...
I think when you do analytics, one of the important things is to test your results. Anyone can just say "I think..." and whatever, right? Then, you also get into differences with how people translate the question. Nothing illustrated that better than everyone losing their minds about EA's toughest stadium environments list, right? Everyone came out of the woodwork with their own translations of what constituted "toughest stadium environment." Same thing here with "best QB," except you can actually test your thesis with QB. You can't really do that with stadiums.
Test?
Use your key measures (experience, etc.) and apply them to last year's UF opponents, and then see if your "We should have a significant advantage if our QB is better than their QB" thesis applies.
For example: our QB was hella-better than Bryson "Pig Farmer" Barnes. And yet...not so much with the UF winning.
For example 2: Devin Leary couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. And yet...not so much with the UF winning.
And so on.
All that to say...
Maybe nobody is talking about THIS Gators football advantage because the tests don't suggest that it actually *is* an advantage.
And post script...
Having a good QB really doesn't help much when you leave the fastest player on the team on the bench the whole year.
Defense: make a play.
Beat Kentucky.
Aidan Mizell.
Good job alley
Florida's gotta get a great leader at quarterback again..that's the engine that drives the train..GO GATORS
KJ Jefferson might not be as good as a quarterback as Mertz but he is definitely a better RB. He ran all over Florida last year ! That's tough ! 😂😂
"might" 😂. If you're trolling at least be somewhat realistic.
@shawnsimmons4718
I am curious to see what Gus Malzahn can do with KJ. I wouldn't be surprised if there is some significant improvement.
The right system with the right coaching can make all the difference in the results. It's not always about one system being better than the other, sometimes it's just about fit.
@@904Hurricaneyou might want to stay in your lane and see if you can teach Miami coach how to take a damn knee 😂
@@904Hurricane KJ can't throw the ball to save his life.
@shawnsimmons4718
I can't argue that fact,
I am just saying Gus tends to get the most out of these types of athletic quarterbacks.
I really like Mertz, he is a good fit for UFs offense and tends to make good decisions. But putting him ahead of Ward is a bit of a stretch. Ward has a played a LOT of football, including games at Washington and Oregon and (although he spent of of that time running for his life) he didn't look very rattled to me. Also, will be running the Air Raid offense, which he is very familiar with. And let's not forget that he will be behind one of the best OLs in college football.
I don't think Carson Beck is the best quarterback in the SEC, I think he has the best team in the SEC. But Quinn Ewers and Brady Cook and Dart are both better quarterbacks
I agree that Ewers and Dart are better than Beck but I'm not putting Cook over Beck
Graham Mertz has been one of three quarterbacks in the SEC since 2008 to have a double check down rate.
30% of Graham's check downs are behind the line of scrimmage.
On passes over 15 yards, Graham has a 45% uncatchable ball rate.
Graham Mertz only completed 16 passes that traveled through the air 20 yards or more the ENTIRE season last year.
Name a game Florida trailed, and Graham Mertz brought them back for the win with his arm talent ?
I'll wait...
#GameManaget
#CheckdownCharlie
#SunshinePumper
#HereComesMiami
South Carolina
You walked into that one my friend
@tylercole3738
I will take that one on the chin.
Impressive stats for Mertz, but they are against a team that ranked 90th in total defense last year.
I stand bt my statement. All those close games last year, and this is the only example.
He has got to do better if the Gators and Billy are going to have any shot at proving the doubters wrong !
@904Hurricane don't be so quick to assume a QB going into his second year in a system isn't going to improve
@@904Hurricane QB's don't play alone. This year, he has more talent to play with. Watch what happens next.
Mizzou, all most🤷♂️
Now rank the head coaches. Billy would be at or near the bottom. Facts.
No, she will rate Napier above Norvell as she drinks the Kool Aid like your typical gator homer.
I think the offense will keep them in 7 or 8 games. I am more interested in the defense. Can they make stops, force turnovers, and get off the field without giving up fourth snd forever. IMO, teams.last.uear did not need to punt because they knew they could either score or convert on 4th down, especially late in the game
yes the schedule is tough but me thinks we are up for the challenge. Being the homer & eternal optimist…the tougher they are the better
We’re underrated and shitted on we know it the team knows it the coach knows it I’m ready for Miami , Florida by 9
Would it hurt my feelings if we have a great year and surprise people???? Absolutely not, I would love to be wrong. But just hard to be optimistic about this season when I saw no consistent improvement last season. If the Gators do great and having a winning year AWESOME but if they suck and have a down year like I think they will, at least I expected it. I’m just in the position where I’m expecting disappointment so I’ll never be disappointed
Gators will surprise people and 7-5 is a win with this schedule. I think it ends ok
7 and 5 is what i expect .
Scott stricklin and Billy taggert have no chance no chance in hell Vince McMahon theme song voice in 2024
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Napier has the best of everything before the season, and then after the season he lost because he had Mullen's recruits.
Can’t say i can weigh in on the quarterback rankings because I haven’t seen a lot of them play but I think a lot the Gator fans need an attitude adjustment. We have sufficient talent on this team to go 8 and 4 or 9 and 3, unless they underachieve. As fans are we supposed to exercise a little optimism? Get off your sourpus soapbox you negative fair weather fans!
So since we have all these advantages, are you going to agree to fire Napier after he sucks this year, are you going to say we should still keep giving him chances?
Napier needs to go....if U.F. is going to stand any chance at all it will not be with this coach....he needs to go back to Division 2A ..he is nowhere near ready for Division 1 A...will he ever be...to be completely honest..I doubt it
Because it isn’t there. 😂
When you suck, you suck in the gator suck can’t beat no damn buddy. The coach teaches you had to beat up your girlfriend and spit on players absolutely garbage that’s the standard bozo Billyville.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Carson Beck is the most overrated player in a decade. Go watch his “highlights” from last year. Not a single “wow” play. Not one. Dude is just throwing into huge open spots (not very accurately) and standing tall behind an excellent OL. Anyone want to bet me Beck isn’t the best QB in the SEC this year?
Ewers is not number 2 not even close stop buying into the Texas hype.
This post will NOT age well.
Ali…….just stop 🤦♂️. You should be ashamed of yourself for pumping false hope in to this fan base. Ray Charles could see this is a 5 or 6 win team.
5 win
Ray Charles is blind. I see this as a ONE win team. As for five or six, that’s a pipe dream! I’ve never seen such a sure bet as taking the under on the current Vegas line of 4.5 wins.
This lady needs to go cook some food. Cam ward has back to back 3k seasons while graham mertz was garbage for years 😂😂😂
He was in an Air Raid system. He threw the ball 40 or times a game.
You lost 99% of your audience at Carson Beck being best in SEC.
😂
Florida will definitely be losing. That’s all they ever do with bozo Billy the coach y’all flat just suck.
You are very funny today you got the shittiest team in the SEC they want y’all to leave. That’s funny FSU your daddy Miami is your daddy. Everybody I’ll play is your daddy y’all just suck that.😂😂😂😂😂😂
Wow. Cam Ward? Get back on your meds. Can't see a team who has 8 home and 4 away games do so much crying. Miami's D will shut down Mertz and Cam might not even need to pass, but will light up the score board when he does.
Graham Mertz is a Great Quarterback that had a higher completion rate than Beck at 72.9% to Becks 72.4%. I promise you this if he has an online that gives him time and a defense of old dem Rowdy Reptiles of 2006 or 2008. This is upsetting that Mertz is getting better respect. He was #3 in completion percentage and I believe in him and the Gators. I'm confident to say he is #1 Beck #2 Ewers #3 Brady Cook #4 Jaxson Dart #4 Jaden Milroe #6 Nico #7 Garret #8 Arnold #9 & Vandagriff #10.
Players not the problem, coaching is. Blue chip ratio .. keep Sunbelt Billy at all cost.. 🍢