In the wake of Saturday's win (which could have and should have been more lopsided) one negative thing taken away was the matter of ball security. I do not know the game as many of you do (my career is IT), but I'm sorry, I just do not believe this is a major area of concern. Except for possibly Drake, who has a history of fumbling, the rest I take to be a mere aberration. You cannot convince me, as Gator fans and haters alike are trying to do, that our fumbling was because of the “Florida defense”.
1) DeAndrew White was trying to make a move, and you cannot convince me that the UF defender had the presence of mind in that split second to place his helmet
where he did in order to make contact with the football, which by the way was in White's opposing arm.
2) Blake’s fumble was the result of what appeared to be a missed block assignment. The rushing UF defender instinctively reached out his arm to grab at Blake, just
as any human being does when trying to stop someone who had started to blow by them. It looked as if Blake had the ball secured up high.
3) The interception was opportunistic. It was the result of a tipped ball being caught by a UF defender who just happened to be covering Fowler(?) for the dump-off
pass. And we all know tipped-ball INTs are regular feature for strong defensive teams. Balloon juice! Just a mere happenstance.
And as a side-note, can I just say that I’m glad I got use the word happenstance in a sentence.
Maybe you smarter guys will correct me. But, to me, ball security is a problem when turnovers occur regularly in the usual execution of a play where there are not so many unusual things happening: a tipped ball, a defender throwing his arm out in desperation to stop a fleeing runner, or a helmet which goes between the ball carrier’s left arm to contact the pigskin in the other arm.
The fumble by Drake is something that appears to me as the only example where the UF fan can point and say “This is a legitimate example of how our defense can force turnovers” and allow the talking heads to talk about UF's great turnover margin. As taught, he reached in and ripped the ball out.
If I’m correct, we can only say at this point that any potentially ball security issues are Drake-exclusive, and not team wide.
“And that’s all I have to say about that.” - Forrest
1) DeAndrew White was trying to make a move, and you cannot convince me that the UF defender had the presence of mind in that split second to place his helmet
where he did in order to make contact with the football, which by the way was in White's opposing arm.
2) Blake’s fumble was the result of what appeared to be a missed block assignment. The rushing UF defender instinctively reached out his arm to grab at Blake, just
as any human being does when trying to stop someone who had started to blow by them. It looked as if Blake had the ball secured up high.
3) The interception was opportunistic. It was the result of a tipped ball being caught by a UF defender who just happened to be covering Fowler(?) for the dump-off
pass. And we all know tipped-ball INTs are regular feature for strong defensive teams. Balloon juice! Just a mere happenstance.
And as a side-note, can I just say that I’m glad I got use the word happenstance in a sentence.
Maybe you smarter guys will correct me. But, to me, ball security is a problem when turnovers occur regularly in the usual execution of a play where there are not so many unusual things happening: a tipped ball, a defender throwing his arm out in desperation to stop a fleeing runner, or a helmet which goes between the ball carrier’s left arm to contact the pigskin in the other arm.
The fumble by Drake is something that appears to me as the only example where the UF fan can point and say “This is a legitimate example of how our defense can force turnovers” and allow the talking heads to talk about UF's great turnover margin. As taught, he reached in and ripped the ball out.
If I’m correct, we can only say at this point that any potentially ball security issues are Drake-exclusive, and not team wide.
“And that’s all I have to say about that.” - Forrest