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Florida vs. Alabama

:BigA: If we get back in the SEC title game in which I think we will it is not going to be a Tebow Mcelroy matchup! It will be a Florida versus Alabama matchup ! If it is a Qb matchup we lose! I think we will do a better job of playing defense and controlling the clock with our running game! I think Saban will play a better game of chess than Urban Meyer and we win the game in a close one by controlling the clock! As I have said before Trent Richardson is a special player who may be able to run the clock with the running game! If they stuff the box Julio will have a big game! We have more depth than we have had in years!










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Florida deserves to be ranked #1. They were clearly the best team in the country last year and they're returning a lot. But, Bama had the lead in the 4th quarter against them last year and I believe will be an overall better team this year. I think any of the top teams in the SEC CAN beat florida. It's just a matter of whether or not any of them do it.

And I don't want to hear any lip about Texas or any of the other Big 12 pretenders either. ;)
 
GreatDanish said:
Aside from having all 44 players on your two deep return from an undefeated national championship year, I really don't know much else they could have going for them.

- They return a Heisman winner and two-time Heisman finalist at QB.
- They return three of the top 10 returning rushers in the SEC (Tebow, Demps, and Rainey)
- They have two OL on the preseason All-SEC first team.
- They also have one of the top 3 TEs in the country.
- They return all 22 of their two deep from their defense that finished 5th nationally in scoring defense (1st in SEC).

On paper, they should be the best team in the SEC in years.

Having said that, I believe Georgia is really being overlooked. They have solid lines on both sides of the ball, and have a pretty favorable schedule. If they can pull off an upset against Florida, they could well win the East.
Considering the preseason favorite rarely wins the SEC (perhaps having a target on their back), Georgia has little hype to live up to.

If I were a betting man, I would still bet heavily on Florida winning not only the East, but the SEC, but I would not discount Georgia completely.
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As long as Richt is there UGA will never be Champions.
 
GreatDanish said:
Aside from having all 44 players on your two deep return from an undefeated national championship year, I really don't know much else they could have going for them.
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Undefeated?? They were beaten last year, we challeged them last year, and they can be beaten this year.

But, I would still have them down as the favorite.
 
I think it is worth reiterating: I recently watched the SEC championship game, and if you only watched the 3rd quarter, you would have guessed that Bama won the game. I watched until Bama lost the lead with about 9 minutes to go in the fourth quarter. I think Florida has great athletes, but not superior to Alabama. Bama could still improve in the defensive backfield, needs another WR or two, and throw in an aggressive offensive line and this will be another fun year.
 
rolltide14 said:
Everyone seems to be talking about how Alabama has to replace 3 offensive lineman. They fail to mention that Florida has to replace their left tackle and right tackle. On top of that, they are losing their top rusher, and top 2(maybe 3) recievers. Am I the only one that is not buying into the Florida hype?
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It's not hype. They are an excellent football team, but we're not chopped liver ourselves. :sifone:
 
If we make the SECCG we should match up better with Florida defensively. It was encouraging we were leading in the 4th, but ultimately what got us was a lack of quality depth and a pass rush. Florida was able to exploit our LBs in coverage and not having a pass rush eventually came back to bite us. But despite that it still took Tebow making some unreal throws to get the job done and if anyone else other than Tebow had been QB we would have won that game.

This year I’m sure Saban will make defending the spread a priority because we are going to see a lot of it. We have a lot of young talent at LB and DB now and guys need to pick up stuff quickly. I expect to see better substitutions and pass coverage from the LBs/DBs and a much better rush with Hightower at Jack. Will it be enough? First we've got to get back to the SECCG and it’s not gonna be easy.
 
i'm not personally afraid of florida last year we hung with them. and i think they are kind of staying idle and we are going to improve this season. Most the hype comes from the stupid media last year. They should have changed the SEC championship game to the "Tebow Show". and the national title game to "the tonight show with Tebow". it was ridiculous in both games after every freaking comericial they would play that over dramatized version of Tebows post ole miss game speech. I think the hype is from tebow sure they talk about how fast they are going to be. But its the SEC everyones fast. Bring florida on. I think Saban and the team makes it personal this season.
 
bharsa said:
and i think they are kind of staying idle and we are going to improve this season. Most the hype comes from the stupid media last year.
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Pretty sure the hype came from the fact that they were completely annihilating ranked opponents.

2 Florida 45
23 Florida State 15

3 Florida 56
24 South Carolina 6

5 Florida 49
8 Georgia 10

11 Florida 51
4 LSU 21

Oh, and they return more from this team than just about any other team in the country returns from their teams.
 
As long as Richt is there UGA will never be Champions.
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Hmm, not sure what you're saying here. He's won four division titles in the last 7 years, and that is what my post referred to...

Undefeated?? They were beaten last year, we challeged them last year, and they can be beaten this year.

But, I would still have them down as the favorite.
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Read my post again. I said, basically, that the only way they could be better off was if they had finished undefeated, and returned their entire two deep.
 
GreatDanish said:
Pretty sure the hype came from the fact that they were completely annihilating ranked opponents.

2 Florida 45
23 Florida State 15

3 Florida 56
24 South Carolina 6

5 Florida 49
8 Georgia 10

11 Florida 51
4 LSU 21

Oh, and they return more from this team than just about any other team in the country returns from their teams.
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did any of those "ranked" teams deserve those rankings at the end of the season though? No.

and Oklahoma was doing the same thing but that hype was quickly shutdown by florida. Who by the way didnt "annihilate" Oklahoma a team that actually deserved their high ranking. Or us who also deserved our high ranking. So sure congrats to florida for annihilating
-a 3 loss Georgia team
-a 4 loss acc team(florida st.)
-a 5 loss LSU team
-and a 6 loss South Carolina team

so no actually i dont think thats whats the hypes really about. its Tebow hype and "speed" hype.
 
bharsa said:
did any of those "ranked" teams deserve those rankings at the end of the season though? No.

and Oklahoma was doing the same thing but that hype was quickly shutdown by florida. Who by the way didnt "annihilate" Oklahoma a team that actually deserved their high ranking. Or us who also deserved our high ranking. So sure congrats to florida for annihilating
-a 3 loss Georgia team
-a 4 loss acc team(florida st.)
-a 5 loss LSU team
-and a 6 loss South Carolina team

so no actually i dont think thats whats the hypes really about. its Tebow hype and "speed" hype.
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So, I guess you weren't impressed by our season last year, considering we beat:

-a 3 loss Georgia team (by fewer points than FL)
-a 6 loss acc team (Clemson) (by fewer points than FL beat a better FSU team)
-a 5 loss LSU team (again, by much fewer points than FL)

What else should Florida have done to deserve hype? Should they have beat Georgia by 50 points instead of 40? Should they have beat FSU by 40 points instead of 30 points? Was our 36 point win over Auburn unimpressive because Auburn wasn't good?
I mean, they were destructing teams at an obscene pace.
Granted, they lost to Ole Miss, which was a blemish, but they were a completely different team after that loss.
 
im not taking away anything from our season last year?

my point was the hype now has nothing to do with those wins. or shall i say "annihlations". it has to do with tebow. All the hype now is about tebow and how he has the "unstoppable" team. i dont take away from florida's sesaon either they deserved hype until they played a solid team.

and our offense isnt built to score 62 points like florida if i might add... so there wins against ours i dont see a difference minus the lsu game.
 
bharsa said:
im not taking away anything from our season last year?

my point was the hype now has nothing to do with those wins. or shall i say "annihlations". it has to do with tebow. All the hype now is about tebow and how he has the "unstoppable" team. i dont take away from florida's sesaon either they deserved hype until they played a solid team.

and our offense isnt built to score 62 points like florida if i might add... so there wins against ours i dont see a difference minus the lsu game.
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The hype comes from the fact that Florida returns 90% of its national championship team from last year. I honestly can't think of a team that lost less quality players than Florida did. They deserve their hype and #1 ranking until they get beat. Besides, who would you put ahead of Florida?
Don't get me wrong, they are certainly beatable and if we both make it to the SECC I like our chances, but I think you need to take some of the tint out of your crimson shades.
 
I think Florida is a very good team, and it will never hurt that they return their two-deep on defense. That will never ever hurt any team that either won a NC the previous year or contended for one. Having said that, the hype they've been getting, IMO, is from the continual Tebow love-fest. Don't get me wrong, the dude is a great college player, extremely self-motivated, a great leader on and off the field, and for the system that he's in, can put up the stats. However, he's not this invincible, almighty being that some media members (and UF fans and players) have made him out to be.

This hype is EXACTLY what USC was getting before the 2005 season, and what happened, the college football gods wouldn't let them prove all of that hype as valid. I agree with the poster that said they're basically are staying idle (albeit an extremely high level of idle); there really isn't anything that they have to work on to get better.

Obviously I'm biased like everyone else here, but I think losing the SECCG and the Sugar Bowl was the best medicine for Alabama last season. We greatly overachieved considering the players we had, and we were also 9 minutes away from beating UF. I think the LBs knowledge of playing the 3-4 will get better, a respectable pass rush will develop, and the secondary will also get tighter as a unit with Saban and Smart coaching them. This entire team will be better, IMO, and although it will be tough to make another undefeated run to the SECCG this upcoming season, the schedule does favor us a bit.

We will beat UF in the SECCG 2009.
 
Thank you californiaTide. i dont have my crimson shades on rammerJammer14 i dont think anyone should be infront of florida. my only point is they dont deserve the same hype as if jesus was returning... and i still believe most the hype is around Tebow and not even the team as a whole. and not to take anything away from him hes a great player. im just saying... they do not deserve the hype. and no one likes to mention that Percy is gone now. Sure they got 3 other guys that can run a 4.3-4.4 but he was a pivitol part to the team as big as tebow. They beat us without him and it was a hell of a game. but the national title wouldnt have been won without percy. So i just think everyone needs to settle down over the florida hype because as we saw last season pre season rankings and beliefs of teams quickly change....
 
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