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Billy Napier: Florida ‘believed we could beat that (Georgia) team’
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Billy Napier: Florida ‘believed we could beat that (Georgia) team’
Florida coach Billy Napier stopped just short of saying it, but his post-game message was clear: The Gators had Georgia right where they wanted them on Saturday.
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They gave us a good game.
Go, Dawgs!
But they didn’t!
You always have a chance to win when the QB throws 3 INT's.
THIS! Everything Napier said is exactly right. But Georgia believed it could beat Florida, too. And guess what? We did. So, it's another UGA victory, another UF loss. And that's all that counts at the end of the day.
Lol....funny. I thought it was the other way around. Moreover...I think, deep down, Napier knows....Kirby and Bobo were slow-rollin' em. Physicality.…physicality.…physicality. Give the Gators their due.…they kept it together, longer than I thought they would.
Short game on offense....bend don't break, on defense. Keep it close, with strategic & targeted play-calling, till the 4th. And, do yore thang, to close it out. That's how you downplay your strengths, when you have a team like the Bulldogs....IMO.
That way....they won't be ranked on top in the 1st CFP. Maybe. A 1st place CFP ranking, in early November...doesn't help Kirby's cause, one bit....IMO. He has to be able to show the team, all of their warts. IF...the goal is to be perfect.
The younger players....[and, that's quite a few]...can't think they're better than they are. It's Kirby's job to expose their weaknesses, and help fix em. Some weaknesses, won't show up, till game day.
If they think they've "Arrived", they become complacent...don't push as hard and Kirby has nowhere to take em. No carrot...all stick. They have to believe they can get better.
Sure....you're always gonna have a set of on-field leaders (hopefully), to help teach and guide. But, once a kid(s) is convinced, he/they can't be beat. Sometimes, it takes catastrophe, to open their eyes. In UGA's case....that would be another loss.
Kirby knows what he's doing. He may be some kind of "human nature" savant. Lol...no wonder he's a "great recruiter".
That's just my opinion, anyway.
Go get em Big Red.
Yeah, great “moral victory”, Coach….
We’ll take the win and move on, thank you very much!
Go Dawgs!
Napier, his team and coaches had a good plan coming in. It's a shame that Lagway was lost to injury. I would've liked to have seen how the Dawgs would've responded had the Gator's been more of a threat. Despite the Gator's early success, like against Texas, I believe this team would've adjusted and still taken care of business.
Napier had a plan, and it worked for a while but only until Georgia finally did what was needed to pull away.
Georgia will need to be better focused (especially on offense) starting next week. If they aren't, it will catch-up to them before the season is over. GOOOOOODAWGS!
No, they didn’t have a chance. Georgia owned them with the exception of the interceptions. I know that those are bad and we gave short fields to them but aside from one quarter, we beat the snot out of them. And football is four quarters so yay, you won a fourth of the game.
And Lagway may be better than Warner but he scored on a short field with yet another blown coverage by Starks. I thought the Warner kid played a good game but they were still overmatched.
Helps when you're spotted 10 points and every ounce of momentum of the first half. Go Dawgs!