UF’s defense simply had no answer for Dobbs running the football. We’ll see. As for now, Shoop needs to unleash a few new wrinkles, be it the teased “Magic Show” or something else, to ensure there is no repeat of past year. I know exactly what they’re telling him. He completed two of four passes for 30 yards last week against North Texas after Del Rio was hurt late in the third quarter. He also took a short swing pass in the flat on a gadget play and turned it into a 58-yard TD play.
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FLORIDA: The Gators are a ideal 3-0 to start the season but they haven’t been kind to bettors that have backed them at the betting window, failing to cover in two of those three games. Using the electric cornerback Jackson more on offense is another way to shake up an offense that has only scored one touchdown in two games against Power-5 opponents Alabama and Stanford this season.
“It’s really what you train for and your mindset over the summer and winter when you’re exhausted and don’t want to do an extra rep”, quarterback Josh Dobbs said. “He does it at probably one of the highest levels of all the dual-threat quarterbacks in the nation”. I don’t know and it doesn’t even matter. So far this season, he has carried the ball 65 times for 270 yards and two trips to the end-zone. An explosive return game, featuring Evan Berry on kickoffs and Cameron Sutton on punts, put points on the board and lent the offense favorable field position throughout the 2015 season.
Jones acknowledged the importance of breaking that losing stream, but said Tennessee faces a unique situation because they have a number of rivalry games each season. The reasons for their failure jumped off the screen. Sounds a little too familiar doesn’t it, like you’ve heard about it too much this week?
This weekend, Dobbs will focus his mental energies, competitive juices and superior athletic skills on a problem he and the Vols have been unable to solve.
Tennessee has played the better schedule.
“Everything obviously is about preparation and we have to take care of the small details and have the discipline to execute in all three phases”. That’s why you compete, and I think the way you work in practice and the way you prepare gives you confidence going into game day.
Yet, the last couple of years have added a weird twinge that make you wonder if insane forces are in play. “He’s a great player”. Lots of smiles and laughter came from the coach with the big game three days away. This year, the Vols are at home while wearing their “Smokey Grey” alternate uniforms, and the crowd will once again checker the stadium.
“It’s really what you train for and your mindset over the summer and winter when you’re exhausted and don’t want to do an extra rep, ” Dobbs said. They should’ve beaten them past year in The Swamp, too. We’ve suffered some adversity and a lot of the adversity, we’ve created it for ourselves. I mean, I’m not going to rush him back. “It seems like when we step out there on the field on Saturdays we know exactly what to do and we know exactly how to do it”. We’re continuing to get better in the offensive line, having Chance Hall (knee) back this week will really help our offensive front as well. It’s on everybody – line, linebackers, secondary. “We’re going to go out there and play Gator football and win”.
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“It doesn’t do us any good to talk about it”.
