That means the team that wins, the team that loses needs the team that wins to lose two more games in conference.
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After Saturday’s game in Knoxville, the Gators (3-0, 1-0 in the SEC) travel to Vanderbilt on October 1 and then host LSU on October 8.
Florida wide receiver Antonio Callaway, center, runs for a touchdown on a 78-yard pass play past Kentucky defensive back Blake McClain (24) and cornerback Derrick Baity (29) during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, in Gainesville, Fla.
Del Rio ended up walking off the field without assistance, and his injury isn’t season-ending.
A Tennessee fan has started a fund for Appleby’s “funeral”. Florida coach Jim McElwain said true freshmen Feleipe Franks and Kyle Trask also will be readied for possible duty. “We’ll get some guys ready and move forward and get ready to go play next week”. “There were some really good things obviously in that game on defense”. “And the more that I’ve learned about him, the more that I’ve wanted to be like him”. He also leads the Gators this year with 201 yards and two scores on 13 receptions.
“There’s no experience like game experience”, Appleby said. The guys around him, the team, they know he’s there. So we’ll see. And yet, you know what, we’ve got other guys that will jump in there and play. The Gators sophomore transfer has completed 61.4 percent of his passes for 762 yards and thrown six touchdowns to two interceptions.
There was no immediate word on Del Rio’s injury.
“It breaks my heart that it had to come by an injury”, Appleby said. “We’ll get a good week of work in, put a good plan in and I am excited for those opportunities if that is what happens”. If they can’t get the job done they will have to hope Tennessee doesn’t do well so that they don’t have to worry about any tie breakers with Tennessee.
That is what Florida did in beating North Texas 32-0 last week. It’s not going to be new to me. “There was some bad blood there at the end”.
For McElwain, who is entering his second year as UF’s head coach and 30th year in the coaching industry overall, he strives to make relationships with his players personal. Thompson was suspended the first two games. It’s not something they coach.
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Whether it’s through tough love after a missed play, biting sarcasm spoken through a slight Montana drawl or a simple nod of approval after they exit his office, McElwain said he wants the players to know they have his support.
