“I don’t think there’s a need to give all these what-ifs… because if you don’t do what you’re supposed to do, then you’re not going to be talking about it anyway”. “We weren’t going to be denied”.
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Florida is pretty exciting stuff on a yearly basis, but this year’s version of the rivalry has a lot on the line.
Now Treon Harris (61 percent, 540 yards, 4 TDs, no interceptions) is quarterbacking Florida and Sony Michel (520 yards, 5 TDs) and Keith Marshall (179 yards, 3 TDs) are tag-teamming the Georgia running game.
Mitchell missed the 2011 and 2013 games in Jacksonville due to injuries, but his 45-yard touchdown catch midway through the fourth quarter of the 2012 matchup helped the Bulldogs polish off a 17-9 upset of the previously undefeated Gators.
Program A is Florida, and Program B is Georgia.
In fact, from 1915 to 1950, Georgia football owned the Gators, winning over 80% of the time. He is averaging nearly six yards per carry this season but could use a true breakout game as the new No. 1 running back.
If Bulldogs fans are looking for a magic number, try 150.
Florida managed to win four SEC games because of timely passing, limiting turnovers and playing stout defense. Here’s a scary thought for the Bulldogs: What if they can’t on Saturday?
The 2015 Gators may have the nation’s No. 21-ranked rush defense, but a quick glance at their game-by-game statistics from this season shows that most of the teams that have played it close with Florida effectively ran the football. To be successful this Saturday at EverBank Field, the 6-foot-1, 195-pounder from Valdosta will have to conquer a secondary headed by All-America cornerback Vernon Hargreaves III. If they win the rest of their regular season games, what awaits them is a berth in the four-team college football playoff.
This season marks the 94th time the Florida Gators and the Georgia Bulldogs will square off in what was once known as “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party”.
And McElwain wants that fixed immediately.
“We had more in the box than they could block, but sometimes that isn’t enough”, Georgia defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt said afterward. “If he can’t go, we’ll have somebody step up and play and they will do a great job”. I think we’ll probably run out of the tunnel. The guys are trying, but obviously it’s not where we expect it to be or where it’s going to be. “Maybe on Wednesday I’ll have a better idea based on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday moving forward to see where we are in our preparation”. Georgia wasn’t very far from finishing under 150 yards in 2013, either: The Dawgs only crossed 150 on their final drive, an eight-minute possession on which they ran out the clock. But Taylor, one of the stars from last season’s win over Georgia, only had 25 yards on 15 carries against LSU.
The 2014 Gators, too, entered Jacksonville needing a spark on the ground. The Gators could all but officially clinch the SEC East title – with only league lightweights Vanderbilt and South Carolina remaining on UF’s schedule – and a trip to the conference title game in Atlanta. Now there’s a couple more people that know, which is a good thing for us. “He trusts his guys up front and his receivers to make plays”.
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“I have to be a better running back, and this week everyone will see I will be a lot better running back than I was in the past game”, said Taylor, who was benched earlier this season for making a throat-slash gesture following a touchdown.
