After putting together an improbable comeback two weeks ago to beat Tennessee, Florida handed Ole Miss its first loss last week with a 38-10 victory.
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The Missouri offense converted just one third down the entire game, while Florida’s offense converted 7 of 18, just a tad under 40%. In fact, we played not very good offensively, obviously.
Grier and the Gators have been one of the most surprising teams in the country in their first year under McElwain, the former Colorado State coach and Alabama assistant. “I thought our offense got off to a good, quick start, and then our defense just kind of closed the door”. We’re going to go in and compete. Lock will get his second collegiate start and look to continue build upon his positive performance from last week, in which he completed 21 of 28 passes for 136 yards and two touchdowns. The 12th-ranked Gators will test their staying power when they visit stingy Missouri on Saturday night for a key SEC East battle. Demarcus Robinson led Florida with six catches for 79 yards.
“We threw for 228 yards, and really figured that we would have the opportunity to throw eventually for a few yards, and it certainly turned out that way”, Miles said after seeing one of his quarterbacks throw for 200 yards or more for the first time since Anthony Jennings in the season opener against Wisconsin last season.
The teams then traded punts before Florida bounced back with a second scoring drive in familiarly easy fashion.
In preparation for Auburn’s Thursday night game at Kentucky… a starting quarterback has yet to be named for the Tigers. The Gators went 6-12 in October between 2010 and 2014, a stretch that essentially knocked them out of contention in the East well before Thanksgiving.
The Missouri Tigers (4-1) are coming from a 24-10 win over South Carolina in Week 5.
“Excited for where we’re at”, he said.
The hallmarks of the McElwain offense are similar to that of many other college offenses, they run the same concepts over and over again but from a variety of different formations and looks in accordance with what they do well and you do poorly.
Missouri: QB Drew Lock. The Gators drove 58 yards to the Missouri 17 on five plays at the end of the first half but ran out of time before they could add to their lead.
After picking up four points from their previous two matches in Southeastern Conference play, the LSU Tigers saw their unbeaten run in league play come to an end at James G. Pressly Stadium in Gainesville, Florida, on Sunday after suffering a 2-1 defeat at the hands of the 12th-ranked Florida Gators on the afternoon.
At one point, Missouri had attempted 33 pass plays to just 14 designed runs. Coach Mac always says we’ve got a freedom of choice, but not a freedom of outcome. Missouri was 1 of 13 on third down and opened the second half with three consecutive three-and-outs. Florida, meanwhile, was held without a first down until its fifth drive of the half. That’s why ESPN’s College GameDay finds itself setting up shop at a Cal-Utah contest this weekend; that’s why the Gators are here, in a place where no one expected them to get to this quickly. The Tigers had lost their first home loss of the year, on Homecoming, with no touchdowns scored.
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Six of Saturday’s third down attempts were 3rd-and-10 or more yards.
