Gators roster ranks No. 12 on 247Sports Team Talent Composite

Plenty of talent. Maybe that's why SOS says 9 wins.

 

Lsu and Ole Miss Def last year were worst then ours. They just had a very good Off. They have to improve on Def for me to believe the pre-season rankings they have.

 

Shoot If we can win all our home games
Uga and Texas might be are only loses I see.

 

Last year total Def
68th Ole Miss
69th Florida
105th Lsu

 

I think being depth shy at very critical positions is as or more critical to our results so far as coaching. Hopefully, the new coaches are a major upgrade and match the talent level. Twelfth in talent with better coaching could get us at least the 12th seed in the playoffs. Don't know many on here , other than the nattering nabobs of negativity, who wouldn't be happy with that.

 

I think if we are 8-4
With our schedule
Maybe

 

I'm seeing
42
78
82
in the order you gave. 2023 College Football Team Defense | College Football at Sports-Reference.com

 

Well, yeah. We do have to win games . Thought that went without saying.

 

Mine is from ncaa website

 

Click on the link, select Florida and sort list by ranking…

That’ll tell a more accurate story.

 

Without looking at the list and the report of talent, I can probably guess where the issue was with Florida last year.

It's with a first year quarterback trying to learn the system and it's with *very* young talent. It makes a huge difference and it is why Billy is getting at least another year.

As he should.

Any talk about eight or nine wins is really premature, but if we're lucky, and we'll have to be lucky, we can get there.

Next year is more likely, however.

 

NCAA is ranked on ypg the other on scoring D. Even if you look at the NCAA's scoring defense stats, the data is still very slightly different, which is odd. Personally, I believe the scoring D is the better rating statistic.

 

Next year we'll be breaking in another first year QB with the same schedule which I assume will be considered tough again.

 

Crusher, incorrect. We won't be breaking in a QB new to the system. I don't know why people insist on being dense about this. We'll be transitioning to a quarterback in his *second* year in the system just like Graham Mertz is this year.

Experience in the offensive system is crucial.

Being in your second year with the majority of the team is crucial.

Being a phenom -- Grahan Mertz is good but no phenom -- is crucial.

Anyway . . . support the team. It is imperative we break the cycle we've fallen into. I thought Mullen would do that but he failed miserably.

Napier isn't failing us and we shouldn't fail him and this competent "Army" he has assembled.

 

There you go with those facts again! KUTGW.

 

At least this year if Mertz gets hurt, heaven forbid, we have DJ behind him. But next season, if something happens to DJ, we could be in a bind. I know, too soon to worry about next season.

Odd.