Post-Game Discussion: FLORIDA at LSU

Mullen and Mac didn’t want to work that hard. Too smart for their britches.

Football is a talent acquisition and development game. That said, when you lose to folks with consensus less talent… Coaching is development.

 

I agree with much of what you said, but to bring another perspective into this discussion. How many full recruiting year classes has Napier brought into Gainesville? One? One and a half? We still have the #3 class coming in and the portal to change our talent level to a higher status.

We are still the youngest team in the SEC, and we've have faced the perfect storm of talented QBs since I can remember. I used to see Chris Collinsworth was catching kickoffs in The Swamp before it was called The Swamp. You obviously have a good recall of past events, but this is about the future NOT the past.

And even though I understand how to use history to extrapolate the future I don't think we have anything from the past to predict how Napier's complete rebuild will fare next year and after that. We are young and we have faced the best QBs in one year than we ever have in the past.

The future is not yet written, and we have to stay the course in this current rebuild. I know we will be more competitive/better and experienced next year becasue Napier will upgrade his staff and the overall talent on our team.

It's not a 1 or 2 year fix... and we will not have to face some of the best NFL quality QBs next year. like we have this year... at least not as many.

That will not be the issue in the future as we get more and more talent. We just happened to face these great QBs as the youngest team in the SEC. That will all work itself out starting with the #3 class in the nation and the best QB in high school football named Lagway.

This is a total rebuild so sit back and enjoy the roller-coaster ride... the journey.

 

I wouldn’t cry if we parted ways with AA. Almost every football team has injuries of varying degrees. Injury’s hurt NFL teams much more severely than college due to the number of player restrictions. I have always thought blaming losses on injuries is just an excuse. But, that’s just me.

 

Why do we have to play freshman in the middle of a total rebuild? And let's face it... that QB will be killing NFL defenses for years to come.

Several people here act as if we're an all senior laden team with experienced top ten talent, and LSUs' QB was some sort of schlep that ruined our best team yet. Nothing can be further from the truth.

We are the youngest team in the SEC... and we faced a first day NFL draft pick, who will do well in the NFL.

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What’s the shelf-life on “we’re young” ?

 

at least one season

 

2025 seems to be the concensus

 

And where did LSU get this QB? Arizona State. It isn’t like they developed him from scratch. Recruiting plus portal can get us there. BTW those calling for Napier’s head? I hear Jimbo Fisher may be available.

 

If we even sniff an FSU victory, expect a Swindle-like series of interjections from the refs. It will be Gators vs. Noles + refs.

 

and let's not forget they played Georgia as tough as anyone has the last 3 years

 

And, it would be true.

 

You have had so many thoughtful posts herein that I decided to vote this one a winner. Well done!

 

We gave up 52 points and a national deficit worth of yardage & yer all roses and sunshine. Please send over some of those happy meds.

 

did you really have to bring up that damn game? time to bury it in the trash heap of history please, God Almighty...

 

youth, but it might end up being a ruse given the way kids switch teams with the blowing of the wind. Maybe we will be perpetually "young." They could write a shitty pop song about it.

 

my guess would be that they are optimistic about the recruiting class coming in ... but there are no guarantees that we can keep this class because of the current on-the-field product that is mired in a bad losing streak that just may well continue into next season

 

"No quit in this team"...yeah that's great, but i just wish the D would "quit" giving up big plays every game! this defense has been vulnerable to giving up huge plays for years now, it's tiresome to watch...