Photo of the Florida Gators by Bryan McDonald.
By the 34-12 scoreline, you would not guess that the Florida Gators had any trouble defeating Miami, but without Tim Tebow the Gators’ offense clearly was not as dominant as they had been in the past.
In the first three quarters, the Gators’ offense had accumulated a grand total of twenty-six yards. Against the RedHawks, who only one one game last season, that definitely is not up to par. John Brantley and center Mike Pouncey had difficulty connecting on a whopping thirteen snaps, which lead to a loss of 55 yards. They also had three lost fumbles and two turnovers on downs.
Pouncey spoke to Florida Today about the offense’s inefficiency after the game.
“It was bad,” Pouncey said. “We were trying to motivate each other. We just weren’t playing as an offense. We couldn’t get anything going. It’s partly my fault we couldn’t get the offense going with the (bad) snaps. I’ll be in in the morning to fix it. I pride myself on being great, and that just killed me. I didn’t play great.”
Luckily for Florida, their defense came up with some big plays.
Junior cornerback Janoris Jenkins and senior safety Ahmad Black had 67 and 47-yard interception returns for touchdowns, respectively.
The fourth-ranked Gators will only have one week to improve, as they will play South Florida next Saturday.
