Gators did not impress

So, like most fans I expected Florida to "punish" Lane Kiffin and the Vols a bit on Saturday. Sure a win is a win, but that was a pathetic offensive game plan. Not a single time did UF throw deep. In football you do this to back up the secondary, IF nothing else. They didn't even throw mid range much, with Riley Cooper dropping a sure TD, the only attempt that comes to mind. Tebow's delivery seemed like slow motion to me on Saturday so it is no wonder why Eric Berry picked him off (EB is bad to the bone). T2 also holds the ball down around his waist and winds up. NFL QB's and even great college QB's, keep the ball up near their helment, so they can deliver quickly and are less likely to have the ball stipped...Here are some quotes from the UF coaches in Sports Illustrated:

But Florida is supposed to win the national title. To do that, it will have to shore up its run defense and find some receivers. The offense looked more like it did in 2007, when Meyer didn't trust anyone but Tebow or Percy Harvin to touch the football. Saturday, Meyer showed no faith in his receiving corps, which was without speedster Deonte Thompson (hamstring). If Florida wants to repeat, Meyer will have to find someone he can trust. That trust, Meyer said, is earned on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, not on Saturdays.

Offensive coordinator Steve Addazio said the fear of what Tennessee defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin might throw at the Gators limited the offense. Florida coaches catalogued the elder Kiffin's blitzes through his sterling career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and scrapped several plays that might not work. Then they rigged others to adjust to any possibility. They might have been guilty of over-preparing, because Kiffin didn't blitz as much as expected. Still, Addazio said, that beats the alternative. "If you don't [prepare], you've got a problem," he said.

Addazio won't lose sleep that his offense didn't roll up 500 yards. The situation called for ball control. When it really mattered, the Vols couldnt stop Tebow, who carried 24 times for 76 yards and a touchdown. "If youre judging us by whether we scored 50 points in the game," Addazio said, "that's delusional."

The admission that Urban doesn't TRUST, or that Addazio had FEAR of Monte Kiffin's D, should alarm the Gator Nation IMO.