Florida Beats Tennessee on Hail Mary
Tied 20-20 w 9 seconds left, Felipe Franks throws a 65 yard bomb to win the game in regulation and beat the Vols. Incredible win, exciting game.
Good for the Gators, nice to see an opponent that Michigan has already beat get a nice Top 25 win against another SEC opponent. And to heck with the Vols!
September 16th, 2017 at 7:16 PM ^
Maybe we beat a decent team?
September 16th, 2017 at 7:18 PM ^
Maybe a decent team, but not a decent coach. The ending of that game was bad clock management 101.
September 16th, 2017 at 7:31 PM ^
And McElwain aced it.
September 16th, 2017 at 9:22 PM ^
1. F3. I'll give up votes here if u get it, lol. Florida is super Barnes.
I am a nerd
September 16th, 2017 at 8:26 PM ^
Mcelwain planned that out perfectly
/s
September 16th, 2017 at 9:05 PM ^
Yes, to the untrained eye. However, what McElwain was doing with that clock management was moving some pawns out to see if the knights would do something or other.
September 16th, 2017 at 10:54 PM ^
Never move your queen out early. Also never let a man get behind you on a hail mary situation.
September 17th, 2017 at 2:47 AM ^
SImilarly, never let a man get behind you in a prison shower situation...
September 16th, 2017 at 7:21 PM ^
We beat a lucky team.
September 16th, 2017 at 9:49 PM ^
Eh, I wouldn't say so.
The unluckiest play of that game went AGAINST Florida, when they had a 75 yard TD run but he fumbled it on the half yard line and it went out of the endzone for a TN touchback instead of a UF touchdown.
September 16th, 2017 at 10:39 PM ^
But there is a one yard line and a goal line...there is no half yard line. There my OCD has been appeased, you may all go back to your normal lives and act like this never happened.
September 16th, 2017 at 7:17 PM ^
Keep winning gators!
September 16th, 2017 at 7:18 PM ^
Exciting is a bit of an exaggeration man. That was a yakkety sac type of game.
September 16th, 2017 at 7:37 PM ^
That sounds like an embarrassing condition. It's like farting during sex, only worse.
September 16th, 2017 at 9:03 PM ^
Hey! Some people are into that. Not me, but some people.
September 16th, 2017 at 7:18 PM ^
Why bother calling a prevent defense for a hail mary when you could call something that lets their receivers get behind your safeties?
September 16th, 2017 at 7:19 PM ^
They still had time to get in field goal position, they had to cover more than just the long ball
September 16th, 2017 at 7:30 PM ^
There wasn't enough time. That was going to be the last play of the game.
September 16th, 2017 at 8:47 PM ^
He caught the 65 yard pass right as the clock hit zero. They could have easily got 25-30 yards with a second left. You can't just leave that open and that is what the corner was leaving to cover.
September 16th, 2017 at 8:54 PM ^
If he goes down inbounds with one second left, the clock will expire after the chains are set. Remember the '98 Rose Bowl?
September 16th, 2017 at 9:05 PM ^
Florida had one timeout left.
September 16th, 2017 at 9:40 PM ^
They had a timeout remaining thanks to their terrible clock management.
September 16th, 2017 at 7:34 PM ^
I did see the game and I saw their kicker was 1/3 from long. For a 50 yarder they would've needed 27 yards. For a more reasonable distance, 40+ yards. That's still in the 'play prevent' distance range.
September 16th, 2017 at 7:22 PM ^
There was nothing wrong with the defensive call. The safety blew it big time. He didn't have anyone else in his zone and was still late getting to the guy running in a straight line downfield.
September 16th, 2017 at 7:41 PM ^
I'd agree that's definitely on the safety, but if you have more people back there and one safety biffs the coverage you've still got a shot at handling the play.
September 16th, 2017 at 10:56 PM ^
Yep. Then needed Calvin Johnson standing on the goal line.
September 16th, 2017 at 7:18 PM ^
GATORZ!!!
Neither of these teams actually wanted to win the game, but McElwain boo-booed his way to victory, making us look better!
September 16th, 2017 at 7:19 PM ^
Yup. In Vegas and took Tenesee on the money line +175. So pissed
Also took Purdue +220 so I got that going for me
September 16th, 2017 at 7:19 PM ^
Man that game was pretty brutal until the 4th. But was a very exciting finish. Also mcelwain makes James Franklin look like a clock management genius.
September 16th, 2017 at 7:21 PM ^
That game was definitely tough to watch but I'm glad I stuck with it. Great finish!
September 16th, 2017 at 7:19 PM ^
Purdue is helping out as well. Especially if Louisville comes out and smashes Clemson and makes that Boilermakers loss look better.
September 16th, 2017 at 7:28 PM ^
you're talking about the quality of Purdue losses?
September 16th, 2017 at 7:22 PM ^
Franks has a cannon. McElwain is one of the worst coaches out there.
September 16th, 2017 at 7:24 PM ^
This game should have been over much earlier. Florida had a 74 yard TD run but the back fumbled through the end zone for a touchback. That would have made it 20-3. The game completely turned from that point.
Whatever. Hate Tennessee. Hate Butch Jones. Glad they're currently in pain.
September 16th, 2017 at 7:26 PM ^
UT missed 3 fgs and threw a pick in the redzone. glad uf won because it makes our win look better, but that was a close, competitive game
September 16th, 2017 at 7:27 PM ^
Tennessee also missed 3 field goals. But I'm not complaining
September 16th, 2017 at 9:51 PM ^
Two of those three were 47+ yarders. Far from gimmes in college. I wouldn't call missing those "lucky" for Florida.
September 16th, 2017 at 7:27 PM ^
I used to feel sorry for Tennessee because they always wound up losing to Florida while Spurrier would tweak their nose.
Not any more. Fuck em, they deserve what they get.
September 16th, 2017 at 7:32 PM ^
They used to work overtime to pimp Michigan and flaunt the rules. Happier today because they lost in the manner they did. Go Gators.
September 16th, 2017 at 8:58 PM ^
Those Spurrier lines were classic.
September 16th, 2017 at 9:29 PM ^
You can't spell citrus without ut
September 16th, 2017 at 9:38 PM ^
Don't worry about butch and tennessee, they will always be LIFE CHAMPIONS!!!
September 16th, 2017 at 7:24 PM ^
for players named Cleveland...
September 16th, 2017 at 7:26 PM ^
Even if FL loses every remaining game of the year it doesn't matter much about our CFP chances. We have to go undefeated or have some strange shit happen in Big & Pac 12. We obviously have a lot of work to do just to win our own conference
September 16th, 2017 at 7:26 PM ^
open thread
September 16th, 2017 at 7:28 PM ^
Did anyone see McElwain's post game on-field interview? He looked annoyed that they won despite his awful clock management.
What a weirdo.
September 16th, 2017 at 7:32 PM ^
reminds me of the love child between Marty Mornhinweg and Brady Hoke. He is not an intelligent individual...
September 16th, 2017 at 7:52 PM ^
Usually when a person does the "aw-shucks routine" they are affable, I get a smug vibe from Sharky.
September 16th, 2017 at 10:59 PM ^
He took the wind and walked cross country to do it?
September 16th, 2017 at 7:36 PM ^
Games interfere with calorie consumption and Boo Boo suffers